§ 6-50-504 - Demonstration programs.
6-50-504. Demonstration programs.
(a) The Department of Workforce Education shall implement during the 1991-1993 biennium at least five (5) demonstration youth apprenticeship programs.
(b) In designing and implementing these programs, the department shall require the selected demonstration projects to make a five-year commitment to the program's effective implementation and to match state funding with commitments from local participants, including employers and unions, high schools, technical institutes or vocational-technical schools, community colleges, technical colleges, and other appropriate entities.
(c) State funding for the demonstration projects shall be from funds appropriated by the General Assembly to the department for that purpose.
(d) The State Board of Workforce Education and Career Opportunities shall be the sole state agency to award funding for the demonstration youth apprenticeship programs established and authorized by this subchapter.