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2015 SESSION

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SB 971 Community College Workforce Training Grant Program; established.

Introduced by: Frank M. Ruff, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Community colleges; workforce training. Establishes the Community College Workforce Training Grant Program to provide a $1,000 incentive payment to a community college for each student who (i) has successfully completed a noncredit workforce training program at the community college and (ii) subsequently obtains an industry-recognized certification or license in a high employer demand field in the region served by the community college, with such fields to be identified by the State Board for Community Colleges. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a 2015 general appropriation act.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101559D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/05/15  Senate: Printed as engrossed 15101559D-E  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/10/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101559D
• 01/10/15  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 01/15/15  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/15/15  Senate: Rereferred to Finance
• 02/03/15  Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/15  Senate: Read second time
• 02/05/15  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/05/15  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/05/15  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB971E
• 02/05/15  Senate: Printed as engrossed 15101559D-E
• 02/05/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/15  Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/15  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/09/15  House: Read first time
• 02/09/15  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/09/15  House: Assigned App. sub: Higher Education
• 02/19/15  House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
• 02/24/15  House: Left in Appropriations