§ 982 — Evaluation

§ 982. Evaluation. 1. The evaluation component of each program plan\nshall, at a minimum, include the following:\n (a) a statement on legislative history and intent;\n (b) a statement of program objectives which identifies outcomes\nattributable to the program, anticipated performance levels, and\nindicators of the effectiveness of the program;\n (c) defined quantitative measures which will be included as part of\nthe evaluation report including, but not limited to, a description of\nthe targeted population, criteria for participant selection,\ndemographics on participants, measures of program activity, inventory of\nservices provided, and budget information on programs and administrative\nexpenditures including, but not limited to, costs per participant. For\nthose programs where an objective is job placement, data shall include\ninformation on the occupations which participants enter, the rate of job\nretention, pre-program wage earnings and post-program wage earnings as\nwell as other appropriate measures which indicate the extent to which\nprogram activities meet program objectives. For those programs where the\nobjectives are other than job placement, such as youth employment and\ntraining programs, occupationally related basic competency programs,\nprograms which provide services supporting individuals in jobs, and\nemployee skills upgrading programs, data shall, at a minimum, represent\nmeasures which indicate the extent to which program activities meet\nprogram objectives. Other performance indicators that appropriately\ndescribe the effect of the program and data which reflects follow-up\nactivity appropriate to the services provided shall also be included as\npart of the evaluation report;\n (d) a statement of methodology which will result in a comparison of\nprogram outcomes against program objectives; and\n (e) any additional evaluation information as may be required by law.\n 2. (a) The evaluation report for each workforce preparation program\nshall be submitted to the job training coordinating council, as defined\nin subdivision two of section nine hundred seventy-one of this chapter,\nfor review and recommendation.\n (b) The report shall include, at a minimum, all program data and an\nanalysis which compares performance outcomes against program objectives\nas specified in the evaluation component of the program plan defined\nherein and shall include an evaluation of activity for the completed\nprogram year immediately preceding the issuance of the report and an\ninterim evaluation of current program year activity if applicable.\n 3. Based on the review conducted pursuant to paragraph (a) of\nsubdivision two of this section, the council shall prepare a unified\nsummary of evaluation reports submitted by each agency pursuant to this\narticle for submission to the speaker of the assembly, the temporary\npresident of the senate, and the chair of the legislative commission on\nskills development and career education no later than January\nthirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety and each year thereafter provided,\nhowever, that the council shall make available each individual program\nevaluation report submitted pursuant to this article upon request of the\nlegislature. The council shall include in such summary recommendations\nto the governor and the legislature relating to improved program\ncoordination and service delivery, program improvements or enhancements\nand necessary statutory changes.\n 4. The provisions of this section shall not exempt any agency from\nrequirements relating to the evaluation of workforce preparation\nprograms pursuant to any other provision of law.\n