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Partnership for Workforce Quality Program - Alterations

Sponsor: Chair, Finance CommitteeCommittee: FinanceSubject: Economic and Community DevelopmentStatus: First Reading Economic Matters (as of Nov 6, 2020)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Expanding the purpose of the Partnership for Workforce Quality Program and the eligible uses of grants under the Program to include training for new employees; increasing from 60% to 80% the minimum percentage of the money available to the Program that must be reserved for certain employers and, for those employers, increasing from 150 to 500 the maximum number of employees based in the State; and establishing that a maximum of $200,000 of the money available to the Program may be provided to a certain employer.

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Testimony (7)

MGA witness list
FAV 7Favorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVFry, DonaldGreater Baltimore CommitteeWritten (PDF)
FAVSchulz, KellyMD Department of CommerceOral + Written (PDF)
FAVRzepkowski, JamesMD Department of LaborPosition only
FAVGriffin, AndrewlobbyistMaryland Chamber of CommerceWritten (PDF)
FAVPhillips, N. ScottMid Atlantic Region MBDA Advance Manuf. BusinessPosition only
FAVGaliazzo, MikeRegional Manufacturing Institute of MarylandOral
FAVChair, Finance Committee, Chair, Finance CommitteeIndividualPosition only

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVGriffin, AndrewMaryland Chamber of CommerceRegistered for: Alliance to Prevent Legionnaire's Disease; American Subcontractors Association of Baltimore; Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park; Associated Utility Contractors of Maryland; Experience Prince George's; Howard County Chamber of Commerce