(Workforce) Workforce Development and Jobs
HB 838 Professions, occupations, and trades; applicant's criminal history.Chief patron: McClellan Summary as introduced:
01/19/16 House: Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #1 HB 1500 Budget Bill.Chief patron: Jones Summary as introduced:
02/15/17 House: House acceded to request HB 1592 Comprehensive community colleges; academic credit.Chief patron: James Summary as introduced: Comprehensive community colleges; academic credit. Requires the State Board for Community Colleges to require each comprehensive community college to develop policies and procedures for awarding academic credit to enrolled students who have successfully completed a state-approved registered apprenticeship credential. This bill is identical to SB 999.
02/15/17 House: Signed by Speaker HB 1708 Standards of Accreditation; industry certification credentials obtained by high school students.Chief patron: Filler-Corn Summary as passed House: Board of Education; standards of accreditation; industry certification credentials obtained by high school students. Requires the Board of Education (the Board) to consider for inclusion in the student outcome measures included in the Standards of Accreditation the number of industry certification credentials, as defined by the Board, obtained by high school students.
02/20/17 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) HB 1814 Worker retraining and telework expenses; extends sunset date for tax credits.Chief patron: Ware Summary as passed: Tax credits for worker retraining and telework expenses. Extends from taxable years prior to January 1, 2018, to taxable years prior to January 1, 2022, the sunset date for the worker retraining tax credit and transfers the certification of eligible worker retraining programs from the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority. The bill also extends from taxable years prior to January 1, 2017, to taxable years prior to January 1, 2022, the sunset date for the telework expenses tax credit. This bill is identical to SB 1576.
02/16/17 House: Signed by Speaker HB 1841 Virginia Veteran Entrepreneurship Grant Program and Fund.Chief patron: Stolle Summary as introduced:
01/19/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) HB 1959 Student internships; tax credit to an employer for each intern hired.Chief patron: Yancey Summary as introduced: The bill also provides a credit of 30 percent of the value of any matching contribution made by the employer, up to $1,000, for a student intern's contribution to his Virginia College Savings Plan.
01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Finance HB 1980 Virginia Employment Commission; jobs reports.Chief patron: Poindexter Summary as introduced:
01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102620D HB 2075 Commercial driver's license; instruction in comprehensive community colleges.Chief patron: Wilt Summary as passed House: Commercial driver's license instruction; comprehensive community colleges. Allows comprehensive community colleges in the Virginia Community College System to administer the in-vehicle component of driver instruction to students enrolled in a commercial driver training course offered by such community college who have failed the behind-the-wheel examination or general knowledge examination for a commercial driver's license three times. The bill requires that after such additional training, the Department of Motor Vehicles only shall administer the applicable exam. The bill requires that comprehensive community colleges offering such coursework meet certain standards as established by the Department and that the Department notify such comprehensive community colleges and similarly affected schools of course curriculum requirements and notify such colleges and schools if new topics are added to the mandatory curriculum. Such comprehensive community colleges and affected schools shall have 45 days to comply and update their course curriculum with the relevant changes.
02/15/17 House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2075ER) HB 2106 Workforce Development, Virginia Board of; revises composition of Board.Chief patron: Byron Summary as passed House: Virginia Board of Workforce Development. Revises the composition of the Virginia Board of Workforce Development (Board) to conform to requirements of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). One member shall be a representative of a private career college. The measure also (i) specifies that funding for a full-time Executive Director position shall be provided by Title I of the WIOA and (ii) replaces a requirement that industry credentials that align with high-demand occupations shall include the Career Readiness Certificate with the requirement that such industry credentials include a credential that determines career readiness. The measure shall not become effective if prior to July 1, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor grants a waiver of the State Board membership composition requirements under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act that permits the Board to continue with its current composition.
02/20/17 House: Enrolled HB 2387 Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of; waiver of first-time licensing fees.Chief patron: Yancey Summary as introduced:
01/31/17 House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) SB 17 STEM programs; grants for donations to programs at qualified schools.Chief patron: Stanley Summary as introduced:
02/24/16 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations SB 900 Budget Bill.Chief patron: Norment, Hanger Summary as introduced:
02/09/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) SB 949 Southern Virginia Higher Education Center; members of board of trustees, powers and duties.Chief patron: Ruff Summary as passed Senate: Southern Virginia Higher Education Center. Requires the Southern Virginia Higher Education Center (the Center) to encourage the development and delivery of workforce training in collaboration with educational institutions serving the region, with a focus on critical shortage areas and the needs of industry. The bill replaces the superintendent of the Halifax County Public Schools as an ex officio member of the board of trustees of the Center with a superintendent of a public school division located in the Southside region appointed by the Governor. The bill also broadens the eligibility requirements to serve as one of the representatives of business and industry on the board of trustees. The bill requires the board of trustees to seek opportunities to collaborate with local comprehensive community colleges to meet specialized noncredit workforce training needs identified by industry. However, if the local comprehensive community college is unable to meet such needs, then the board may seek to collaborate with other education providers or provide Center-delivered specialized noncredit workforce training. This bill is identical to HB 2172.
02/17/17 Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB949ER) SB 1100 New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program; reporting by SCHEV on Program.Chief patron: Newman Summary as passed Senate: New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program; reporting. Requires the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to include in its annual report on the New Economy Workforce Credential Grant Program information on the wages, including average wage and other relevant information, of students who have completed noncredit workforce training programs by credential name and relevant industry sector.
02/17/17 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) SB 1539 Chief Workforce Development Advisor; responsibilities.Chief patron: Ruff Summary as introduced:
02/21/17 House: Committee amendment agreed to SB 1576 Worker retraining and telework expenses; extends sunset date for tax credits.Chief patron: Hanger Summary as passed Senate: Tax credits for worker retraining and telework expenses. Extends from taxable years prior to January 1, 2018, to taxable years prior to January 1, 2022, the sunset date for the worker retraining tax credit and transfers the certification of eligible worker retraining programs from the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority. The bill also extends from taxable years prior to January 1, 2017, to taxable years prior to January 1, 2022, the sunset date for the telework expenses tax credit. This bill is identical to HB 1814.
02/17/17 House: Signed by Speaker Counts: HB: 11 SB: 6 |