3. Staff training. The direct service staff of the Maine Job Training Workforce Investment System service providers shall must receive training to expand their knowledge of the labor laws contained in the informational pamphlet.

Sec. 26. 26 MRSA §2182, as amended by PL 1999, c. 532, §1, is further amended to read:

§2182. Participants

The Corps shall strive to include a diversity of participants. Priority must be given to those whose family income is 150% or less of the nonfarm income official poverty line as defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget as revised annually in accordance with the United States Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Section 673, Subsection 2 and to those who are economically disadvantaged low-income individuals as defined by the United States Job Training Partnership Act, Subchapter II, Public Law 97-300 federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, 29 United States Code, Section 2801. A person is not eligible if that person has left a secondary school for the purpose of participating in this program. Corps members may be jointly enrolled in any state or local job training program or human resource development program.

SUMMARY

This bill conforms state workforce development laws to the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998. The bill:

1. Deletes obsolete language relating to expenditures in fiscal year 1989-90 and updates the reference to an entity that must be consulted before recommending use of funds in the State Contingent Account for job training purposes;

2. Updates the reference to local workforce investment areas in the law allowing the State Risk Management Division to provide insurance advice and services to certain entities;

3. Updates the reference in the law relating to coordination of efforts between the Maine Technical College System and related programs;

4. Corrects a chapter heading;