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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY MURPHY, BARRAR, CARROLL, CLYMER, D. COSTA, GEORGE, HORNAMAN, JOHNSON, KORTZ, MILLARD, REICHLEY, SANTARSIERO, SONNEY, STABACK AND VULAKOVICH, JANUARY 19, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND INDUSTRY, JANUARY 19, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of December 18, 2001 (P.L.949, No.114), |
2 | entitled, as amended, "An act establishing a unified |
3 | workforce investment system; restructuring certain |
4 | administrative functions, procedures and entities; |
5 | transferring workforce development functions of Commonwealth |
6 | agencies; establishing the Pennsylvania Workforce Investment |
7 | Board; providing for critical job training grants, for |
8 | guarantees for program quality and performance for workforce |
9 | development programs, for workforce leadership grants; and |
10 | authorizing local workforce investment boards," providing for |
11 | preference for training programs. |
12 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
13 | hereby enacts as follows: |
14 | Section 1. The act of December 18, 2001 (P.L.949, No.114), |
15 | known as the Workforce Development Act, is amended by adding a |
16 | section to read: |
17 | Section 105. Preference for training programs. |
18 | (a) Pennsylvania National Guard and reserve component |
19 | members.--Unless prohibited by Federal law or regulation, a |
20 | member of the Pennsylvania National Guard or a reserve component |
21 | of the United States Armed Forces who has been ordered to active |
22 | Federal or State service shall be given a preference for |
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1 | placement in any program under this act for a period of one year |
2 | after discharge from active duty. Preference for placement shall |
3 | be given after the member provides documentation of the dates of |
4 | active duty and meets the eligibility requirements of the |
5 | program. |
6 | (b) Spouses.--Unless prohibited by Federal law or |
7 | regulation, a spouse of a member of the Pennsylvania National |
8 | Guard or a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces |
9 | who has been ordered to active Federal or State service shall be |
10 | given a preference for placement in any program under this act. |
11 | Preference for placement shall be given after the spouse |
12 | provides documentation of the member's dates of active duty and |
13 | meets the eligibility requirements of the program. |
14 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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