PRINTER'S NO. 1994
No. 1616 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY WOJNAROSKI, BELARDI, CURRY, ROONEY, TIGUE, WAUGH, HORSEY, GORDNER, GIGLIOTTI, SHANER, BOYES, CASORIO, WALKO, PESCI, HALUSKA, McCALL, COLAIZZO, TRAVAGLIO, PETRARCA, STABACK, FAIRCHILD, JOSEPHS, TRELLO, STEELMAN, VAN HORNE, MELIO, BROWNE, C. WILLIAMS, SAINATO, HUTCHINSON, YOUNGBLOOD AND BOSCOLA, JUNE 10, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, JUNE 10, 1997
AN ACT 1 Making an appropriation to the Department of Education for the 2 purchase of machinery and equipment for technical work force 3 development and job training programs in area vocational and 4 technical schools and community colleges. 5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 6 hereby enacts as follows: 7 Section 1. Definitions. 8 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall 9 have the meanings given to them in this section unless the 10 context clearly indicates otherwise: 11 "Area vocational-technical school." A vocational school 12 operating under subdivision (c) of Article XVIII of the act of 13 March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code 14 of 1949, and that offers vocational-technical education programs 15 for specific technical occupations. 16 "Community college." A school operating under Article XIX-A 17 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the
1 Public School Code of 1949. 2 "Full-time program enrollees." All full-time enrolled 3 students at a community college who specifically participate in 4 the technical work force development and job training program at 5 the college. 6 "Machinery and equipment." Machines, machine parts, tools, 7 hardware or other related elements that operate together. 8 "Occupational advisory committee." An advisory committee for 9 the technical work force development and job training program 10 for an area vocational-technical school composed of 11 representatives of local trades, industries, business, research 12 and educational agencies, occupations and administrators of the 13 participating school district and that provides advice on such 14 matters as needed for particular shops, laboratory, occupation, 15 equipment, curriculum, labor management coordination, business 16 and industrial requirements or any other items as specified and 17 pursuant to section 1842 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, 18 No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, and any 19 regulations relating thereto. 20 "Technical work force development and job training program." 21 A secondary and postsecondary educational program designed to 22 train for specific technically advanced skills that coincide 23 with employment vacancies and needs in local industry clusters, 24 occupations or business. 25 Section 2. Appropriation. 26 The sum of $10,000,000, is hereby appropriated to the 27 Department of Education for the fiscal year July 1, 1997, to 28 June 30, 1998. From this sum, $5,000,000 shall be allocated to 29 area vocational-technical schools and $5,000,000 shall be 30 allocated to community colleges in accordance with the 19970H1616B1994 - 2 -
1 following: 2 (1) Each area vocational-technical school shall be 3 reimbursed up to 50% of the purchase price of machinery and 4 equipment purchased in accordance with the recommendations of 5 the occupational advisory committee for that school regarding 6 the school's technical work force and job training programs. 7 The basis for a committee's recommendations to the area 8 vocational-technical school shall be to upgrade or enhance, 9 or both, vocational secondary education programs that provide 10 technical skills training and promote cooperative work force 11 development initiatives between the schools and the 12 industries, industry clusters, businesses or occupations 13 represented on the occupational advisory council. 14 (2) A community college that maintains full-time 15 enrollments in a work force development program and purchases 16 machinery and equipment for those programs shall be eligible 17 for a portion of the funds appropriated under this section. 18 The amount distributed to each eligible community college 19 will be determined by the total number of full-time program 20 enrollees divided by the amount of the appropriation 21 designated for community colleges under this act. All money 22 distributed to eligible community colleges under this act 23 shall be used solely for the purchase of machinery and 24 equipment for the work force development programs. 25 Section 3. Effective date. 26 This act shall take effect July 1, 1997, or immediately, 27 whichever is later. D29L84DGS/19970H1616B1994 - 3 -