PRINTER'S NO. 381
No. 331 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY RAMALEY, BELFANTI, GOODMAN, O'NEILL, BIANCUCCI,
BARRAR, BISHOP, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, CLYMER, COHEN,
COSTA, COX, DeLUCA, DERMODY, EACHUS, EVERETT, FRANKEL,
FREEMAN, GEIST, GEORGE, GERGELY, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GRELL,
GRUCELA, HARHAI, HENNESSEY, HESS, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, JOSEPHS,
KENNEY, KING, KOTIK, LENTZ, MAHONEY, MANN, MARKOSEK, MELIO,
MUNDY, MUSTIO, M. O'BRIEN, PETRARCA, PETRONE, PYLE, RAPP,
RAYMOND, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SAINATO, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO,
SHAPIRO, M. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STURLA, SURRA, WALKO,
WANSACZ, WHEATLEY, WATERS, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK
AND BLACKWELL, FEBRUARY 9, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, FEBRUARY 9, 2007
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 and reserve component
2 members.--Unless prohibited by Federal law or regulation, a
3 member of the Pennsylvania National Guard or a reserve component
4 of the United States Armed Forces who has been ordered to active
5 Federal or State service shall be given a preference for
6 placement in any program under this act for a period of one year
7 after discharge from active duty. Preference for placement shall
8 be given after the member provides documentation of the dates of
9 active duty and meets the eligibility requirements of the
10 program.
11 (b) Spouses.--Unless prohibited by Federal law or
12 regulation, a spouse of a member of the Pennsylvania National
13 Guard or a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces
14 who has been ordered to active Federal or State service shall be
15 given a preference for placement in any program under this act.
16 Preference for placement shall be given after the spouse
17 provides documentation of the member's dates of active duty and
18 meets the eligibility requirements of the program.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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