(a) In the manner provided in AS 23.20 and for the benefit of the program, the department shall collect from each employee an amount equal to.16 percent of the wages, as set out in AS 23.20.175 , on which the employee is required to make contributions under AS 23.20.290 (d). The department shall remit to the Department of Revenue, in accordance with AS 37.10.050 , money collected under this subsection.
(b) Notwithstanding AS 23.20.290 (d), the department shall credit each employee with an amount equal to the amount collected from the employee under (a) of this section against unemployment contributions owed by the employee under AS 23.20.
(c) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall assess and collect, under AS 23.20.185 - 23.20.275, interest and penalties for delinquent reports and payments due under this section. Interest and penalties collected shall be handled in accordance with AS 23.20.130(d).
(d) Notwithstanding AS 23.15.840 (a), for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, through June 30, 2017, the money collected under this section or otherwise appropriated to the Alaska Workforce Investment Board, formerly known as the Alaska Human Resource Investment Council, shall be allocated directly in the following percentages to the following institutions for programs consistent with AS 23.15.820 - 23.15.850 and capital improvements:
University of Alaska 45 percent
Galena Interior Learning Academy 4 percent
Alaska Technical Center 9 percent
Alaska Vocational Technical Center 17 percent
Northwestern Alaska Career and Technical Center 3 percent
Southwest Alaska Vocational and Education Center 3 percent
Yuut Elitnaurviat, Inc. People's Learning Center 9 percent
Partners for Progress in Delta, Inc. 3 percent
Amundsen Educational Center 2 percent
Ilisagvik College 5 percent.
(e) [See delayed amendment note]. The institutions receiving funding under (d) of this section shall provide an expenditure and performance report to the department by November 1 of each year that includes the
(1) percentage of former participants in the program who have jobs one year after leaving the program;
(2) median wage of former participants seven to 12 months after leaving the program;
(3) percentage of former participants who were employed after leaving the program who received training under the program that was related or somewhat related to the former participants' jobs seven to 12 months after leaving the program;
(4) percentage of former participants who indicate some level of satisfaction with the training received under the program; and
(5) percentage of employers who indicate satisfaction with the services provided through the program.
(f) The department shall prepare and present an expenditure and performance report based on the information provided under (e) of this section to the legislature not later than the 15th day of each regular legislative session.
(g) [Effective July 1, 2015]. The institutions receiving funding under (d) of this section shall establish and maintain at least one articulation agreement under which dual credit may be earned by high school students upon completion of a vocational education course.
(h) [Effective July 1, 2015]. An institution's failure to comply with (e) or (g) of this section shall result in a withholding penalty of 20 percent of the funding allocated under (d) of this section in the following year.
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