S3005-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS
• Feb 7, 2011: REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS

S3005-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3005

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public authorities law, in relation to creating the mobile
high-technology training facilities program

PURPOSE:
Creates the mobile high-technology training facilities program,
allowing the Foundation for Science, Technology and Innovation
(d.b.a. NYSTAR) to provide matching grants for the design,
development and outfit of mobile training facilities.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Amends the public authorities law by adding a new section
3154-a creating the mobile high-technology training facilities
program within the foundation for science, technology and innovation
to award competitive grants to qualified applicants for the
development of mobile high-technology training facilities.

Section 2: Effective date.

EXISTING LAW:
This is a new bill.

JUSTIFICATION:
Training opportunities are an essential component of economic
development. While hands-on training is widely recognized as the most
valuable form of learning experience, equipping laboratories to train
workers, especially in the high-technology manufacturing fields, is
beyond the means of many educational institutions.

Just as rural hospitals share medical equipment carried from one
facility to another in specially equipped trailers, training
facilities could be designed to fit in similar trailers and be
brought to
training sites. Mobile training facilities will make training in
high-value occupations a reality for students in rural areas,
incumbent workers, and those enrolled in educational institutions
lacking the resources to equip cutting-edge training facilities.

This program will provide competitively awarded grants to educational
or qualified not-for-profit institutions for the design, development
and outfit of mobile laboratory and/or training facilities that
complement certificate, degree or other recognized credentialing
programs leading to employment in high-value and high-demand
occupations. Mobile programs have a proven record of success. For
example, the Time Wise Management Systems' Mobile Outreach Skills
Training (MOST) initiative, launched in conjunction with the US
Department of Labor and utilized in Florida, Massachusetts,
Mississippi and throughout New England, saves companies the expense
of training or retraining employees they would have otherwise provided.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill.


FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Estimated costs of $1 million per mobile high-technology training
facilities unit, 20% of which would be required as a match provided
by the applicant. In New York state the average salary for a
high-technology manufacturing employee is $65,000 compared to $39,000
for a "nuts and bolts" manufacturing job. Each unit could train up to
500 employees per year for an overall increase in wages of $13
million. Therefore, an $800,000 state investment could yield up to
$13 million annually in additional wages, resulting in increased
revenues from the personal income tax and other economic activity.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S3005-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         3005
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 February 7, 2011
 
 Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed  to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic Devel
 opment and Small Business
 

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to creating  the
 mobile high-technology training facilities program
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 3154-a to read as follows:

 

S 3154-A.  MOBILE HIGH-TECHNOLOGY TRAINING FACILITIES PROGRAM.  1. THE
 FOUNDATION  IS  HEREBY  AUTHORIZED  TO  CREATE  A MOBILE HIGH-TECHNOLOGY
 TRAINING FACILITIES PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF  THE  PROGRAM  IS  TO  AWARD
 MATCHING  GRANTS  ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS TO QUALIFIED APPLICANTS FOR THE
 DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND/OR OUTFIT  OF  MOBILE  HIGH-TECHNOLOGY  TRAINING
 FACILITIES  THAT  COMPLEMENT  CERTIFICATE,  DEGREE  OR  OTHER RECOGNIZED
 CREDENTIALING PROGRAMS.
 2. "QUALIFIED  APPLICANT"  MEANS  ANY  EDUCATIONAL  OR  NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 INSTITUTION   PROVIDING   CERTIFICATE,  DEGREE  OR  OTHER  CREDENTIALING
 PROGRAMS IN HIGH-TECHNOLOGY FIELDS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  NANO
 TECHNOLOGY, BIOTECHNOLOGY, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING PROCESSES AND INFORMA
 TION  TECHNOLOGY OR ANY OTHER FIELD DEFINED AS AN EMERGING TECHNOLOGY BY
 PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED TWO-E  OF
 THIS ARTICLE.
 3. APPLICANTS SHALL SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE FOUNDATION COMPRISING
 A PLAN INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

 (A)  DEMONSTRATION  THAT  FUNDS AND/OR OTHER IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS ARE
 ENCUMBERED IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN TWENTY PERCENT OF REQUESTED  GRANT
 AMOUNT;
 (B)  THE  DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A FACILITY INCLUDING THE USE OF
 SIMULATION-BASED EDUCATION AND TRAINING RESOURCES INCLUDING THE TYPES OF
 MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT AND STAFFING LEVEL REQUIRED;
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07608-01-1
 
       S. 3005                             2
 (C) DEMONSTRATION OF A FLEXIBLE PROGRAM WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR DIVERSI
 FIED JOB TRAINING SKILLS WITHIN A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY;
 (D) EVIDENCE THAT A NEED FOR EMPLOYEES RELATED TO THE INDUSTRY ASSOCI
 ATED WITH THE APPLICANT EXISTS;
 (E) DEVELOPMENT OF A CURRICULUM TO DELIVER SUCH MOBILE TRAINING FACIL
 ITY  TO  EACH  REGIONALLY  DEFINED LOCATION IN THE STATE LACKING SIMILAR
 TRAINING  OPPORTUNITIES  INCLUDING  THE  PERIOD  OF  TIME  REQUIRED   TO
 ADEQUATELY  TRAIN AN INDIVIDUAL AND THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
 UTILIZING SUCH FACILITY IN  A GIVEN YEAR;
 (F)  DEMONSTRATION  OF  A  COLLABORATIVE  AND/OR  COOPERATIVE  WORKING
 RELATIONSHIP  WITH  PRIVATE  EMPLOYERS  TO  ENSURE  THAT FACILITIES MEET
 INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC JOB TRAINING REQUIREMENTS; AND
 (G) DEMONSTRATION OF AN ABILITY TO MAINTAIN SUCH MOBILE FACILITY ON AN
 ON-GOING BASIS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SELF-SUSTAINABILITY REGARD
 ING STAFFING, OPERATING, MAINTENANCE AND ADAPTABILITY.
 4. THE FOUNDATION SHALL ESTABLISH ANY ADDITIONAL CRITERIA TO  BE  USED
 IN THE EVALUATION OF APPLICATIONS.
 5. THE FOUNDATION SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGIS
 LATURE  REGARDING THE OUTCOMES OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
 TO GRANT RECIPIENTS, PURPOSE  OF  MOBILE  TRAINING  FACILITY,  LOCATIONS
 VISITED, NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS UTILIZING FACILITY AND ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT
 OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF SUCH FACILITY.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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