Bill Text: NY S01191 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends a chapter of the laws of 2018 relating to the establishment of a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills training to youth who have been adjudicated juvenile delinquents or juvenile offenders residing in a facility overseen by the office of children and family services, in relation to making certain provisions permanent; and providing for the repeal of provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-29 - SIGNED CHAP.193 [S01191 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01191-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1191
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 11, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2018 relating to the establish-
          ment of a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills  training
          to  youth  who  have been adjudicated juvenile delinquents or juvenile
          offenders residing in a facility overseen by the  office  of  children
          and  family  services, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.2084
          and A.2449, in relation to making certain provisions permanent
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 1 of a chapter of the laws of 2018 relating to the
     2  establishment of a pilot program to provide job  and  vocational  skills
     3  training  to  youth  who  have  been adjudicated juvenile delinquents or
     4  juvenile offenders residing in a facility  overseen  by  the  office  of
     5  children  and  family services, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
     6  S.2084 and A.2449, is amended to read as follows:
     7    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
     8  the [department of labor, in consultation with the] office  of  children
     9  and  family  services shall [conduct a pilot program to] provide job and
    10  vocational skills training to youth who have been  adjudicated  juvenile
    11  delinquents  or  juvenile  offenders under article 3 of the family court
    12  act and who are residing in a facility overseen by the office  of  chil-
    13  dren and family services as defined in section 504 or 504-a of the exec-
    14  utive  law[.  Such  pilot program shall be conducted], in at least three
    15  residential facilities [chosen] operated by the office of  children  and
    16  family  services.  [The  office  of  children  and family services shall
    17  choose the three facilities in which the pilot program will be conducted
    18  as considering factors including, but not  limited  to,  existing  voca-
    19  tional  and job skills training programs, the need for expansion of such
    20  programs, the average length of stay, and age of youth at  the  specific
    21  facilities.   Such pilot program] Job and vocational skills training for
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  youth in facilities operated  by  the  office  of  children  and  family
     2  services  shall use a combination of integrated support services, educa-
     3  tional, vocational and job skill training to provide youth  with  skills
     4  needed  to advance to higher levels of education and higher wage jobs in
     5  growing occupational fields.   Youth  wishing  to  participate  in  such
     6  [program]  job  and  vocational  skills  training who are also attending
     7  school or are receiving educational services within the facility,  [must
     8  be  given an option] shall be afforded the opportunity to participate in
     9  the program at a time that does not conflict with their school or educa-
    10  tion schedule or requirements.
    11    § 2. Section 3 of a chapter of the laws of 2018 relating to the estab-
    12  lishment of a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills  train-
    13  ing  to youth who have been adjudicated juvenile delinquents or juvenile
    14  offenders residing in a facility overseen by the office of children  and
    15  family  services,  as  proposed  in legislative bills numbers S.2084 and
    16  A.2449, is amended to read as follows:
    17    § 3. To the extent [possible] practicable, [the  department  of  labor
    18  and]  the  office  of children and family services shall work in collab-
    19  oration with the department of labor and community organizations operat-
    20  ing in or around the counties where the facilities [chosen for the pilot
    21  program] operated by the office of children and family services  provid-
    22  ing  job  and  vocational  skills  training  are located. Such community
    23  organizations may include, but not be limited to, not-for-profit  organ-
    24  izations,  faith based organizations, local development corporations and
    25  small businesses.
    26    § 3. Section 4 of a chapter of the laws of 2018 relating to the estab-
    27  lishment of a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills  train-
    28  ing  to youth who have been adjudicated juvenile delinquents or juvenile
    29  offenders residing in a facility overseen by the office of children  and
    30  family  services,  as  proposed  in legislative bills numbers S.2084 and
    31  A.2449, is amended to read as follows:
    32    § 4. The [department of labor and the] office of children  and  family
    33  services,  in  consultation  with the department of labor, shall issue a
    34  [joint] report on the [status of the pilot program] job  and  vocational
    35  skills  training services for youth in facilities operated by the office
    36  of children and family services to the  chair  of  the  New  York  state
    37  senate standing committee on children and families, the chair of the New
    38  York state senate standing committee on labor, the chair of the New York
    39  state assembly standing committee on children and families and the chair
    40  of  the  New York state assembly standing committee on labor by December
    41  31, 2019 and every three years thereafter. Such  report  shall  include,
    42  but  not  be  limited to, the status of the [program] job and vocational
    43  skills training programs in facilities directly operated by  the  office
    44  of  children  and  family  services,  the number of youth served in [the
    45  program] such programs, the average length of time youth received job or
    46  vocational skills training services in [the program] such programs,  and
    47  aggregate  information on the employment and educational outcomes of the
    48  youth participants if known, as of November 30[, 2019] of each  year  of
    49  the years covered by the report.
    50    § 4. Section 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2018 relating to the estab-
    51  lishment  of a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills train-
    52  ing to youth who have been adjudicated juvenile delinquents or  juvenile
    53  offenders  residing in a facility overseen by the office of children and
    54  family services, as proposed in legislative  bills  numbers  S.2084  and
    55  A.2449, is amended to read as follows:
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     1    §  5.  This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire and be
     2  deemed repealed April 1, 2020].
     3    §  5.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
     4  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2018 relating to the establishment of
     5  a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills training  to  youth
     6  who  have  been  adjudicated  juvenile delinquents or juvenile offenders
     7  residing in a facility overseen by the office  of  children  and  family
     8  services,  as  proposed  in legislative bills numbers S.2084 and A.2449,
     9  takes effect.