Connecticut legislation · 2026 General Assembly
Connecticut SB389: AN ACT CONCERNING YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING FUNDS.
Status: In committee, April 15, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning youth employment and training funds. assembly convened.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT CONCERNING YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING FUNDS. Assembly convened: Section 1. Section 31-3mm of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): (a) The Labor Department, within available appropriations, shall establish a program to distribute youth employment and training funds to regional workforce development boards. (b) Funds provided for in this section shall be allocated [as (2) twenty-two and five-tenths per cent to The Workforce Alliance; (3) twelve and five-tenths per cent to The Workplace, Inc.; (4) twenty-two and five-tenths per cent to the Northwest Regional Workforce Investment Board, Inc.; and (5) ten per cent to the Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board] to the regional workforce development boards by the Labor Commissioner based on the percentage of disadvantaged youth, as defined in 29 USC 3162(b)(2), in each workforce development region. The percentage of disadvantaged youth LCO No. 1704 1 of Raised Bill No. in each workforce development region shall be based on the census data for persons defined as disadvantaged youth and adults, as published by the United States Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, or any successor data. (c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, and any fiscal year thereafter in which new census data is released, if any regional workforce development board faces a reduction …
Sponsors
- Fred Gee (D, 126) · primary sponsor
- Kara Rochelle (D, 104)
- Anthony Nolan (D, 39)
Latest actions
- : File Number 649
- : Senate Calendar Number 412
- : Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- : Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/14/26 5:00 PM
- : Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- : Joint Favorable Substitute
- : Public Hearing 03/12
- : Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations
Votes
- APP Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) (April 1, 2026): 51 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Employment, Children, State funds
Common questions
- What is SB389?
- SB389 is a bill in the Connecticut Legislature (2026 General Assembly): AN ACT CONCERNING YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING FUNDS.
- What does SB389 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning youth employment and training funds. assembly convened.
- What is the status of SB389?
- In committee as of April 15, 2026. Latest action: File Number 649 (April 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB389?
- Fred Gee (D, 126), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB389?
- On the Connecticut Legislature website: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB00389&which_year=2026
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