3.
Required exhibits and supplements shall include a A statement written by the applicant explaining the circumstances leading to the need for retraining and an explanation as to why the applicant feels that the desired retraining will lead to gainful employment.section 40.
VA 2.03 (3) (b), (c), and (4) are renumbered VA 2.03 (3) (b) 1., (c) 1., and (4) (a), and amended to read: VA 2.03 (3) (b) Procedure for a school-based course. 1. Applications shall be initiated in the office of a county veterans service officer and completed and submitted by the FAO or other appropriate official representing the school attended by the applicant.
2. The applications shall include verification that the applicant has received counseling from an assessment counselor and the counselor approves of the retraining to be taken.
(c) Procedure for structured on-the-job training program. 1. Applications shall be initiated, completed, and submitted by the office of a county veterans service officer.
2. Each application shall contain a certification by the employer that the requirements of sub. (5) are met.
3. The department shall evaluate the program and determine whether the requirements of s. VA 2.03 sub. (5) are met. (4) Coordination with other occupational training programs. (a) The department shall stay in regular contact with and shall promote cooperation with the United States department of labor, the United States department of veterans affairs USDVA, the department of workforce development, and any other occupational training program administrator as appropriate.
(b) The department may exchange program literature with the agencies and encourage county veterans service officers to provide information about other programs to veterans who participate in or inquire about the retraining grant program.
section 41.
VA 2.03 (5) (b) to (L) are amended to read: VA 2.03 (5) (b) The training program is not for employment which that consists of seasonal, intermittent, or temporary jobs.
(c) The training content of the program is adequate to accomplish the training objective of the program taking into account the occupation for which training is to be provided and the content of comparable, available training opportunities which that lead to the occupation.
(d) The wages and benefits to be paid to the veteran participating in the training program will may not be less than the wages and benefits normally paid to other employees participating in a comparable training program.
(e) The employment of a veteran under the program will may not result in the full or partial displacement of currently employed workers.
(f) The employment of a veteran under this program will may not be in a job while any other individual is on layoff from the same or substantially equivalent job or the opening for which that was created as a result of having terminated the employment of any regular employee or otherwise having reduced the work force with the intention of hiring a veteran under this program.
(g) The employer will may not employ in this program a veteran who is already qualified by training or experience for the job for which training is to be provided.
(h) The employer will shall consider the veteran’s prior applicable training in the field for which he or she is being trained and will and may shorten his or her the training program appropriately accordingly.
(i) Each participating veteran will shall be employed full-time in the program of job training.
(j) The training period under the proposed program is may not be longer or shorter than the training period that employers in the community customarily require new employees to complete in order to become competent in the occupation for which training is to be provided.
(k) There are in the The training establishment or place of employment has such shall have adequate space, equipment, instructional material, and instructor personnel as needed to accomplish the training objective.
(L) The employer will shall keep records adequate to show the progress made by each veteran participating in the program and otherwise to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of the program for at least 3 years. The employer will shall make these records and accounts available for examination by the department as may be required.
section 42.
VA 2.04 (title) is amended to read: VA 2.04 (title) Standard student budgets budget.
section 43.
VA 2.04 is renumbered VA 2.04 (1) and amended to read: (1) Standard Educational budget. A standard educational budget for a single and or married student educational budgets shall include standard living expenses budgets for single or married students, to which shall be added $117.00 per dependent other than spouse per month, and all actual expenses for tuition, course fees, and book and materials costs for the academic year.
(2) Standard living Standard living expenses. (a) Living expenses budgets shall be based upon 9 months living expenses of $7,355 for single veterans or upon 9 months living expenses of $11,289 for married veterans, per academic year.
(b) An amount determined under par. (d) shall be added to the budget per month per dependent not including the student’s spouse.
(c) Standard A budget for standard living expenses budgets and amounts plus the amount to be added to these budgets the budget for dependents shall be increased on July 1 of every year.
(d) by the amounts The amount to be added shall be computed on the basis of the percentage of the increase in the consumer price index for all urban consumers during the preceding calendar year rounded to the nearest dollar.
section 44.
VA 2.05 (2) is amended to read: VA 2.05 (2) Amount of recovery. The department may recover only the portion of the grant to which the applicant would not have been entitled if the correct information had been provided or the grant had been properly calculated, or as a change in circumstances warrants.
section 45.
VA 2.05 (3) is renumbered VA 2.05 (3) (a) and amended to read: VA 2.05 (3) Remedies. (a) The department may request repayment of the amount due under sub. (2).
(b) In lieu of a lump sum payment, the department may enter into an agreement under which the applicant may repay the amount due within a 12-month period.
(c) If the applicant fails to repay the amount due within 30 days of a request for repayment or fails to comply with the terms of a repayment agreement, the department may offset future grants that the applicant may be entitled to under s. 45.20 or 45.21, Stats., until the amount due has been recovered. (d) The department may also suspend other benefits available to the applicant until the amount due has been recovered, except that the department may not suspend benefits available under s. 45.40, Stats. section 46.
VA 2.06 is repealed. section 47.
VA 2.07 (3) (intro.) is amended to read: VA 2.07 (3) Definitions. (intro.) In this section the following terms shall have the designated meanings:
section 48.
VA 2.07 (3) (b) is repealed.
