The executive director and the commissioner of education may make agreements to train workers for certain new manufacturing jobs, and may approve direct reimbursement arrangements for some training costs.
156.848 Agreements for training workers. (1) The executive director of the Office of Adult Education within the Department of Workforce Development in the Education and Labor Cabinet and the commissioner of education may enter into agreements to train workers for new manufacturing jobs in new or expanding industries characterized by one (1) or more of the following criteria: a high average skill, a high average wage, rapid national growth, or jobs feasible and desirable for location in rural regions. Such agreements shall not be subject to the requirements of KRS 45A.045 and KRS 45A.690 to 45A.725 when awarded on the basis of a detailed training plan approved by the appropriate agency head. Reimbursement to the industry shall be made upon submission of documents validating actual training expenditure not to exceed the amount approved by the training plan. (2) The executive director and the commissioner of education may approve authorization for his or her agency to enter into agreements with industries whereby the industry may be reimbursed directly for the following services: (a) The cost of instructors' salaries when the instructor is an employee of the industry to be served; (b) Cost of only those supplies, materials, and equipment used exclusively in the training program; and (c) Cost of leasing a training facility should a vocational education school or the industrial plant not be available. Effective:July 1, 2022 History: Amended 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 236, sec. 65, effective July 1, 2022. -- Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 26, effective June 27, 2019. -- Repealed, reenacted, renumbered, and amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 59, sec. 25, effective June 25, 2013. -- Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 11, sec. 18, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 211, sec. 35, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 526, sec. 6, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 469, sec. 22, effective July 15, 1994. -- Repealed, reenacted, and amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 470, sec. 22, effective July 1, 1990; amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, sec. 141; and ch. 496, sec. 48. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 361, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1988. -- Amended 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 111, sec. 90, effective July 13, 1984. -- Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 31, sec. 1, effective March 12, 1980. KRS 151B.120 formerly codified as KRS 156.253 Legislative Research Commission Note (7/13/90). The repeal, with reenactment and amendment, of this section prevailed over its amendment by two other Acts of the 1990 Regular Session pursuant to KRS 446.260. The Reviser has changed internal numbering references pursuant to KRS 7.136(1). Formerly codified as KRS 151B.120.