LRB-1039/P2
JAM:cdc
2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Kirschbaum, BB0373 - Worker Connection Pilot Program
For 2021-2023 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ... relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
employment
Worker Connection program
This bill requires DWD to establish a worker connection program to be administered by DWD to help prospective employee participants prepare for and enter quality jobs in targeted employment sectors identified by DWD as having high opportunities for career growth.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 20.445 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
20.445 (1) (cm) Worker connection program. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for worker connection program administration, grants, and contracts under s. 106.274.
****Note: This Section involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
Section
2. 106.274 of the statutes is created to read:
106.274 Worker connection program.
(1) Worker connection program. The department shall, from the appropriation under 20.445 (1) (cm), establish and administer a worker connection program that helps participants prepare for and enter jobs in high-growth employment sectors by pairing participants with achievement coaches who guide participants through the workforce system and partner with employers in high-growth employment sectors.
(2) Implementation. The department shall promulgate rules to administer this section.
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