Adopted

AMENDMENT NO 1 TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No.  588

BY: Senator(s) Parker

     AMEND on line 107 by inserting "and amended" after "reenacted".

     FURTHER, AMEND by inserting the following below line 314:

(o)  To implement and oversee career coaching programs, as described in Section 37-73-3, to support middle schools and high schools by exposing, preparing and connecting students to career avenues within and beyond the classroom setting.  The program may include providing career coaches with access to technology to develop customized career pathways and connect students with post-secondary and employment opportunities matching their skills and interests;

(p)  To implement and oversee programs providing support to community and junior colleges for training needs that may arise when new businesses locate in Mississippi, to include providing support to existing industries that may lose employees as a result of the new business; and

(q)  To implement and oversee the Mississippi K-12 Workforce Development Grant Program created in Section 2 of Senate Bill No. 2810, 2023 Regular Session, to provide equipment and other resources to career and technical or other workforce programs in public schools.

     FURTHER, AMEND by striking lines 393-420 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

     (10)  The office shall file an annual and a quarterly report with the Governor, Secretary of State, President of the Senate, * * * Secretary of the Senate, Speaker of the House, * * * and Clerk of the House Chairman of the House Workforce Development Committee and Chairman of the Senate Economic and Workforce Committee.  The annual report shall be filed not later than October 1 of each year regarding all funds approved by the office to be expended on workforce training during the prior calendar year.  The quarterly and annual reports shall include:

          (a)  Information on the performance of the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund and the Mississippi Works Fund, in terms of adding value to the local and state economy, the contribution to future growth of the state economy, and movement toward state goals, including increasing the labor force participation rate; and

          (b)  With respect to specific workforce training projects:

              (i)  The location of the training;

              (ii)  The amount allocated to the project;

              (iii)  The purpose of the project;

              (iv)  The specific business entity that is the beneficiary of the project; * * * and

              (v)  The number of employees intended to be trained and actually trained, if applicable, in the course of the project * * *.; and

(vi)  The types of funds used for the project.

(c)  With respect to the grants that have been awarded under the Mississippi K-12 Workforce Development Grant Program:

(i)  The entity that was awarded the grant;

(ii)  The amount allocated to the grant;

(iii)  The purpose of the grant; and

(iv)  How the grant has been used since it was awarded.

(d)  With respect to the office's authority to select tools and resources, including necessary online platforms and similar systems in furtherance of the mission of the office:

(i)  The policies that the office has adopted or amended on the process for the selection of tools and resources, including necessary online platforms and similar systems in furtherance of the mission of the office;

(ii)  The eligible entities that the office determined may provide services, such as companies, nonprofit organizations, or other similar groups;

(iii)  Any tools and resources, including necessary online platforms and similar systems in furtherance of the mission of the office, that have been selected by the office; and

(iv)  What entity received the benefit of the tools and resources that were selected.

          ( * * *ce)  All information concerning a proposed project which is provided to the executive director shall be kept confidential.  Such confidentiality shall not limit disclosure under the Mississippi Public Records Act of 1983 of records describing the nature, quantity, cost or other pertinent information related to the activities of, or services performed using, the Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund or the Mississippi Works Fund.

     FURTHER, AMEND on line 6494 by striking "61" and inserting in lieu thereof "62".

     FURTHER, AMEND the title to conform by inserting the following on line 5 after the semicolon:

TO AMEND REENACTED SECTION 37-153-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO GIVE THE STATE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD THE DUTIES OF IMPLEMENTING AND OVERSEEING CAREER COACHING PROGRAMS IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS, PROGRAMS PROVIDING SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES FOR TRAINING NEEDS ARISING WHEN NEW BUSINESSES LOCATE IN MISSISSIPPI, AND A MISSISSIPPI K-12 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE EQUIPMENT AND OTHER RESOURCES TO CAREER AND TECHNICAL OR OTHER WORKFORCE PROGRAMS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS; TO REVISE CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF THE OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT;