PENNSYLVANIA, June 8 - PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 152

PRINTER'S NO. 253

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

168

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY HUGHES, MENSCH, STREET, FONTANA, KEARNEY,

SANTARSIERO, SCHWANK, BROWNE, STEFANO, AUMENT AND COMITTA,

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

SENATOR BARTOLOTTA, LABOR AND INDUSTRY, AS AMENDED,

FEBRUARY 23, 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 industry

partnerships, further providing for definitions, for industry

clusters, for interdepartmental cooperation and for industry

and labor market research and providing for dissemination of

industry and labor market research to educational

institutions.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The definitions of "high-priority occupations"

and "targeted industry cluster" in section 1301 of the act of

December 18, 2001 (P.L.949, No.114), known as the Workforce

Development Act, are amended and the section is amended by

adding definitions to read:

Section 1301. Definitions.

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