WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 292

CHAPTER 292

(Senate Bill 406)

AN ACT concerning

Partnership for Workforce Quality

FOR the purpose of establishing a Partnership for Workforce
Quality Program within the Department of Economic and
Employment Development; creating a Partnership for Workforce
Quality Advisory Board; providing for the duties of this
Board; specifying the terms of the initial members of the
Board; providing for the administration of the Partnership
for Workforce Quality Program; providing that the Program
applies only to certain Maryland-based employers of a
certain size; providing for the availability of certain
business assistance services; providing certain funding
mechanisms for certain job specific training assistance;
limiting the use of certain funds to certain costs
associated with training; providing for a certain reporting
requirement; providing for the termination of this Act; and
generally relating to the Partnership for Workforce Quality
Program and Advisory Board.

BY adding to

Article 83A - Department of Economic and Employment

Development
Section 3-501 through 3-504 to be under the new subtitle

"Subtitle 5. Partnership for Workforce Quality"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1988 Replacement Volume)

Preamble

WHEREAS, Rapid technological change and increasing
international competition demand that workforce skills be
continually updated; and

WHEREAS, The lack of a productive and well trained workforce
diminishes the competitiveness of Maryland business and can
result in the loss of employment for Maryland workers; and

WHEREAS, Upgraded skills can provide workers and potential
workers with increased productivity and earnings, job stability,
and long-term career advancement; and

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