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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 293

Employment and Training - Training Allowances

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Secretary of Employment and
Training to administer a financial assistance program for
certain individuals enrolled and attending certain classroom
training programs; establishing certain eligibility
criteria; providing certain limits on the amount of training
allowance paid; providing a certain method of distributing
funds appropriated for the purposes of this Act; authorizing
the Secretary of Employment and Training to adopt rules and
regulations to administer this Act; establishing certain

reporting requirements; providing that the Governor's

Employment and Training Council make certain recommendations
providing that the Secretary of Employment and Training
shall submit a certain plan to the Governor's Employment and
Training Council; and generally relating to the provision of
training allowances using State funds.

BY adding to

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

Section 125

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

125.

(A)   IN THIS SECTION, "CLASSROOM TRAINING" MEANS TRAINING
CONDUCTED IN A CLASSROOM OR IN AN INSTITUTIONAL SETTING WITH
FUNDS PROVIDED UNDER THE FEDERAL ACT INCLUDING INSTITUTIONAL
TRAINING WITH PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYERS BUT NOT INCLUDING
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AS DEFINED IN THE FEDERAL ACT.

(B)  TO THE EXTENT THAT STATE FUNDS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UNDER
SECTION 124(B) OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE SECRETARY OF EMPLOYMENT AND
TRAINING MAY PROVIDE PAYMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS AS TRAINING
ALLOWANCES FOR ASSISTANCE IN MEETING LIVING EXPENSES WHILE
ENROLLED IN CLASSROOM TRAINING PROGRAMS.

(C)  (1) A PAYMENT TO AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL
BE BASED ON THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF HOURS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL
PARTICIPATES IN A CLASSROOM TRAINING PROGRAM TIMES AN HOURLY
RATE. THE HOURLY RATE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE SECRETARY FOR
ALL STATE PROGRAMS AND BY THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL AND
ADMINISTRATING AGENCY FOR A LOCAL PROGRAM IN A SERVICE DELIVERY
AREA.

(2) THE HOURLY RATE PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (1) MAY NOT
EXCEED THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE ESTABLISHED UNDER THE FEDERAL
DAVIS-BACON ACT.