Bill Text: NY S01079 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires the department of labor, in consultation with the education department, the office of temporary and disability assistance, the office of children and family services, and any other entity the department deems appropriate, to produce a report regarding summer youth employment programs funded by state, federal and local appropriations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-11-27 - APPROVAL MEMO.18 [S01079 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01079-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1079
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 10, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
        AN ACT requiring the department of labor to produce a  report  regarding
          summer  youth  employment  programs funded by state, federal and local
          appropriations; and providing for the repeal of such  provisions  upon
          expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Not more than 180 days after the  effective  date  of  this
     2  act, the department of labor, in consultation with the education depart-
     3  ment,  the office of temporary and disability assistance, the  office of
     4  children and family services, and any other  entity  the  department  of
     5  labor  deems  appropriate, shall produce a report regarding summer youth
     6  employment programs funded by state, federal, and local  appropriations.
     7  The report shall:
     8    a.  Determine the total number of jobs available for youth in all pre-
     9  existing programs, including the nature of the jobs, the educational and
    10  professional experience under such programs, career paths available  for
    11  such training, and overall experience by summer youth employment program
    12  participants;
    13    b.  Determine  the number of desired spots by evaluating total numbers
    14  of applications and other indicia of unmet demand in current programs;
    15    c.  Evaluate  current  admission  standards,  including   income   and
    16  geographic  restrictions,  available programs throughout various regions
    17  within the state of New York;
    18    d. Evaluate whether current funding  streams  could  be  increased  in
    19  order  to  provide  additional  opportunities,  including any additional
    20  federal or private funding streams available and  the  effect  of  addi-
    21  tional state funds on current opportunities for applicants;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00935-01-9

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     1    e.  Determine the effect of current and previous minimum wage rates on
     2  total placement opportunities and whether additional funding to maintain
     3  spots in light of minimum wage increases is necessary.
     4    §  2.  The department of labor shall send this report to the temporary
     5  president of the senate, speaker of the  assembly,  and  chairs  of  the
     6  assembly  and  senate committees on labor, social services, and children
     7  and families. The report shall also be made  available  on  the  website
     8  maintained by the department of labor.
     9    §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
    10  deemed repealed 1 year after such date.
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