SCS HB 2(FIN): "An Act relating to unemployment contributions for the Alaska technical and vocational education program and to the allocation of money appropriated to the Alaska Workforce Investment Board; relating to the vocational education account and appropriations from that account; and providing for an effective date."
00 SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 2(FIN) 01 "An Act relating to unemployment contributions for the Alaska technical and vocational 02 education program and to the allocation of money appropriated to the Alaska 03 Workforce Investment Board; relating to the vocational education account and 04 appropriations from that account; and providing for an effective date." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 23.15.835(a) is amended to read: 07 (a) In the manner provided in AS 23.20 and for the benefit of the program, 08 the department shall collect from each employee an amount equal to .15 [ONE- 09 TENTH OF ONE] percent of the wages, as set out in AS 23.20.175, on which the 10 employee is required to make contributions under AS 23.20.290(d). The department 11 shall remit to the Department of Revenue, in accordance with AS 37.10.050, money 12 collected under this subsection. 13 * Sec. 2. AS 23.15.835 is amended by adding new subsections to read: 14 (d) Notwithstanding AS 23.15.840(a), for the fiscal years ending June 30, 15 2009, through June 30, 2014, the money collected under this section or otherwise
01 appropriated to the Alaska Workforce Investment Board, formerly known as the 02 Alaska Human Resource Investment Council, shall be allocated directly in the 03 following percentages to the following institutions for programs consistent with 04 AS 23.15.820 - 23.15.850 and capital improvements: 05 University of Alaska 45 percent 06 University of Alaska Southeast 5 percent 07 Galena Project Education Vocational Training Center 4 percent 08 Kotzebue Technical Center 9 percent 09 Alaska Vocational Technical Center 17 percent 10 Northwestern Alaska Career and Technical Center 3 percent 11 Southwest Alaska Vocational and Education Center 3 percent 12 Yuut Elitnaurviat, Inc. People's Learning Center 9 percent 13 Delta Career Advancement Center 3 percent 14 New Frontier Vocational Technical Center 2 percent. 15 (e) The institutions receiving funding under (d) of this section, shall provide 16 an expenditure and performance report to the department by November 1 of each year 17 that includes the 18 (1) percentage of former participants in the program who have a job 19 one year after leaving the program; 20 (2) median wage of former participants seven to 12 months after 21 leaving the program; 22 (3) percentage of former participants who were employed after leaving 23 the program who received training under the program that was related or somewhat 24 related to the former participants job seven to 12 months after leaving the program; 25 (4) percentage of former participants who indicate some level of 26 satisfaction with the training received under the program; and 27 (5) percentage of employers of who indicate satisfaction with the 28 services provided through the program. 29 (f) The department shall prepare and present an expenditure and performance 30 report based on the information provided under (e) of this section to the legislature not 31 later than the 15th day of each regular legislative session.
01 * Sec. 3. AS 37.10 is amended by adding a new section to read: 02 Article 4A. Vocational Education Account. 03 Sec. 37.10.200. Vocational education account. (a) The vocational education 04 account is created in the general fund. 05 (b) The account consists of 06 (1) appropriations made by the legislature to the fund; 07 (2) gifts, bequests, and contributions; and 08 (3) income and earnings of the account. 09 (c) Money in the vocational education account may be appropriated by the 10 legislature to the state and political subdivisions of the state, including regional 11 educational attendance areas and municipal school districts, for vocational education 12 programs and courses approved by the commissioner of labor and workforce 13 development in consultation with the commissioner of education and early 14 development for any other public purpose. 15 (d) Nothing in this section dedicates funds for a specific purpose. 16 (e) In this section, "vocational education" includes vocational training 17 programs and courses taught at the secondary and postsecondary level of education. 18 * Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska enacted in sec. 1, ch. 102, SLA 2001, as 19 amended by sec. 48, ch. 86, SLA 2002, and sec. 1, ch. 133, SLA 2004, is repealed. 20 * Sec. 5. This Act takes effect July 1, 2008.