§ 81-1204 — Job training grant; approval; limitations

(1) Except
as otherwise provided in subsection
(2) of this section, the Department of Economic Development shall
not approve a job training grant (a) which
exceeds an average expenditure of five thousand dollars per job created if
the proposed wage levels do not exceed thirty thousand dollars per year, (b) which exceeds an average expenditure of ten
thousand dollars per job if the proposed wage levels exceed thirty thousand
dollars per year but do not
exceed fifty thousand dollars per year, or (c) which exceeds an average expenditure
of twenty thousand dollars per job if the proposed wage levels exceed fifty
thousand dollars per year or if the jobs created are located in a high-poverty
area as defined in section 81-1203 .
(2) If the application is approved with
provisions described in subsection (3) of section 81-1203 , the Department
of Economic Development may approve a job training grant (a) up to ten thousand dollars per job created
if the proposed wage levels do not exceed thirty thousand dollars per year, (b) up to fifteen thousand
dollars per job if the proposed wage levels exceed thirty thousand dollars
per year but do not exceed fifty thousand dollars
per year, or (c) up to twenty-five thousand dollars per job if the proposed
wage levels exceed fifty thousand dollars per year or if the jobs created
are located in a high-poverty area as defined in section 81-1203 .

Legislative History

Source: Laws 1995, LB 326, § 3; Laws 2008, LB1154, § 28; Laws 2014, LB906, § 19.