71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
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LC 1500
A-Engrossed
House Bill 3755
Ordered by the House April 2
Including House Amendments dated April 2
Sponsored by Representative MINNIS; Representatives MONNES
ANDERSON, SHETTERLY
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
Creates Advanced Technology Education and Training Fund.
Authorizes Oregon Economic and Community Development Commission
to make grants or loans to public-private partnerships for
delivery of workforce education and training in communities
around state. { + Specifies maximum amount for grants and loans
made for certain uses.
Creates Advanced Technology Partnership Task Force. Specifies
membership and functions. + }
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to advanced technology education; and limiting
expenditures.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + Sections 2 and 3 of this 2001 Act are added to
and made a part of ORS 285A.452 to 285A.461. + }
SECTION 2. { + (1) There is created within the State Treasury,
separate and distinct from the General Fund, the Advanced
Technology Education and Training Fund. Moneys in the fund are
appropriated continuously to the Oregon Economic and Community
Development Commission for the purpose of developing and
implementing public-private partnerships to provide advanced
technology education and training opportunities in all industry
sectors to individuals in communities throughout Oregon. The
education and training opportunities must:
(a) Address current and future workforce development needs
dictated by Oregon's rapidly changing economy;
(b) Facilitate sustainable and dynamic economic development in
communities by creating flexible opportunities for workforce
development;
(c) Establish results-oriented, collaborative investments of
public and private resources in communities throughout Oregon;
(d) Ensure that Oregon's capacity for economic growth and
vitality is not limited by a lack of opportunities for workforce
development; and
(e) Provide support to existing community efforts to establish
innovative strategies for delivering advanced technology
education and training.
(2) The commission shall establish by rule a process for making
grants or loans to public-private partnerships to provide
advanced technology education and training opportunities. The
commission shall consult with the Advanced Technology Partnership
Task Force created in section 3 of this 2001 Act when
establishing by rule the process for making grants and loans.
(3) When considering applications for grants and loans, the
commission shall give priority to advanced technology education
and training projects that:
(a) Provide or increase access for individuals to advanced
technology education and training through the efforts of local
and regional career centers and public-private consortiums;
(b) In combination with other projects receiving funds,
contribute to advanced technology education and training
opportunities in every part of the state;
(c) Have widespread community support as evidenced by a
memorandum of agreement or similar documentation;
(d) Establish joint ventures that represent an effective,
actual sharing of resources through public-private partnerships,
including joint ventures among business and industry, secondary
education institutions, post-secondary institutions as defined in
ORS 286.705 or governmental units;
(e) Have a long-term strategic plan and lack only the necessary
financial resources;
(f) Provide state-of-the-art technology that meets current
standards of business and industry and addresses local and
regional economic development priorities;
(g) Help individuals connect education and training with career
planning and job opportunities through local and regional career
center resources as implemented under federal workforce
investment laws;
(h) Provide articulated secondary and post-secondary education
programs that are designed to lead to a degree or
industry-specific skills certification; and
(i) Establish short-term training programs that meet the
immediate needs of local employers in their communities.
(4)(a) Grant and loan funds may be used for:
(A) Infrastructure construction or reconstruction;
(B) Equipment or technology purchases; and
(C) Expanding or revising current projects to increase the
capacity of the project, alter the project plan, change the
members of a consortium or address education or employment
deficiencies.
(b) A grant or loan issued under paragraph (a)(C) of this
subsection may not exceed $25,000.
(5) The grant and loan application shall include:
(a) The members names of a consortium;
(b) A description of standards used to assess the performance
of the project;
(c) An estimate of the number of individuals who will be served
by the project;
(d) The fiscal agent of the consortium;
(e) A project plan for at least two years after first receiving
grant funds; and
(f) The person who will be responsible for convening the
consortium on a regular basis. + }
SECTION 3. { + (1) There is created within the Economic and
Community Development Department the Advanced Technology
Partnership Task Force.
(2) Members of the task force shall be appointed by the Oregon
Economic and Community Development Commission. Members serve at
the pleasure of the commission for a term not to exceed four
years.
(3) Members of the task force must be:
(a) Individuals representing or participating in existing
projects;
(b) Representatives from local and regional workforce
investment boards who have participated in project development;
or
(c) Representatives from the Economic and Community Development
Department, the Department of Education or the Department of
Community Colleges and Workforce Development.
(4) The task force shall advise the commission on the process
for making grants to ensure that:
(a) Projects are geographically distributed throughout the
state;
(b) Representatives of related, ongoing community efforts
assist in the implementation of advanced technology education and
training projects; and
(c) The grant process and timelines are designed to minimize
barriers to receiving funds. + }
SECTION 4. { + (1) There is allocated to the Economic and
Community Development Department from the Administrative Services
Economic Development Fund the amount identified in subsection (2)
of this section.
(2) The amount of $__ is established for the biennium beginning
July 1, 2001, as the maximum limit for payment of expenses by the
department from the Administrative Services Economic Development
Fund for the purposes established in sections 2 and 3 of this
2001 Act.
(3) The allocation of moneys from the Administrative Services
Economic Development Fund under this section is subject to the
requirements in section 4, Article XV of the Oregon Constitution,
for deposit of 15 percent of the net proceeds from the Oregon
State Lottery into the Education Endowment Fund and into the
Parks and Natural Resources Fund and shall be made only after
satisfaction or payment of:
(a) Amounts allocated to Westside lottery bonds issued under
ORS 391.140 or to the reserves or any refunding related to the
Westside lottery bonds in accordance with the priority for
allocation and disbursement established by ORS 391.130;
(b) All liens, pledges or other obligations relating to lottery
bonds or refunding lottery bonds that are due or payable during
the biennium beginning July 1, 2001; and
(c) Amounts required by any other pledges of, or liens on, net
proceeds from the Oregon State Lottery. + }
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