1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to workforce development; modifying the youth skills training program; 
1.3 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 
1.4 	175.46, subdivision 13; Laws 2017, chapter 94, article 1, section 4, subdivision 5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 175.46, subdivision 13, is amended 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 13.Grant awards. (a) Each year, the commissioner shall award grants to local 
1.9 	partnerships located throughout the state, not to exceed $100,000 per local partnership grant. 
1.10 	The commissioner may use a portion of this amount for administration of the grant program.
1.11 	(b) A local partnership awarded a grant under this section must use the grant award for 
1.12 	any of the following implementation and coordination activities:
1.13 	(1) recruiting additional employers to provide on-the-job training and supervision for 
1.14 	student learners and providing technical assistance to those employers;
1.15 	(2) recruiting students to participate in the local youth skills training program, monitoring 
1.16 	the progress of student learners participating in the program, and monitoring program 
1.17 	outcomes;
1.18 	(3) coordinating youth skills training activities within participating school districts and 
1.19 	among participating school districts, postsecondary institutions, and employers;
1.20 	(4) coordinating academic, vocational and occupational learning, school-based and 
1.21 	work-based learning, and secondary and postsecondary education for participants in the 
1.22 	local youth skills training program;
2.1 	(5) coordinating transportation for student learners participating in the local youth skills 
2.2 	training program; and
2.3 	(6) any other implementation or coordination activity that the commissioner may direct 
2.4 	or permit the local partnership to perform.
2.5 	~~(b)~~(c) Grant awards may not be used to directly or indirectly pay the wages of a student 
2.6 	learner.

2.7 	Sec. 2. Laws 2017, chapter 94, article 1, section 4, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

2.8 | Subd. 5.General Support | | 6,239,000 | | 6,539,000

2.9 | Appropriations by Fund
2.10

2.11

Workforce 
Development Fund

200,000

500,000

2.12

2.13

Workers' 
Compensation

6,039,000

6,039,000

2.14 	(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and 
2.15 	(c), this appropriation is from the workers' 
2.16 	compensation fund.
2.17 	(b) $200,000 in fiscal year 2018 is from the 
2.18 	workforce development fund for the 
2.19 	commissioner of labor and industry to convene 
2.20 	and collaborate with stakeholders as provided 
2.21 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 175.46, 
2.22 	subdivision 3, and to develop youth skills 
2.23 	training competencies for approved 
2.24 	occupations. This is a onetime appropriation.
2.25 	(c) $500,000 in fiscal year 2019 is from the 
2.26 	workforce development fund to administer the 
2.27 	youth skills training program under Minnesota 
2.28 	Statutes, section 175.46. The commissioner 
2.29 	shall award up to five grants each year to local 
2.30 	partnerships located throughout the state, not 
2.31 	to exceed $100,000 per local partnership grant. 
2.32 	The commissioner may use a portion of this 
2.33 	appropriation for administration of the grant 
2.34 	program. The base amount for this program 
3.1 	is ~~$500,000~~ $1,000,000 each year beginning 
3.2 	in fiscal year 2020.