41-1541. Arizona job training program
(L15, Ch. 10, sec. 3. Eff. 1/1/16. Rpld. 1/1/17)
A. The Arizona job training program is established in the Arizona commerce authority. The program shall provide training for specific employment opportunities with qualified new and expanding businesses and businesses undergoing economic conversion. The guidelines established pursuant to section 41-1543 shall provide additional weight for incumbent worker training applicants who demonstrate that incumbent worker trainees will receive an increase in compensation on completion of the training.
B. The chief executive officer shall implement the program and spend monies in the Arizona job training fund established by section 41-1544.
C. The authority, the business receiving monies for training and the provider of training shall design the training programs.
D. The business shall contribute monies or other appropriate resources, including technical assistance, machinery or training space, as follows:
1. For specific employment opportunities with qualified new and expanding businesses and businesses undergoing economic conversion, in an amount equal to at least twenty-five percent of the estimated cost of the proposed training.
2. For incumbent worker training, in an amount equal to at least fifty percent of the estimated cost of the proposed training.
E. The authority shall not be a direct provider of the training established pursuant to this article.
F. Training may be provided by the state community college system, a private postsecondary educational institution licensed under title 32, chapter 30, a community college operated by a tribal government or another qualified training provider.
G. Before a business currently operating in this state is eligible to receive training monies, the authority shall require the business to maintain or exceed its current level of training expenditures.
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