SB 389

General Assembly  Substitute Bill No. 389
   February Session, 2026
 AN ACT CONCERNING YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
 FUNDS.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
 Assembly convened:
1Section 1. Section 31-3mm of the general statutes is repealed and the
2    following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2026):
3(a) The Labor Department, within available appropriations, shall
4    establish a program to distribute youth employment and training funds
5    to regional workforce development boards for services to persons ages
6    fourteen to twenty-four.
7      (b) Funds provided for in this section shall be allocated [as follows:
8   (1) Thirty-two and five-tenths per cent to Capitol Workforce Partners;
9   (2) twenty-two and five-tenths per cent to The Workforce Alliance; (3)
10   twelve and five-tenths per cent to The Workplace, Inc.; (4) twenty-two
11   and five-tenths per cent to the Northwest Regional Workforce
12   Investment Board, Inc.; and (5) ten per cent to the Eastern Connecticut
13   Workforce Investment Board] to the regional workforce development
14   boards by the Labor Commissioner based on a formula established by
15   the Labor Commissioner, in collaboration with the regional workforce
16   development boards, that utilizes available data, including, but not
17   limited to, (1) the number of students in each workforce development
18   region that are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, (2) the number
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19 of economically disadvantaged youth in each workforce development
20 region determined by the most recent American Community Survey
21 conducted by United States Census Bureau, and (3) the number of at-
22 risk students, as defined in section 21 of public act 24-45, in each
23 workforce development region.
24   (c) The Labor Commissioner, in collaboration with the regional
25 workforce development boards, may update the formula established
26 pursuant to subsection (b) of this section in order to reflect current
27 conditions in the workforce development regions.
  This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
  sections:
  Section 1      July 1, 2026  31-3mm
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