2014 Senate Bill 1074

Eliminate debt cap on business job training subsidy program

Introduced in the Senate

Sept. 11, 2014

Introduced by Sen. Mark Jansen (R-28)

To eliminate the $50 million debt cap in a <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2008-SB-1342">2008 law </a> that authorized state job training subsidies for particular employers, provided through community colleges.

Referred to the Committee on Education

Sept. 30, 2014

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

Amendment offered

To revise the eligibility criteria for companies receiving these subsidies, changing a requirement that the pay of employees who get the subsidized training must be 175 percent of the mandated state minimum wage, and instead make this 175 percent of the mandated minimum amount at the time the subsidy deal was entered.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D-8)

To revise the eligibility criteria for companies receiving these subsidies, changing a requirement that the pay of employees who get the subsidized training must be 175 percent of the mandated state minimum wage at the time the subsidy deal was entered, so that this is instead 175 percent of the current mandated minimum.

The amendment failed 13 to 25 (details)

Passed in the Senate 37 to 1 (details)

To eliminate the $50 million debt cap in a <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2008-SB-1342">2008 law </a> that authorized state job training subsidies for particular employers, provided through community colleges. The bill would also eliminate a 2018 sunset on these subsidies, which according to the Senate Fiscal Agency have already added up to $10.7 million.

Received in the House

Sept. 30, 2014

Referred to the Committee on Commerce

Dec. 10, 2014

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

Dec. 18, 2014

Amendment offered by Rep. Tim Greimel (D-29)

To require each employee who gets the job training to be paid at least 175 percent of the minimum wage if effect at the time of the training, rather than in effect when the agreement between the college and the employer was signed.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Tim Greimel (D-29)

To prohibit the job training agreements between an employer and a college from having a duration longer than five years.

The amendment failed by voice vote

Amendment offered by Rep. Frank Foster (R-107)

To increase the cap to $75 million, rather than eliminating it.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the House 108 to 2 (details)

To increase to $75 million the current $50 million debt cap in a <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2008-SB-1342">2008 law </a> that authorized state job training subsidies for particular employers, provided through community colleges. The bill would also eliminate a 2018 sunset on these subsidies, which according to the Senate Fiscal Agency have already added up to $10.7 million.