PRINTER'S NO. 1230
No. 1071 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY RAMALEY, VEON, DeWEESE, ARMSTRONG, BARRAR, BEBKO-
JONES, BELARDI, YOUNGBLOOD, BIANCUCCI, BISHOP, BLACKWELL,
BLAUM, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CURRY, DeLUCA, EACHUS,
FRANKEL, GEIST, GERGELY, GOODMAN, SAINATO, HARHAI, JAMES,
KENNEY, LEDERER, YEWCIC, McCALL, MELIO, PALLONE, PISTELLA,
READSHAW, BROWNE, BUXTON, CAPPELLI, COSTA, DALEY, DERMODY,
FABRIZIO, FREEMAN, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GRUCELA, HANNA, HASAY,
JOSEPHS, KOTIK, LEVDANSKY, MARKOSEK, McGEEHAN, MUNDY,
PHILLIPS, PRESTON, RAYMOND, ROONEY, WASHINGTON, SCAVELLO,
SHAPIRO, STABACK, STURLA, YUDICHAK, THOMAS, WALKO, SAYLOR,
SHANER, SOLOBAY, STETLER, SURRA, E. Z. TAYLOR, WANSACZ AND
WOJNAROSKI, MARCH 23, 2005
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS, MARCH 23, 2005
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 18, 2001 (P.L.949, No.114),
2 entitled, as amended, "An act establishing a unified
3 workforce investment system; restructuring certain
4 administrative functions, procedures and entities;
5 transferring workforce development functions of Commonwealth
6 agencies; establishing the Pennsylvania Workforce Investment
7 Board; providing for critical job training grants, for
8 guarantees for program quality and performance for workforce
9 development programs, for workforce leadership grants; and
10 authorizing local workforce investment boards," providing for
11 preference for training programs.
12 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
13 hereby enacts as follows:
14 Section 1. The act of December 18, 2001 (P.L.949, No.114),
15 known as the Workforce Development Act, is amended by adding a
16 section to read:
17 Section 105. Preference for training programs.
1 (a) Pennsylvania National Guard members.--A Pennsylvania
2 National Guard member that has been ordered to active Federal or
3 State service shall be given a preference for placement in any
4 program under this act for a period of one year after discharge
5 from active duty. Preference for placement shall be given after
6 a member provides documentation of the dates of active duty and
7 meets the eligibility requirements of the program.
8 (b) Spouses of Pennsylvania National Guard members.--The
9 spouse of a Pennsylvania National Guard member that has been
10 ordered to active Federal or State service shall be given a
11 preference for placement in any program under this act.
12 Preference for placement shall be given after a spouse of a
13 Pennsylvania National Guard member that has been ordered to
14 active Federal or State service provides documentation of the
15 member's dates of active duty and meets the eligibility
16 requirements of the program.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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