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                      SENATE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS
                             JEFF DENHAM, CHAIRMAN
                                             


          Bill No:        AB 1567
          Author:         Assembly Veterans' Affairs Committee
          Version:        As Introduced 
          Hearing Date:   June 23, 2009
          Fiscal:         Yes
          Consultant:     Donald E. Wilson




                                 SUBJECT OF BILL  
          Employment Training Panel and veterans' training.

                                   PROPOSED LAW
           Will expand the number of specified projects that qualify  
          for priority funding by requiring the Employment Training  
          Panel to include veterans in its three-year plan of goals,  
          objectives, and strategies.  
                                         
                          EXISTING LAW AND BACKGROUND  
                1) Provides for employment training programs and  
          defines "eligible participants" of the training programs.

                    2) Establishes the ETP in the Employment  
          Development and require gubernatorial appointments  
          specifying that at least one assistant director have  
          experience serving the needs of small business.

                    3) Provides that ETP is governed by eight panel  
          members.  Three are appointed by the Governor, two by the  
          Senate Pro Tempore, and two by the Assembly Speaker.   
          Appointees must have backgrounds in business management  
          and/or employee relations, as specified.  The Secretary of  
          Business, Transportation and Housing, or his/her designee,  
          shall serve as an ex officio, voting member.

                    4) Defines the duties of ETP relating to entering  
          contracts for training in job-related vocational skills.

                    5) Requires the ETP to establish a 3-year plan  
          that must be updated annually to establish minimum  









          standards for the consideration of proposals.  Authorizes  
          the ETP to delegate its authority to approve contracts for  
          training to local workforce investment boards, as provided.

                    6) Requires the ETP to allocate its annual funds  
          for the training programs designed for individuals who are  
          currently working and receiving specified benefits.

                      7) Authorizes ETP to utilize funds for, among  
            other things, funding up to five licensed nurse training  
           programs to train individuals who are currently working as  
            nurse assistants or caregivers in a health facility, as  
                                    defined.

                                     COMMENT  
             1.   A bigger more extensive version of this bill  
               unanimously passed this committee last year as AB 3066  
               (Assembly Committee of Veterans' Affairs).

             2.   This bill passed the Senate Floor 35-1 with all  
               members of this committee voting "aye".

             3.   This bill was one of the many the governor vetoed  
               last year due to the budget impasse.

                                     SUPPORT  
          None received

                                     OPPOSE  
          None received














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