This text of Oregon § 660.175 (Grant program for apprenticeship training in healthcare, manufacturing and construction; standards and criteria for grant recipients; rules) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Oregon primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
(1)As used in this section:
(a)“Community-based organization” has the meaning given that term in ORS 660.390. (b)“Local workforce development board” has the meaning given that term in ORS 660.300. (c)“Priority populations” has the meaning given that term in ORS 660.300. (2)The Bureau of Labor and Industries shall establish and administer a grant program to provide financial support for the development, expansion and implementation of registered apprenticeship and preapprenticeship training programs in health care and manufacturing, and for the development and implementation of preapprenticeship training programs in construction.
(3)The State Apprenticeship and Training Council, under the direction of the Apprenticeship and Training Division of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, may
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(1) As used in this section:
(a) “Community-based organization” has the meaning given that term in ORS 660.390.
(b) “Local workforce development board” has the meaning given that term in ORS 660.300.
(c) “Priority populations” has the meaning given that term in ORS 660.300.
(2) The Bureau of Labor and Industries shall establish and administer a grant program to provide financial support for the development, expansion and implementation of registered apprenticeship and preapprenticeship training programs in health care and manufacturing, and for the development and implementation of preapprenticeship training programs in construction.
(3) The State Apprenticeship and Training Council, under the direction of the Apprenticeship and Training Division of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, may award grants to community-based organizations, labor organizations, local workforce development boards and other entities that develop apprenticeship and preapprenticeship training programs described under subsection (2) of this section and that prioritize program participation by apprentices from priority populations.
(4) The Apprenticeship and Training Division of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall, in collaboration with the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, recommend for approval by the council:
(a) The criteria and standards by which the entities described under subsection (3) of this section may submit proposals to receive a grant under this section.
(b) The grant proposals to consider in awarding grants.
(5) The council shall award grants under this section on a competitive basis and may give priority to grant proposals that demonstrate effective strategies for engaging with priority populations.
(6) A recipient of a grant under this section may use the moneys:
(a) To pay the costs of convening employers in health care and manufacturing;
(b) To recruit and conduct outreach for apprentices;
(c) To provide tuition and fee assistance to program participants;
(d) To pay the costs of tools, supplies and equipment and other training-related costs;
(e) To pay for technology supports, including broadband services;
(f) To provide apprentices with supports and services that are equivalent to the supports and services available to apprentices who perform work on a bridge or highway project;
(g) To develop uniform standards for new registered apprenticeship and preapprenticeship training programs described under subsection (2) of this section;
(h) To develop a curriculum and standard courses of study for the instruction of apprentices; and
(i) For any other activities that the bureau deems necessary to support the expansion of registered apprenticeship and preapprenticeship training programs and to support overall increased program participation, with an emphasis on increased participation by women and individuals from communities of color.
(7) The bureau may adopt rules necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
(8) Each grant recipient shall track and report to the council information regarding the status of each apprenticeship and preapprenticeship program developed, expanded and implemented under this section and the use of grant funds.