AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON REHABILITATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES

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(a) is in need of job skills and (b)

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The vocational educational program shall be for a minimum of thirty hours per week.

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the local department determines

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and to the extent permitted by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193), as amended. The Board shall promulgate regulations that will direct the local departments on the implementation of this provision

FLOOR AMENDMENT (EDWARDS) AGREED TO BY SENATE

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Prior to placing the VIEW participant in the vocational educational program, the local department shall have a memorandum of understanding with an employer that such participant will be qualified for a job with the employer at the conclusion of the program. The vocational educational program shall be for no more than twenty-six weeks, and the VIEW participant shall be required to work an average of eight hours per week during that twenty-six week period in part-time or temporary employment or community work experience.