STATE OF NEW YORK
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6052
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 31, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, JACOBSON -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to the
creation of an online, searchable database to catalogue workforce
development programs in the state
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 49 of section 100 of the economic development
2 law, as renumbered by chapter 728 of the laws of 2021, is renumbered
3 subdivision 50 and a new subdivision 49 is added to read as follows:
4 49. (a) to, in conjunction with the department of labor, establish and
5 maintain an online, searchable database to catalogue and make available
6 information on workforce development funding programs and may publish
7 any analysis or reports conducted or authorized by the department, or
8 other state agencies or entities, on any such data, reports or informa-
9 tion. Such an online, searchable workforce development database shall
10 be made available by the department by January first, two thousand twen-
11 ty-four and updated at least quarterly, thereafter. The workforce devel-
12 opment online, searchable database shall provide program information
13 related to federal and state funding and programs that provide targeted
14 educational, occupational or training services for the purpose of
15 effecting the employability of the participant, provides training or
16 employment services, supports an economic development activity by
17 enhancing the skills of the state's workforce, prepares individuals for
18 employment, improves opportunities for individuals to become employed,
19 or promotes understanding of the state labor force market through
20 statistical studies, including but not limited to programs that fund or
21 provide English as a second language and adult literacy. For each work-
22 force development funding program, the online, searchable database shall
23 include, but not be limited to, the following information for each fund-
24 ing program:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (i) the name of the funding program and the federal or state agency or
2 entity administering the funding program;
3 (ii) a description of the purpose of the funding program;
4 (iii) a specific program Uniform Resource Locator ("URL"), if any;
5 (iv) the year the program was established;
6 (v) a catalog of federal domestic assistance numbers, if any;
7 (vi) the legal authority, including statute and regulation citations;
8 (vii) the program and fiscal contact information including agency
9 name, telephone number, and email address;
10 (viii) all eligibility requirements;
11 (ix) any program and special restrictions;
12 (x) any action or actions required to receive aid;
13 (xi) a description of aid which shall include, but not be limited to,
14 the flow of funds between entities, the type of aid formula used, any
15 matching requirements and any maintenance of effort;
16 (xii) all amounts appropriated in the most recent three years, broken
17 down by fiscal year and categorized by federal funds, state general
18 funds and state special revenue;
19 (xiii) all amounts disbursed for the prior two fiscal years broken
20 down by federal funds, state general funds and state special revenue;
21 and
22 (xiv) all relevant data on the outcomes and effectiveness of such
23 funding program and the number of persons served by such funding.
24 (b) Any state agency or entity that administers or oversees workforce
25 development funding, workforce development programs, or other databases
26 or catalogues shall: (i) provide a link on their websites to the work-
27 force development database maintained by the department; and (ii) report
28 to the commissioner, within forty-five days of the end of the applicable
29 fiscal year for the funding program, the information specified in para-
30 graph (a) of this subdivision, together with such other information as
31 the commissioner deems material and necessary for inclusion in the
32 online, searchable database. The state agency or entity shall provide
33 information through an electronic reporting system available on the
34 department's website.
35 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
