PENNSYLVANIA, June 10 - PRINTER'S NO. 515

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

486

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY SABATINA, BARTOLOTTA, FONTANA, STREET, MENSCH,

AUMENT, REGAN, COSTA, BREWSTER AND KANE, APRIL 8, 2021

REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, APRIL 8, 2021

AN ACT

Amending the act of December 18, 2001 (P.L.949, No.114),

entitled "An act establishing a unified workforce investment

system; restructuring certain administrative functions,

procedures and entities; transferring workforce development

functions of Commonwealth agencies; establishing the

Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board; providing for

critical job training grants, for guarantees for program

quality and performance for workforce development programs,

for workforce leadership grants and for industry

partnerships; establishing the Keystone Works Program; and

authorizing local workforce investment boards," in

preliminary provisions, providing for preference for training

programs.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The act of December 18, 2001 (P.L.949, No.114),

known as the Workforce Development Act, is amended by adding a

section to read:

Section 105. Preference for training programs.

(a) Pennsylvania National Guard and reserve component

members.--Unless prohibited by Federal law or regulation, a

member of the Pennsylvania National Guard or a reserve component

of the United States Armed Forces who has been ordered to active

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