September 25, 2007, Introduced by Rep. Young and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
A bill to create the Michigan job training corps; to encourage
employment-related educational opportunities for youth; to provide
for participation by certain employers; to prescribe the powers and
duties of certain departments; to establish a fund and provide for
the administration of that fund; and to make an appropriation.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
"Michigan job training corps act".
Sec. 2. As used in this act:
(a) "Department" means the department of labor and economic
growth.
(b) "Employer" means a person who obtains the services of 1 or
more individuals in exchange for consideration and retains control
and supervision of those individuals in the performance of those
individuals' services.
Sec. 3. Within 90 days after the effective date of this act,
the department shall develop and implement a statewide program to
encourage employer participation in the employment and training of
individuals between the ages of 16 and 18 years. The program shall
be known as the "Michigan job training corps".
Sec. 4. An employer may participate in the Michigan job
training corps program by applying to the department for
designation as a Michigan job training corps employer. The
application shall be in writing, identify the employer, and state
all of the following:
(a) That the employer contractually agrees to provide part-
time or seasonal employment, or a combination of part-time and
seasonal employment, to 1 or more individuals between the ages of
16 and 18.
(b) That the employment described in subdivision (a) includes
or shall include on-the-job training and employment orientation for
employees described in subdivision (a) who seek to pursue areas of
study related to the particular employment.
(c) That the employer contractually agrees to fund all or a
portion of the higher education costs of those individuals
described in subdivision (b) who pursue advanced higher education.
Sec. 5. An employer designated by the department as a Michigan
job training corps employer who provides funding for all or a
portion of the higher education costs of an employee hired or
retained under this act is entitled to reimbursement of that
funding from the Michigan job training corps fund created in
section 6.
Sec. 6. (1) The Michigan job training corps fund is created
within the state treasury.
(2) The state treasurer may receive money or other assets from
any source for deposit into the fund. The state treasurer shall
direct the investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit
to the fund interest and earnings from fund investments.
(3) Money in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall
remain in the fund and shall not lapse to the general fund.
(4) The department of labor and economic growth shall be the
administrator of the fund for auditing purposes.
(5) The department of labor and economic growth shall expend
money from the fund, upon appropriation, only for the purpose of
reimbursing employers for higher education funding provided under
section 5.
Sec. 7. The sum of $1,000,000.00 is appropriated from the
general fund to the Michigan job training corps fund created in
section 6.