1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to education; modifying the youth works grant 
  1.3             program; establishing a statewide education and 
  1.4             employment transitions system; establishing the 
  1.5             governor's workforce development council; modifying 
  1.6             the youth apprenticeship program; establishing local 
  1.7             education and employment transitions partnerships; 
  1.8             establishing system standards; establishing a youth 
  1.9             employer grant program; establishing a career magnet 
  1.10            grant program; appropriating money; amending Minnesota 
  1.11            Statutes 1994, sections 121.702, by adding a 
  1.12            subdivision; 121.705; 121.706; 121.707, subdivisions 
  1.13            4, 6, and 7; 121.708; 121.709; 121.710; 124C.45, 
  1.14            subdivision 1; 124C.46, subdivision 2; 124C.48, 
  1.15            subdivision 1; 126B.01; 126B.03; 126B.04; and 126B.05; 
  1.16            Laws 1993, chapter 146, article 5, section 1, 
  1.17            subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.18            Minnesota Statutes, chapter 126B; repealing Minnesota 
  1.19            Statutes 1994, sections 121.702, subdivision 9; 
  1.20            121.703; 126B.02; and 268.9755. 
  1.21  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.22     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 121.702, is 
  1.23  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.24     Subd. 10.  [COUNCIL.] "Council" means the governor's 
  1.25  workforce development council established in section 126B.015. 
  1.26     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 121.705, is 
  1.27  amended to read: 
  1.28     121.705 [YOUTH WORKS GRANTS.] 
  1.29     Subdivision 1.  [APPLICATION.] An eligible organization 
  1.30  interested in receiving a grant under sections 121.704 to 
  1.31  121.709 may prepare and submit to the commission council an 
  1.32  application that complies with section 121.706. 
  1.33     Subd. 2.  [GRANT AUTHORITY.] The commission council shall 
  2.1   use any state appropriation and any available federal funds, 
  2.2   including any grant received under federal law, to award grants 
  2.3   to establish programs for youth works meeting the requirements 
  2.4   of section 121.706.  At least one grant each must be available 
  2.5   for a metropolitan proposal, a rural proposal, and a statewide 
  2.6   proposal.  If a portion of the suburban metropolitan area is not 
  2.7   included in the metropolitan grant proposal, the statewide grant 
  2.8   proposal must incorporate at least one suburban metropolitan 
  2.9   area.  In awarding grants, the commission council may select at 
  2.10  least one residential proposal and one nonresidential proposal, 
  2.11  provided the proposals meet or exceed the criteria in section 
  2.12  121.706. 
  2.13     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 121.706, is 
  2.14  amended to read: 
  2.15     121.706 [GRANT APPLICATIONS.] 
  2.16     Subdivision 1.  [APPLICATIONS REQUIRED.] An organization 
  2.17  seeking federal or state grant money under sections 121.704 to 
  2.18  121.709 shall prepare and submit to the commission council an 
  2.19  application that meets the requirements of this section.  The 
  2.20  commission council shall develop, and the applying organizations 
  2.21  shall comply with, the form and manner of the application. 
  2.22     Subd. 2.  [APPLICATION CONTENT.] An applicant on its 
  2.23  application shall: 
  2.24     (1) propose a program to provide participants the 
  2.25  opportunity to perform community service to meet specific unmet 
  2.26  community needs, and participate in classroom, work-based, and 
  2.27  service learning; 
  2.28     (2) assess the community's unmet educational, human, 
  2.29  environmental, and public safety needs, the resources and 
  2.30  programs available for meeting those needs, and how young people 
  2.31  participated in assessing community needs; 
  2.32     (3) describe the educational component of the program, 
  2.33  including classroom hours per week, classroom time for 
  2.34  participants to reflect on the program experience, and 
  2.35  anticipated academic outcomes related to the service experience; 
  2.36     (4) describe the work to be performed, the ratio of youth 
  3.1   participants to crew leaders and mentors, and the expectations 
  3.2   and qualifications for crew leaders and mentors; 
  3.3      (5) describe local funds or resources available to meet the 
  3.4   match requirements of section 121.709; 
  3.5      (6) describe any funds available for the program from 
  3.6   sources other than the requested grant; 
  3.7      (7) describe any agreements with local businesses to 
  3.8   provide participants with work-learning opportunities and 
  3.9   mentors; 
  3.10     (8) describe any agreement with local post-secondary 
  3.11  educational institutions to offer participants course credits 
  3.12  for their community service learning experience; 
  3.13     (9) describe any agreement with a local high school or an 
  3.14  alternative learning center to provide remedial education, 
  3.15  credit for community service work and work-based learning, or 
  3.16  graduate equivalency degrees; 
  3.17     (10) describe any pay for service or other program delivery 
  3.18  mechanism that will provide reimbursement for benefits conferred 
  3.19  or recover costs of services participants perform; 
  3.20     (11) describe how local resources will be used to provide 
  3.21  support and assistance for participants to encourage them to 
  3.22  continue with the program, fulfill the terms of the contract, 
  3.23  and remain eligible for any postservice benefit; 
  3.24     (12) describe the arbitration mechanism for dispute 
  3.25  resolution required under section 121.707, subdivision 2; 
  3.26     (13) describe involvement of community leaders in 
  3.27  developing broad-based support for the program; 
  3.28     (14) describe the consultation and sign-off process to be 
  3.29  used with any local labor organization representing employees in 
  3.30  the area engaged in work similar to that proposed for the 
  3.31  program to ensure that no current employees or available 
  3.32  employment positions will be displaced by program participants; 
  3.33     (15) certify to the commission council and to any certified 
  3.34  bargaining representatives representing employees of the 
  3.35  applying organization that the project will not decrease 
  3.36  employment opportunities that would be available without the 
  4.1   project; will not displace current employees including any 
  4.2   partial displacement in the form of reduced hours of work other 
  4.3   than overtime, wages, employment benefits, or regular seasonal 
  4.4   work; will not impair existing labor agreements; and will not 
  4.5   result in the substitution of project funding for preexisting 
  4.6   funds or sources of funds for ongoing work; 
  4.7      (16) describe the length of the required service period, 
  4.8   which may not be less than six months or more than two years, a 
  4.9   method to incorporate a participant's readiness to advance or 
  4.10  need for postservice financial assistance into individual 
  4.11  service requirements, and any opportunity for participating part 
  4.12  time or in another program; 
  4.13     (17) describe a program evaluation plan that contains 
  4.14  cost-effectiveness measures, measures of participant success 
  4.15  including educational accomplishments, job placements, community 
  4.16  contributions, and ongoing volunteer activities, outcome 
  4.17  measures based on a preprogram and postprogram survey of 
  4.18  community rates of arrest, incarceration, teenage pregnancy, and 
  4.19  other indicators of youth in trouble, and a list of local 
  4.20  resources dedicated to reducing these rates; 
  4.21     (18) describe a three-year financial plan for maintaining 
  4.22  the program; 
  4.23     (19) describe the role of local youth in developing all 
  4.24  aspects of the grant proposal; and 
  4.25     (20) describe the process by which the local private 
  4.26  industry council participated in, and reviewed the grant 
  4.27  application. 
  4.28     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 121.707, 
  4.29  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  4.30     Subd. 4.  [USES OF POSTSERVICE BENEFITS.] (a) A postservice 
  4.31  benefit for a participant provided under subdivision 3, 
  4.32  paragraph (a), (b), or (c), must be available for seven years 
  4.33  after completing the program and may only be used for: 
  4.34     (1) paying a student loan; 
  4.35     (2) costs of attending an institution of higher education; 
  4.36  or 
  5.1      (3) expenses incurred by a student in an approved youth 
  5.2   apprenticeship program under chapter 126B, or in a registered 
  5.3   apprenticeship program approved by the department of labor and 
  5.4   industry. 
  5.5   Financial assistance provided under this subdivision must be in 
  5.6   the form of vendor payments whenever possible.  Any postservice 
  5.7   benefits provided by federal funds or vouchers may be used as a 
  5.8   downpayment on, or closing costs for, purchasing a first home. 
  5.9      (b) Postservice benefits are to be used to develop skills 
  5.10  required in occupations where numbers of jobs are likely to 
  5.11  increase.  The commission, in consultation with the education 
  5.12  and employment transitions council, shall determine how the 
  5.13  benefits may be used in order to best prepare participants with 
  5.14  skills that build on their service learning and equip them for 
  5.15  meaningful employment. 
  5.16     (c) The postservice benefit shall not be included in 
  5.17  determining financial need when establishing eligibility or 
  5.18  award amounts for financial assistance programs under chapter 
  5.19  136A. 
  5.20     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 121.707, 
  5.21  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  5.22     Subd. 6.  [PROGRAM TRAINING.] (a) The commission council 
  5.23  shall, within available resources, ensure an opportunity for 
  5.24  each participant to have three weeks of training in a 
  5.25  residential setting.  If offered, each training session must: 
  5.26     (1) orient each participant in the nature, philosophy, and 
  5.27  purpose of the program; 
  5.28     (2) build an ethic of community service through general 
  5.29  community service training; and 
  5.30     (3) provide additional training as it determines necessary. 
  5.31     (b) Each grantee organization shall also train participants 
  5.32  in skills relevant to the community service opportunity. 
  5.33     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 121.707, 
  5.34  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  5.35     Subd. 7.  [TRAINING AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.] Each 
  5.36  grantee organization shall assess the educational level of each 
  6.1   entering participant.  Each grantee shall work to enhance the 
  6.2   educational skills of each participant.  The commission council 
  6.3   may coordinate or contract with educational institutions or 
  6.4   other providers for educational services and evaluation.  All 
  6.5   grantees shall give priority to educating and training 
  6.6   participants who do not have a high school diploma or its 
  6.7   equivalent, or who cannot afford post-secondary training and 
  6.8   education. 
  6.9      Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 121.708, is 
  6.10  amended to read: 
  6.11     121.708 [PRIORITY.] 
  6.12     The commission council shall give priority to an eligible 
  6.13  organization proposing a program that meets the goals of 
  6.14  sections 121.704 to 121.707, and that: 
  6.15     (1) involves youth in a meaningful way in all stages of the 
  6.16  program, including assessing community needs, preparing the 
  6.17  application, and assuming postservice leadership and mentoring 
  6.18  responsibilities; 
  6.19     (2) serves a community with significant unmet needs; 
  6.20     (3) provides an approach that is most likely to reduce 
  6.21  arrest rates, incarceration rates, teenage pregnancy, and other 
  6.22  indicators of troubled youth; 
  6.23     (4) builds linkages with existing, successful programs; and 
  6.24     (5) can be operational quickly. 
  6.25     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 121.709, is 
  6.26  amended to read: 
  6.27     121.709 [MATCH REQUIREMENTS.] 
  6.28     Youth works grant funds must be used for the living 
  6.29  allowance, cost of employer taxes under sections 3111 and 3301 
  6.30  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, workers' compensation 
  6.31  coverage, and health benefits for each program participant.  
  6.32  Applicant resources, from sources and in a form determined by 
  6.33  the commission council, must be used to provide for all other 
  6.34  program operating costs, including such costs as supplies, 
  6.35  materials, transportation, and salaries and benefits of those 
  6.36  staff directly involved in the operation, internal monitoring, 
  7.1   and evaluation of the program.  Administrative expenses must not 
  7.2   exceed five percent of total program costs.  
  7.3      Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 121.710, is 
  7.4   amended to read: 
  7.5      121.710 [EVALUATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.] 
  7.6      Subdivision 1.  [GRANTEE ORGANIZATIONS.] Each grantee 
  7.7   organization shall report to the commission council at the time 
  7.8   and on the matters requested by the commission council. 
  7.9      Subd. 2.  [INTERIM REPORT.] The commission council shall 
  7.10  report semiannually to the legislature with interim 
  7.11  recommendations to change the program. 
  7.12     Subd. 3.  [FINAL REPORT.] The commission council shall 
  7.13  present a final report to the legislature by January 1, 1998, 
  7.14  summarizing grantee evaluations, reporting on individual 
  7.15  participants and participating grantee organizations, and 
  7.16  recommending any changes to improve or expand the program. 
  7.17     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 126B.01, is 
  7.18  amended to read: 
  7.19     126B.01 [PURPOSE EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT TRANSITIONS 
  7.20  SYSTEM.] 
  7.21     Subdivision 1.  [PURPOSE.] To better prepare all learners 
  7.22  to make transitions between education and employment, a 
  7.23  comprehensive education and employment transitions system is 
  7.24  established to that is driven by multisector partnerships and 
  7.25  takes a lifelong approach to workforce development.  The 
  7.26  statewide education and employment transitions system shall: 
  7.27     (1) assist learners in developing the skills necessary to 
  7.28  gain greater levels of self-sufficiency through education, 
  7.29  training, and work; 
  7.30     (2) assist individuals learners in planning their futures 
  7.31  by providing counseling and information about career 
  7.32  opportunities; 
  7.33     (2) (3) integrate opportunities for work-based learning, 
  7.34  including but not limited to occupation-specific apprenticeship 
  7.35  programs and community service programs, into the curriculum; 
  7.36     (3) (4) increase awareness and exploration of employment 
  8.1   opportunities and demonstrate the relationship between education 
  8.2   and employment; 
  8.3      (5) promote the efficient use of public and private 
  8.4   resources by coordinating elementary, secondary, and 
  8.5   post-secondary education with related government programs; and 
  8.6      (4) (6) expand educational options available to students 
  8.7   all learners through collaborative efforts between secondary 
  8.8   institutions school districts, post-secondary 
  8.9   institutions, business, industry employers, organized 
  8.10  labor, workers, learners, parents, community-based 
  8.11  organizations, and other interested parties. 
  8.12     Subd. 2.  [COMPONENTS.] The comprehensive education and 
  8.13  employment transitions system shall include: 
  8.14     (1) methods for improving post-secondary career counseling 
  8.15  and vocational education preparation programs to facilitate 
  8.16  workforce development; 
  8.17     (2) means of implementing career awareness and counseling 
  8.18  at the elementary, secondary, and post-secondary education 
  8.19  levels; 
  8.20     (3) strategies for integrating work-based and other applied 
  8.21  learning methods into elementary, secondary, and post-secondary 
  8.22  curriculum and instruction; 
  8.23     (4) a unified labor market information system to assist 
  8.24  policymakers and individuals engaged in career counseling and 
  8.25  vocational education preparation; 
  8.26     (5) a quality assurance system that includes a centralized 
  8.27  information system for learner achievement, employer 
  8.28  satisfaction, and measurable system outcomes; 
  8.29     (6) plans for meeting the unique needs of learners with 
  8.30  disabilities in the education and employment transitions system; 
  8.31     (7) rigorous industry and occupational skill standards that 
  8.32  are generally recognized throughout the industry; 
  8.33     (8) strategies for encouraging women, minority, or at-risk 
  8.34  learners to participate in work-based learning programs; 
  8.35     (9) strategies for expanding employers' willingness to 
  8.36  invest in training learners for skilled occupations; 
  9.1      (10) a statewide marketing system for promoting the 
  9.2   importance of lifework development and the education and 
  9.3   employment transitions system; 
  9.4      (11) a comprehensive professional development system for 
  9.5   public and private sector partners including elementary, 
  9.6   secondary, and post-secondary educators, employers, and workers; 
  9.7   and 
  9.8      (12) a comprehensive system for providing technical support 
  9.9   to local education and employment transitions partnerships. 
  9.10     Subd. 3.  [FUNDING.] Work-based learning programs 
  9.11  incorporating post-secondary instruction implemented under this 
  9.12  chapter shall provide for student funding according to section 
  9.13  123.3514. 
  9.14     Sec. 11.  [126B.015] [WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.] 
  9.15     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT; MEMBERSHIP.] The governor's 
  9.16  workforce development council is established.  The council shall 
  9.17  be composed of 24 members appointed by the governor and one 
  9.18  member each from the Minnesota house of representatives and the 
  9.19  Minnesota senate.  The legislative members shall be appointed 
  9.20  pursuant to the rules of their respective body.  The 
  9.21  compensation, removal of members, and filling of vacancies shall 
  9.22  be as provided in section 15.059.  The members appointed by the 
  9.23  governor shall include the commissioners of education, economic 
  9.24  security, and trade and economic development; the chancellor of 
  9.25  the higher education board; five individuals representing 
  9.26  business and industry; five individuals representing organized 
  9.27  labor, including local labor organizations; an elementary or 
  9.28  secondary public school educator; a representative of 
  9.29  post-secondary education; a representative of a secondary or 
  9.30  post-secondary vocational institution with expertise in the 
  9.31  educational, training, and development needs of youth; a 
  9.32  representative of a national service program; a representative 
  9.33  of organizations promoting adult service and volunteerism; a 
  9.34  representative of community-based service agencies or 
  9.35  organizations as defined by the Job Training Partnership Act, 
  9.36  United States Code, title 29, section 1501, et seq.; an 
 10.1   individual between the ages of 16 and 25 who is a participant or 
 10.2   supervisor in a youth service program; a representative of local 
 10.3   government; a representative of local public welfare agencies; 
 10.4   and a representative of Indian tribes. 
 10.5      Subd. 2.  [TERMS.] The terms of the members of the 
 10.6   governor's workforce development council shall be three years.  
 10.7   The governor shall appoint as nearly as possible one-third of 
 10.8   the members to terms expiring each year. 
 10.9      Subd. 3.  [ADVISORY COMMITTEE; SUBCOMMITTEES.] The 
 10.10  governor's workforce development council shall appoint an 
 10.11  advisory committee consisting of a majority of representatives 
 10.12  of business and industry to advise the council on the 
 10.13  establishment of the statewide education and employment 
 10.14  transitions system.  The council may establish other advisory 
 10.15  committees or subcommittees as needed to carry out the duties 
 10.16  and responsibilities of the council. 
 10.17     Subd. 4.  [STAFF.] The commissioners of education and 
 10.18  economic security shall each provide the appropriate 
 10.19  professional, technical, and clerical staff necessary for the 
 10.20  governor's workforce development council to carry out the duties 
 10.21  and responsibilities under this section. 
 10.22     Subd. 5.  [PURPOSE; DUTIES.] The governor's workforce 
 10.23  development council shall coordinate the development, 
 10.24  implementation, and evaluation of the statewide education and 
 10.25  employment transitions system under section 126B.01.  The duties 
 10.26  of the council include: 
 10.27     (1) reviewing federal, state, and local education, 
 10.28  post-secondary, job skills training, and youth employment 
 10.29  programs, and making recommendations to the governor and the 
 10.30  legislature for establishing an integrated, seamless system for 
 10.31  providing education and work skills development services to 
 10.32  learners and workers of all ages; 
 10.33     (2) making recommendations for coordinating services 
 10.34  provided through federal human resource programs including: 
 10.35     (i) Job Training Partnership Act, United States Code, title 
 10.36  29, section 1501, et seq.; 
 11.1      (ii) Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology 
 11.2   Education Act, United States Code, title 20, section 2301, et 
 11.3   seq.; 
 11.4      (iii) National and Community Service Act of 1990, United 
 11.5   States Code, title 42, section 12501, et seq.; 
 11.6      (iv) Adult Education Act, United States Code, title 20, 
 11.7   section 1201, et seq.; 
 11.8      (v) Wagner-Peyser Act, United States Code, title 29, 
 11.9   section 49; 
 11.10     (vi) Social Security Act, title IV, part F, (JOBS), United 
 11.11  States Code, title 42, section 681, et seq.; 
 11.12     (vii) Food Stamp Act of 1977, United States Code, title 7, 
 11.13  section 6(d)(4), Food Stamp Employment and Training Program, 
 11.14  United States Code, title 7, section 2015(d)(4); and 
 11.15     (viii) programs defined in section 268.011, subdivisions 4 
 11.16  and 5; 
 11.17     (3) preparing and recommending to the governor a strategic 
 11.18  plan for developing a coordinated state human resource system as 
 11.19  part of the comprehensive education and employment transitions 
 11.20  system; 
 11.21     (4) assuming the duties and responsibilities of the state 
 11.22  job training coordinating council established under the Job 
 11.23  Training Partnership Act, United States Code, title 29, section 
 11.24  1501, et seq.; 
 11.25     (5) administering grants to local education and employment 
 11.26  transitions partnerships, including implementation grants under 
 11.27  section 126B.05, youth works grants under sections 121.704 to 
 11.28  121.709, grants for youth apprenticeship programs under section 
 11.29  126B.03, and any other grant programs under the authority of the 
 11.30  council; 
 11.31     (6) coordinating implementation of the education and 
 11.32  employment transitions system components under section 126B.01; 
 11.33     (7) promoting education and employment transitions programs 
 11.34  among employers, workers, youth, and educators, and encouraging 
 11.35  employers to provide meaningful work-based learning 
 11.36  opportunities; 
 12.1      (8) evaluating and identifying exemplary education and 
 12.2   employment transitions programs and providing technical 
 12.3   assistance to local partnerships to replicate the programs 
 12.4   throughout the state; 
 12.5      (9) evaluating federal and state laws, rules, and 
 12.6   regulations and making recommendations to the governor and to 
 12.7   the federal government for waivers or for changes in laws and 
 12.8   regulations that present barriers to achieving an integrated 
 12.9   education and employment transitions system; and 
 12.10     (10) establishing a performance-based quality assurance 
 12.11  system for evaluating the performance of the education and 
 12.12  employment transitions system at both the state and local levels.
 12.13     Subd. 6.  [ANNUAL REVIEW.] The council shall review the 
 12.14  activities of each local education and employment transitions 
 12.15  partnership annually to ensure that the local partnership is 
 12.16  adequately meeting the system standards under section 126B.10, 
 12.17  subdivision 5, and state quality assurance standards established 
 12.18  as part of the quality assurance system. 
 12.19     Subd. 7.  [REPORT.] The council shall submit a report to 
 12.20  the legislature and the governor annually by January 15, that 
 12.21  includes a description of the actions taken during the previous 
 12.22  calendar year to develop and implement a statewide education and 
 12.23  employment transitions system, recommendations for continuing 
 12.24  implementation of the system, suggestions for waivers of state 
 12.25  or federal law necessary to accomplish the purposes of this 
 12.26  chapter, and identification of the resources required to 
 12.27  implement the system. 
 12.28     Subd. 8.  [STUDENT SURVEY.] Each year, a local education 
 12.29  and employment transitions partnership shall conduct a follow-up 
 12.30  study of students graduating from participating school districts 
 12.31  to assess the effectiveness of each local partnership's 
 12.32  work-based and applied learning programs.  The study shall 
 12.33  include a student survey of a representative sample of students 
 12.34  graduating from each participating district three years prior to 
 12.35  the year of the study.  The sample shall include, at a minimum, 
 12.36  50 percent of the students graduating from each district in that 
 13.1   year.  The workforce development council may grant a district a 
 13.2   variance from the minimum sample size if the district can 
 13.3   demonstrate that it made a good faith effort to survey the 
 13.4   required number of students.  The survey shall be used to gather 
 13.5   information concerning: 
 13.6      (1) the student's satisfaction with the adequacy and 
 13.7   relevancy of the programs; 
 13.8      (2) the student's participation in post-secondary 
 13.9   education; 
 13.10     (3) the student's participation in other vocational 
 13.11  training or certification programs; 
 13.12     (4) the student's employment experience, including whether 
 13.13  the employment is related to the student's vocational 
 13.14  preparation; and 
 13.15     (5) for students with education and employment transition 
 13.16  plans, the extent to which those students have met the goals 
 13.17  contained in the plan. 
 13.18     Subd. 9.  [EMPLOYER SURVEY.] Every third year, a local 
 13.19  education and employment transitions partnership shall conduct a 
 13.20  survey of community employers included within the area of the 
 13.21  local partnership to determine employers' satisfaction with the 
 13.22  academic or vocational preparation of current or former 
 13.23  employees who are graduates of the participating school 
 13.24  districts.  For purposes of this subdivision, "employee" 
 13.25  includes individuals who are paid employees, apprentices, 
 13.26  interns, participants in a cooperative program, or participants 
 13.27  in other similar work-based programs at the worksite. 
 13.28     Subd. 10.  [STATEWIDE UNIFORMITY.] The governor's workforce 
 13.29  development council shall develop the survey instruments used in 
 13.30  the surveys required under subdivisions 8 and 9, and establish 
 13.31  research standards to ensure statewide data consistency and 
 13.32  reliability.  Local education and employment transitions 
 13.33  partnerships shall submit the survey results to the council in 
 13.34  the form and manner prescribed by the council. 
 13.35     Subd. 11.  [ANNUAL REPORTS.] (a) A local education and 
 13.36  employment transitions partnership shall annually publish a 
 14.1   report on the findings of the survey required in subdivision 8 
 14.2   for each participating school district.  The report shall also 
 14.3   include the findings of the survey, required under subdivision 9 
 14.4   in the years the survey is conducted.  The report shall be 
 14.5   available to the public in the communities served by the local 
 14.6   education and employment transitions partnership.  The report 
 14.7   shall be published no later than September 1 of the year 
 14.8   following the year in which the data was collected. 
 14.9      (b) The governor's workforce development council shall 
 14.10  annually publish a report on the findings of the survey data 
 14.11  submitted under subdivision 8 for each local education and 
 14.12  employment transitions partnership.  The report shall be 
 14.13  published no later than September 1 of the year following the 
 14.14  year in which the data was collected.  Information obtained from 
 14.15  local surveys according to subdivisions 8 and 9 shall be 
 14.16  utilized in the statewide quality assurance system required 
 14.17  under subdivision 5. 
 14.18     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 126B.03, is 
 14.19  amended to read: 
 14.20     126B.03 [COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.] 
 14.21     Subdivision 1.  [OBJECTIVES GOALS.] (a) The education and 
 14.22  employment transitions governor's workforce development council, 
 14.23  with the assistance of the department of education, shall 
 14.24  establish a comprehensive youth apprenticeship program to better 
 14.25  prepare all learners to make transitions between as a component 
 14.26  of the statewide education and employment transitions system. 
 14.27     (b) A The comprehensive youth apprenticeship program must 
 14.28  accomplish the following objectives goals: 
 14.29     (1) provide students with work-based learning in skilled 
 14.30  occupations that lead to high skill employment and opportunities 
 14.31  for advancement; 
 14.32     (2) integrate students' learners' secondary and 
 14.33  post-secondary academic instruction and work-related learning so 
 14.34  that they may qualify for an apprenticeship or other high skill 
 14.35  training program; 
 14.36     (3) beginning in junior high school, expand the range of 
 15.1   skilled occupations available to students to explore as career 
 15.2   options; 
 15.3      (4) improve students' learners' qualifications for an 
 15.4   apprenticeship or other high skill training program and the 
 15.5   opportunity to obtain secondary and post-secondary credit for 
 15.6   their program experience; 
 15.7      (5) (4) improve students' learners' ability to use academic 
 15.8   skills in the workplace; 
 15.9      (6) actively encourage women and minority students to 
 15.10  participate in apprenticeship or other high skill training 
 15.11  programs; 
 15.12     (7) (5) increase the number of qualified students learners 
 15.13  preparing to enter skilled industries and occupations and work 
 15.14  with employers to improve students' learners' access to such 
 15.15  industries and occupations; 
 15.16     (8) (6) involve representatives of business, industry, 
 15.17  occupations, and organized labor in planning, developing, and 
 15.18  evaluating the program, including designing the work-related 
 15.19  curriculum; and 
 15.20     (9) (7) enable employers to assess students' learners' 
 15.21  skills and abilities before accepting the students as 
 15.22  apprentices or employing them; 
 15.23     (10) expand employers' interest in and willingness to 
 15.24  invest in training students for skilled occupations; and 
 15.25     (11) create a school program that is interesting, 
 15.26  enjoyable, and challenging. 
 15.27     Subd. 2.  [ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION AND WORK-RELATED LEARNING.] 
 15.28  (a) A The comprehensive youth apprenticeship program must 
 15.29  integrate academic instruction and work-related learning in the 
 15.30  classroom and at the workplace.  Schools, in collaboration 
 15.31  with students' learners' employers, must use competency-based 
 15.32  measures to evaluate students' learners' progress in the 
 15.33  program.  Students Learners who successfully complete the 
 15.34  program must receive academic and occupational credentials from 
 15.35  the participating school. 
 15.36     (b) The academic instruction provided as part of a 
 16.1   comprehensive youth apprenticeship program must: 
 16.2      (1) meet applicable secondary and post-secondary education 
 16.3   requirements; 
 16.4      (2) enable the students learners to attain academic 
 16.5   proficiency in at least the areas of English, mathematics, 
 16.6   history, science, and geography; and 
 16.7      (3) where appropriate, modify existing secondary and 
 16.8   post-secondary curricula to accommodate the changing needs of 
 16.9   the workplace. 
 16.10     (c) Work-based learning provided as part of the program 
 16.11  must: 
 16.12     (1) supply students learners with knowledge, skills, and 
 16.13  abilities based on appropriate, nationally accepted standards in 
 16.14  the specific industries and occupations for which the students 
 16.15  learners are trained; 
 16.16     (2) offer students learners structured job training at the 
 16.17  worksite, including high quality supervised learning 
 16.18  opportunities; 
 16.19     (3) foster interactive, team-based learning; 
 16.20     (4) encourage sound work habits and behaviors; 
 16.21     (5) develop workplace skills, including the ability to 
 16.22  manage resources, work productively with others, acquire and use 
 16.23  information, understand and master systems, and work with 
 16.24  technologies; and 
 16.25     (6) where feasible, offer students learners the opportunity 
 16.26  to participate in community service and service learning 
 16.27  activities. 
 16.28     (d) Worksite learning and experience provided as part of 
 16.29  the program must: 
 16.30     (1) help youth apprentices achieve the program's academic 
 16.31  and work-based learning requirements; 
 16.32     (2) pay apprentices for their work; and 
 16.33     (3) assist employers to fulfill their commitment to youth 
 16.34  apprentices. 
 16.35     Subd. 3.  [PROGRAM COMPONENTS.] (a) A comprehensive youth 
 16.36  apprenticeship program must require representatives of secondary 
 17.1   and post-secondary school systems, affected local businesses, 
 17.2   industries, occupations and labor, as well as the local 
 17.3   community, to be actively and collaboratively involved in 
 17.4   advising and managing the program. 
 17.5      (b) The entities participating in a program must consult 
 17.6   with local private industry councils to ensure that the youth 
 17.7   apprenticeship program meets local labor market demands and 
 17.8   provides student apprentices with the high skill training 
 17.9   necessary for career advancement within an occupation. 
 17.10     (c) The program must meet applicable state education 
 17.11  requirements and labor standards, provide support services to 
 17.12  program participants, and accommodate the integrating of 
 17.13  work-related learning and academic instruction through flexible 
 17.14  schedules for students learners and teachers and appropriately 
 17.15  modified curriculum. 
 17.16     (d) Local employers, collaborating with labor organizations 
 17.17  where appropriate, must assist the program by analyzing 
 17.18  workplace needs, creating work-related curriculum, employing and 
 17.19  adequately paying youth apprentices engaged in work-related 
 17.20  learning in the workplace, training youth apprentices to become 
 17.21  skilled in an occupation, providing student apprentices with a 
 17.22  workplace mentor, periodically informing the school of an 
 17.23  apprentice's progress, and making a reasonable effort to employ 
 17.24  youth apprentices who successfully complete the program. 
 17.25     (e) A student participating in a comprehensive youth 
 17.26  apprenticeship program must sign a youth apprenticeship 
 17.27  agreement with participating entities that obligates youth 
 17.28  apprentices, their parents or guardians, employers, and schools 
 17.29  to meet program requirements; indicates how academic 
 17.30  instruction, work-based learning, and worksite learning and 
 17.31  experience will be integrated; ensures that successful youth 
 17.32  apprentices will receive a recognized credential of academic and 
 17.33  occupational proficiency; and establishes the wage rate and 
 17.34  other benefits for which youth apprentices are eligible while 
 17.35  employed during the program. 
 17.36     (f) Secondary school principals or counselors or business 
 18.1   mentors familiar with the demonstration project must inform 
 18.2   entering secondary school students about available occupational 
 18.3   and career opportunities and the option of entering a youth 
 18.4   apprenticeship program to obtain post-secondary academic and 
 18.5   occupational credentials. 
 18.6      Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 126B.04, is 
 18.7   amended to read: 
 18.8      126B.04 [INDUSTRY AND OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS STANDARDS 
 18.9   COMMITTEES.] 
 18.10     Subdivision 1.  [COMMITTEES.] The education and employment 
 18.11  transitions governor's workforce development council shall 
 18.12  establish and convene committees to develop and recommend 
 18.13  industry and occupational skill standards for the industries in 
 18.14  which apprentices and other learners are placed.  The industry 
 18.15  and occupational skills standards must be consistent 
 18.16  with section 126B.03.  The committees and the demonstration 
 18.17  programs shall operate concurrently the highest available state 
 18.18  or national standards generally recognized throughout an 
 18.19  industry. 
 18.20     Subd. 2.  [MEMBERSHIP.] Committee membership must consist 
 18.21  of industry and trade representatives, employer representatives, 
 18.22  and educators familiar with the current skills, knowledge, and 
 18.23  competencies of required by the industry.  The council shall 
 18.24  determine the membership of each committee it 
 18.25  establishes established. 
 18.26     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 126B.05, is 
 18.27  amended to read: 
 18.28     126B.05 [COMPREHENSIVE YOUTH APPRENTICESHIP DEMONSTRATION 
 18.29  PROGRAMS LOCAL EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT TRANSITIONS PROGRAM 
 18.30  GRANTS.] 
 18.31     The education and employment transitions governor's 
 18.32  workforce development council, with the assistance of the 
 18.33  department of education, shall award planning and implementation 
 18.34  grants to local education and employment transitions 
 18.35  partnerships to establish comprehensive youth apprenticeship 
 18.36  demonstration local education and employment transitions 
 19.1   programs.  The education and employment transitions governor's 
 19.2   workforce development council, with the assistance of the 
 19.3   department of education, shall establish criteria by September 
 19.4   15, 1993, for evaluating grant proposals.  The criteria 
 19.5   established must include the components outlined in section 
 19.6   126B.03 126B.10, subdivision 5.  The commissioner of education 
 19.7   council shall develop and publicize the grant application 
 19.8   process.  The education and employment transitions council shall 
 19.9   review and comment on the proposals submitted.  A grant 
 19.10  applicant must represent secondary and post-secondary school 
 19.11  systems and secondary school principals, and should include 
 19.12  representatives of affected local businesses, industries and 
 19.13  labor, as well as the local community. 
 19.14     When the youth apprenticeship program is implemented 
 19.15  student funding must be determined according to section 123.3514.
 19.16     Sec. 15.  [126B.10] [EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT TRANSITIONS 
 19.17  PARTNERSHIPS.] 
 19.18     Subdivision 1.  [LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS.] Grants to implement 
 19.19  local education and employment transitions systems will be made 
 19.20  to local education and employment transitions partnerships.  
 19.21  Local partnerships shall represent multiple sectors in the 
 19.22  community, including, at a minimum, representatives of 
 19.23  employers, primary, secondary, and post-secondary education, 
 19.24  labor and professional organizations, workers, learners, 
 19.25  parents, and community-based organizations.  Priority in 
 19.26  awarding grants will be given to local partnerships that include 
 19.27  multiple school districts and a viable base of educational, 
 19.28  work-based learning, and employment opportunities. 
 19.29     Subd. 2.  [BOARD.] A local education and employment 
 19.30  transitions partnership shall establish a governing board for 
 19.31  planning and implementing work-based and other applied learning 
 19.32  programs.  The board shall consist of at least one 
 19.33  representative from each member of the education and employment 
 19.34  transitions partnership.  The membership shall include at least 
 19.35  one teacher, one vocational guidance counselor, one learner from 
 19.36  a secondary education program, and one learner from a 
 20.1   post-secondary education program.  A majority of the board must 
 20.2   consist of representatives of local or regional employers. 
 20.3      Subd. 3.  [DUTIES.] A local education and employment 
 20.4   transitions partnership shall assess the needs of employers, 
 20.5   employees, and learners, and develop a plan for implementing a 
 20.6   local or regional education and employment transitions system.  
 20.7   The specific duties of the local partnership board shall include:
 20.8      (1) evaluating the educational programs and curriculum of 
 20.9   elementary, secondary, and post-secondary schools, and the work 
 20.10  site, for their effectiveness in preparing students in the 
 20.11  skills and knowledge needed to be successful in the workplace; 
 20.12     (2) identifying barriers to providing effective integrated 
 20.13  applied learning or work-based curriculum; 
 20.14     (3) developing methods for integrating work-based or other 
 20.15  forms of applied learning into the curriculum and instructional 
 20.16  practices of local school districts and post-secondary 
 20.17  institutions; 
 20.18     (4) identifying and enlisting local and regional employers 
 20.19  who can effectively provide work-based or service learning 
 20.20  opportunities, including, but not limited to, apprenticeships, 
 20.21  internships, and mentorships; 
 20.22     (5) identifying current and emerging educational, training, 
 20.23  and employment needs of the area or region, especially within 
 20.24  industries with potential for job growth; 
 20.25     (6) evaluating the effectiveness of local vocational and 
 20.26  job training programs, including vocational education, adult 
 20.27  basic education, tech prep, apprenticeship, service learning, 
 20.28  youth entrepreneur, youth training and employment programs 
 20.29  administered by the commissioner of economic security, and local 
 20.30  job training programs under the Job Training Partnership Act, 
 20.31  United States Code, title 29, section 1501, et. seq., and making 
 20.32  recommendations for improving the coordination and efficiency of 
 20.33  these programs; and 
 20.34     (7) identifying and applying for federal, state, local, and 
 20.35  private sources of funding for vocational or applied learning 
 20.36  programs. 
 21.1      Subd. 4.  [ALTERNATIVE GOVERNANCE.] A private industry 
 21.2   council, or another local or regional organization, including an 
 21.3   educational cooperative service unit or an education district, 
 21.4   may serve as the governing board and fiscal agent of a local 
 21.5   education and employment transitions partnership.  An agreement 
 21.6   between the local or regional organization and the local 
 21.7   partners must assure substantial input from members of the local 
 21.8   education and employment transitions partnership.  The local or 
 21.9   regional organization shall be responsible for carrying out the 
 21.10  duties of the governing board under subdivision 3. 
 21.11     Subd. 5.  [SYSTEM STANDARDS.] A local partnership's 
 21.12  education and employment transitions plan shall include: 
 21.13     (1) a technology-based system for providing students with 
 21.14  current information about a variety of career areas, the 
 21.15  potential for future employment, and the skills and knowledge 
 21.16  necessary to succeed in a career area; 
 21.17     (2) a system for providing students with current 
 21.18  information about vocational education opportunities in 
 21.19  post-secondary education institutions, in the workplace, and in 
 21.20  the community; 
 21.21     (3) extensive opportunities to apply academic knowledge and 
 21.22  skills, including skills needed in the workplace, in multiple 
 21.23  settings including the school, school-based enterprises, the 
 21.24  workplace, and the community; 
 21.25     (4) instruction and learner outcomes for students in grades 
 21.26  kindergarten through 12 designed to introduce the world of work 
 21.27  and to explore career opportunities, including nontraditional 
 21.28  career opportunities; 
 21.29     (5) integration of the core academic curriculum of 
 21.30  elementary, secondary, and post-secondary schools with the 
 21.31  applied learning opportunities established by the local 
 21.32  partnership; 
 21.33     (6) a counseling system for providing extensive guidance 
 21.34  about vocational education and work opportunities, and 
 21.35  assistance in developing individualized educational and 
 21.36  employment transition plans; 
 22.1      (7) applied instruction in the use of technology commonly 
 22.2   found in the workplace; 
 22.3      (8) applied instruction in the attitudes and skills 
 22.4   essential for success in the workplace, including cooperative 
 22.5   working, leadership, problem-solving, and respect for diversity; 
 22.6      (9) staff development for vocational guidance counselors, 
 22.7   teachers, and other appropriate staff in the importance of 
 22.8   preparing learners for the transition to work, and in methods of 
 22.9   providing instruction that incorporate applied learning, 
 22.10  work-based learning, and service learning experiences; 
 22.11     (10) extensive participation by local or regional private 
 22.12  and public employers, post-secondary education institutions, and 
 22.13  other community organizations in planning, implementing, and 
 22.14  evaluating all aspects of a local education and employment 
 22.15  transitions system; 
 22.16     (11) community and workplace mentors that may include 
 22.17  peers, parents, employers and employed individuals from the 
 22.18  community, and employers of high school students; 
 22.19     (12) methods for ensuring the inclusion of students with 
 22.20  disabilities in all elements of a district's vocational or 
 22.21  applied learning program; 
 22.22     (13) a system for program assessment and accountability 
 22.23  that includes the follow-up studies under section 126B.015; 
 22.24     (14) a warranty to employers, post-secondary education 
 22.25  programs, and other post-secondary training programs, that 
 22.26  learners completing a high school work-based or applied learning 
 22.27  program will be able to apply the knowledge and work skills 
 22.28  included in the program outcomes or graduation requirements.  
 22.29  The warranty shall require education and training programs to 
 22.30  continue to work with those learners that need additional skill 
 22.31  development until they can demonstrate achievement of the 
 22.32  program outcomes or graduation requirements; 
 22.33     (15) a system of education technology, including 
 22.34  interactive television networks and other state of the art 
 22.35  distance learning methods to ensure that all learners in 
 22.36  Minnesota have access to a broad variety of work-based learning 
 23.1   opportunities; and 
 23.2      (16) strategies to engage and serve learners from at-risk 
 23.3   populations through collaboration with area learning centers 
 23.4   established under sections 124C.45 to 124C.49, or other 
 23.5   alternative programs. 
 23.6      Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 121.885, 
 23.7   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 23.8      Subdivision 1.  [SERVICE LEARNING AND WORK-BASED LEARNING 
 23.9   PROGRAMS STUDY.] The Minnesota commission on national and 
 23.10  community service governor's workforce development council, 
 23.11  established in section 121.703 126B.015, shall assist the 
 23.12  commissioner of education in studying how to combine community 
 23.13  service activities and service learning with work-based learning 
 23.14  programs. 
 23.15     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 121.885, 
 23.16  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 23.17     Subd. 4.  [PROGRAMS FOLLOWING YOUTH COMMUNITY SERVICE.] (a) 
 23.18  The Minnesota commission on national and community service 
 23.19  governor's workforce development council established in section 
 23.20  121.703 126B.015, in cooperation with the commissioner and the 
 23.21  higher education coordinating board, shall provide for those 
 23.22  participants who successfully complete youth community service 
 23.23  under sections 121.703 121.704 to 121.709, the following: 
 23.24     (1) for those who have a high school diploma or its 
 23.25  equivalent, an opportunity to participate in a youth 
 23.26  apprenticeship program at a community or technical college; and 
 23.27     (2) for those who are post-secondary students, an 
 23.28  opportunity to participate in an educational program that 
 23.29  supplements post-secondary courses leading to a degree or a 
 23.30  statewide credential of academic and occupational proficiency. 
 23.31     (b) Participants who successfully complete a youth 
 23.32  community service program under sections 121.704 to 121.710 are 
 23.33  eligible to receive an education voucher as provided under 
 23.34  section 121.707, subdivision 4.  The voucher recipient may apply 
 23.35  the voucher toward the cost of the recipient's tuition and other 
 23.36  education-related expenses at a post-secondary school under 
 24.1   paragraph (a). 
 24.2      (c) The Minnesota commission on national and community 
 24.3   service, in cooperation with the state board of technical 
 24.4   colleges, shall establish a mechanism to transfer credit earned 
 24.5   in a youth apprenticeship program between the technical colleges 
 24.6   and other post-secondary institutions offering applied associate 
 24.7   degrees. 
 24.8      Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 124C.45, 
 24.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 24.10     Subdivision 1.  [GOVERNANCE.] A school district may 
 24.11  establish an area learning center either by itself or in 
 24.12  cooperation with other districts, an ECSU, an intermediate 
 24.13  school district, a local education and employment transitions 
 24.14  partnership, public and private secondary and post-secondary 
 24.15  institutions, public agencies, businesses, and foundations.  
 24.16  Except for a district located in a city of the first class, a 
 24.17  center must serve the geographic area of at least two districts. 
 24.18     Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 124C.46, 
 24.19  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 24.20     Subd. 2.  [PEOPLE TO BE SERVED.] A center shall provide 
 24.21  programs for secondary pupils and adults, giving priority to 
 24.22  serving persons between 16 and 21 years of age.  Secondary 
 24.23  pupils to be served are those who are chemically dependent, not 
 24.24  likely to graduate from high school, need assistance in 
 24.25  vocational and basic skills, can benefit from employment 
 24.26  experiences, and need assistance in transition from school to 
 24.27  employment.  Adults to be served are dislocated homemakers and 
 24.28  workers and others who need basic educational and social 
 24.29  services.  In addition to offering programs, the center shall 
 24.30  coordinate the use of other available educational services, 
 24.31  social services, and post-secondary institutions in the 
 24.32  community.  The center may also provide programs, including 
 24.33  work-based and applied learning opportunities developed in 
 24.34  collaboration with a local education and employment transitions 
 24.35  partnership, for elementary and secondary pupils who are not 
 24.36  attending the center to assist them in completing high school. 
 25.1      Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 124C.48, 
 25.2   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 25.3      Subdivision 1.  [OUTSIDE SOURCES.] A center may accept: 
 25.4      (1) resources and services from post-secondary institutions 
 25.5   serving center pupils; 
 25.6      (2) resources from job training partnership act programs, 
 25.7   including funding for jobs skills training for various groups 
 25.8   and the percentage reserved for education; 
 25.9      (3) resources from the department of human services and 
 25.10  county welfare funding; or 
 25.11     (4) resources from a local education and employment 
 25.12  transitions partnership; or 
 25.13     (5) private resources, foundation grants, gifts, corporate 
 25.14  contributions, and other grants.  
 25.15     Sec. 21.  Laws 1993, chapter 146, article 5, section 1, 
 25.16  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 25.17  Subdivision 1.  Department of
 25.18  Education                              2,345,000      2,345,000
 25.19  Of the appropriation, $100,000 shall be 
 25.20  used to establish one full-time 
 25.21  position for capacity building, 
 25.22  evaluation, design, and developing 
 25.23  service learning and work-based 
 25.24  learning.  $50,000 shall be used to 
 25.25  establish a public private matching 
 25.26  grant program for local organizations 
 25.27  to provide a youth service 
 25.28  entrepreneurship initiative contingent 
 25.29  upon local match requirements.  
 25.30  $3,898,000 is for grants for the youth 
 25.31  works program under this article.  
 25.32  $110,000 is for the education and 
 25.33  employment transitions council, which 
 25.34  shall oversee youth service and youth 
 25.35  apprenticeship programs, and to provide 
 25.36  staff for youth works task force and 
 25.37  youth apprenticeship activities. 
 25.38  Of the appropriation, $532,000 is for 
 25.39  community education aid in fiscal year 
 25.40  1995 according to Minnesota Statutes, 
 25.41  section 124.2713, subdivision 5.  This 
 25.42  aid is in addition to an appropriation 
 25.43  for community education aid in any 
 25.44  other law. 
 25.45     Any amount of this appropriation not spent in fiscal years 
 25.46  1994 and 1995 is available in fiscal years 1996 and 1997 for one 
 25.47  full-time position for administering the youth works program and 
 25.48  for grants for the youth works program under Minnesota Statutes, 
 26.1   section 121.705. 
 26.2      Sec. 22.  [YOUTH EMPLOYER GRANT PROGRAM.] 
 26.3      Subdivision 1.  [YOUTH EMPLOYER GRANTS.] The governor's 
 26.4   workforce development council shall establish a pilot program 
 26.5   for improving the work-based learning experience of school-aged 
 26.6   youth who are employed.  An employer, in partnership with a 
 26.7   local education and employment transitions partnership, may 
 26.8   apply for a youth employer grant to the governor's workforce 
 26.9   development council.  The council shall determine application 
 26.10  procedures and criteria for approving grant awards.  To be 
 26.11  eligible, an employer must have employed at least 50 youth 
 26.12  during the preceding calendar year who were at least 16 years of 
 26.13  age and enrolled in high school. 
 26.14     Subd. 2.  [GRANT APPLICATION.] A grant application shall 
 26.15  include a plan describing how the applicant will: 
 26.16     (1) enhance the work experience of employed youth by 
 26.17  integrating appropriate academic and work skills components; 
 26.18     (2) develop an applied learning plan for each employed 
 26.19  youth that outlines the academic and work skills outcomes to be 
 26.20  achieved by the work-based learning experience and describes how 
 26.21  these outcomes apply toward attainment of high school graduation 
 26.22  requirements; 
 26.23     (3) provide training and support to the employer in 
 26.24  developing a work experience for meeting the goals of the 
 26.25  applied learning plan and for assessing student achievement; and 
 26.26     (4) evaluate the effectiveness of the work-based learning 
 26.27  program. 
 26.28     Subd. 3.  [GRANT AWARDS.] The governor's workforce 
 26.29  development council may award youth employer grants to 
 26.30  applicants eligible under subdivision 1.  Grant recipients 
 26.31  should be geographically distributed throughout the state.  
 26.32  Grant proceeds may be used for the costs of planning, materials, 
 26.33  and training.  The school district, school, or post-secondary 
 26.34  education institution partner shall be the fiscal agent for the 
 26.35  grant. 
 26.36     Sec. 23.  [CAREER MAGNET PROGRAM GRANTS.] 
 27.1      Subdivision 1.  [MAGNET PROGRAM GRANTS.] The governor's 
 27.2   workforce development council shall award grants to local 
 27.3   education and employment transitions partnerships for planning 
 27.4   and implementing career magnet programs.  The council shall 
 27.5   determine application procedures and criteria for approving 
 27.6   grant awards. 
 27.7      Subd. 2.  [GRANT APPLICATION.] A career magnet school grant 
 27.8   application shall include a plan for a comprehensive educational 
 27.9   program for each grade level in the magnet program that is 
 27.10  focused upon the world of work and the transition from school to 
 27.11  work.  The magnet program may focus on one or more specific 
 27.12  career areas. 
 27.13     Subd. 3.  [GRANT AWARDS.] The governor's workforce council 
 27.14  may award up to ....... grants to applicants eligible under 
 27.15  subdivision 1.  Grant recipients should be geographically 
 27.16  distributed throughout the state.  Grant proceeds may be used to 
 27.17  establish or operate a career magnet program.  Grant recipients 
 27.18  may expend grant money on program planning, curriculum 
 27.19  development, instructional staff, supplies, technology, staff 
 27.20  development, and partnership activities with participating 
 27.21  employers. 
 27.22     Sec. 24.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 27.23     Subdivision 1.  [DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.] The sums 
 27.24  indicated in this section are appropriated from the general fund 
 27.25  to the commissioner of education in the fiscal year indicated. 
 27.26     Subd. 2.  [EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT TRANSITIONS PROGRAM 
 27.27  GRANTS.] For local education and employment transitions program 
 27.28  grants: 
 27.29        $.......      .......      1996 
 27.30     Of this amount, $....... is for the governor's workforce 
 27.31  development council. 
 27.32     Of this amount, $....... is for development of a 
 27.33  labor-management information system to support education to 
 27.34  employment transitions programs. 
 27.35     Of this amount, $....... is for youth apprenticeship 
 27.36  program grants.  Youth apprenticeship program grants may only be 
 28.1   awarded to local education and employment transitions 
 28.2   partnerships or to a youth apprenticeship program that 
 28.3   previously received a youth apprenticeship demonstration program 
 28.4   grant according to Laws 1993, chapter 335, section 7. 
 28.5      Any unexpended balance remaining in the first year does not 
 28.6   cancel but is available in the second year. 
 28.7      Subd. 3.  [YOUTH EMPLOYER GRANTS.] For youth employer 
 28.8   grants according to section 22: 
 28.9         $.......      .......      1996 
 28.10     Any unexpended balance remaining in the first year does not 
 28.11  cancel but is available in the second year. 
 28.12     Subd. 4.  [CAREER MAGNET PROGRAM GRANTS.] For career magnet 
 28.13  program grants according to section 23: 
 28.14        $.......      .......      1996 
 28.15     Any unexpended balance remaining in the first year does not 
 28.16  cancel but is available in the second year. 
 28.17     Sec. 25.  [REVISOR INSTRUCTIONS.] 
 28.18     In the next edition of Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of 
 28.19  statutes shall change the title of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 28.20  126B from "youth apprenticeship system" to "education and 
 28.21  employment transitions system." 
 28.22     In the next edition of Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota 
 28.23  Rules, the revisor of statutes shall substitute the term 
 28.24  "workforce development council" for "governor's job training 
 28.25  council" wherever it appears in statutes and rules. 
 28.26     Sec. 26.  [REPEALER.] 
 28.27     Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 121.702, subdivision 9; 
 28.28  121.703; 126B.02; and 268.9755, are repealed. 
 28.29     Sec. 27.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 28.30     Sections 11, 21, and 26, are effective the day following 
 28.31  final enactment.