(a)(1) The role and function of the Arkansas Industry Training Program of the Arkansas Economic Development Council and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission is expanded to authorize the program to provide training of workers in existing industries as well as in new and expanding businesses and industries.(2) Funds appropriated to the commission for the program may be used for personal services, operating expenses, grants and aid, capital acquisition, and other purposes that provide industry-specific training opportunities.(b)(1) Permissible training under subsection (a) of this section includes without limitation:(A) Upgrading skills and abilities of workers to operate modern, more sophisticated equipment;(B) Providing workers with skills needed for initiating more modern processes and using more sophisticated materials; and(C) Other situations which create a technical-upgrade training need of employees.(2) The commission shall prepare a quarterly report detailing its training activities and submit that report to the Governor and the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee.(c) The resources provided shall not be used to ing activities and submit that report to the Governor and the Legislative Council or, if the General Assembly is in session, the Joint Budget Committee.(c) The resources provided shall not be used to address worker training needs caused by turnover and normal attrition.(d) The commission shall cooperate with the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board in the operation of this program.Amended by Act 2023, No. 605,§ 36, eff. 7/1/2023.Acts 1985, No. 282, § 1; 1985, No. 461, § 1; 1991, No. 1244, § 31; 1997, No. 540, §§ 4, 5.
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