8 AAC 87.010 - Establishment of state training and employment program (STEP)
(a) As used in
AS
23.15.620(a), "in-state job
training" includes
(1) training for program
eligible residents of this state to
(A)
obtain new occupational skills;
(B)
upgrade current skills and obtain credentials that are needed to retain or
obtain employment; and
(C) pursue
careers in this state that pay family supporting wages and offer opportunities
for advancement; and
(2)
training for program eligible residents of this state that will foster new jobs
in priority industries and occupations, as determined by the department, based
on the availability of a skilled labor force in this state.
(b) The department may approve the
use of the financial resources of the program for training outside of this
state for eligible residents of this state based on
(1) particular training needs of program
eligible individuals;
(2) training
priorities established by the department, using projections of occupational and
industry workforce demand; or
(3)
determination that priority industry or occupational-specific training is not
available or is inadequate in this state.
(c) As used in
AS
23.15.620(b), "to augment or
improve public access" is to supplement or leverage existing training and
employment assistance programs by providing
(1) training to more program eligible
individuals than would otherwise have been trained without the use of the
financial resources of the program;
(2) training and support services that cannot
be paid by other sources of money; or
(3) training that may be used for expansion
of existing training programs.
(d) Unless approved by the department,
financial resources of the program may not be used to construct, modify, or
otherwise alter existing equipment and facilities, or to finance acquisition of
new equipment and facilities to improve physical access to training.
(e) Financial resources of the program may
not be used to replace other money that a training entity, as described in
AS
23.15.641(a)(3), has
allocated for a particular training program or service or for the purpose of
reducing the entity's existing share of money for a proposed training
program.
Notes
Authority:AS 23.15.620
AS 23.15.636
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