Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-11s – Governor's Workforce Council recommendations re appropriation of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds.

(a) Not later than October 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the Governor's Workforce Council shall make recommendations consistent with the provisions of the Connecticut workforce development plan developed by the Governor's Workforce Council pursuant to section 31-11p to the Governor concerning the appropriation of funds received for adult workforce development activities under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time.
(b) Pursuant to Section 189(i)(4)(A) of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time, the Governor is authorized by the General Assembly to apply for a waiver of federal eligibility requirements to allow incumbent workers with annual family incomes that do not exceed two hundred per cent of the poverty level guidelines issued by the federal Department of Health and Human Services to receive job training services.

(P.A. 99-195, S. 12, 15; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2, S. 101; P.A. 13-140, S. 21; P.A. 16-169, S. 24; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 228.)

History: P.A. 99-195 effective June 23, 1999; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-2 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute “technical high schools” for “regional vocational-technical high schools”; P.A. 13-140 deleted former Subsec. (b) re commission to make annual recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly re appropriations of funds for young adult programs and redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) and (d) as Subsecs. (b) and (c), effective June 18, 2013; pursuant to P.A. 16-169, “Workforce Investment Act of 1998, P.L. 105-220” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 substantially revised Subsec. (a) re recommendations to Governor concerning appropriation of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds, deleted former Subsec. (b) re recommendations for dislocated workers, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b) and amended same to make a technical change, effective July 1, 2021.