Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Cmte Sub for Senate Bill No. 2539

BY: Senator(s) Harden

     AMEND line 386 by deleting the word "and".

     AMEND line 388 by deleting the period and inserting the following:

; and

     AMEND, FURTHER by inserting the following after line 388:

          (j)  To collaborate, partner and contract for services with community-based organizations in the delivery of workforce training and career information especially to youth, as defined by the Federal Workforce Investment Act, and to those adults who are in low income jobs or whose individual skill levels are so low as to be unable initially to be aided by a workforce development center.  Community-based organizations must meet performance-based certification requirements set by the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges.