2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 8 - Economic Development Skills Training Program › 200 - Definitions.

§  200.  Definitions.  For the purposes of this article, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
1. "Dislocated worker" shall mean an individual who:
(a) has been terminated or laid-off or who has received  a  notice  of
termination  or  lay-off from employment, and is eligible for, currently
receiving,  or   has   exhausted   any   entitlement   to   unemployment
compensation,  and  who  is unlikely to return to a previous industry or
occupation;
(b) has been terminated or who has received a notice of termination of
employment, as a result of any permanent closure of a plant or facility;
(c)  is  long-term  unemployed  and  has  limited  opportunities   for
employment  or  reemployment  in the same or a similar occupation in the
area in which such individual resides, including  any  older  individual
who has substantial barriers to employment by reason of age; or
(d)  was  self-employed  (including  a  farmer) and is unemployed as a
result of general economic conditions in  the  community  in  which  the
individual  resides  or  because  of natural disasters as defined by the
United States secretary of labor.
2. "Economically disadvantaged" shall mean an individual who receives,
or is a  member  of  a  family  who  receives,  cash  public  assistance
payments, or is a member of a family which has a total family income for
the  six-month period prior to enrollment in programs funded pursuant to
the provisions of this article, which, in relation to family  size,  was
not  in  excess of the higher of the poverty level or seventy percent of
the lower living standard income level, or is receiving food stamps.
3. "Educational  agency"  shall  mean  a  school  district,  board  of
cooperative  educational  services,  community college, agricultural and
technical college, or degree-granting institution of  higher  education,
or  an independent not-for-profit organization which meets the standards
of instructional quality established in regulation by  the  commissioner
of  education.  These  standards  shall  include, but not be limited to,
qualifications of administrative and instructional personnel, quality of
established  curricula,   facilities   and   equipment,   recordkeeping,
admission,  grading,  attendance,  and record of placement of completers
which  meets  standards  of  acceptability   as   established   by   the
commissioner of education.
4. "Equipment"  shall  mean  tangible  personal  property  which  will
further the objectives of the supported program and for which a definite
value and evidence in support thereof have been provided.
5. "Financial support" shall mean anything of value contributed by  an
applicant  which  is  reasonably  calculated  to  support  directly  the
development and expansion of a particular program  as  defined  in  this
article  and  which  represents  an  addition  to  any financial support
previously or customarily provided to such  education  agencies  by  the
donor,  including,  but  not  limited to, funds, equipment as defined in
subdivision four of this section, facilities, faculty  and  scholarships
for matriculating students and trainees.
6. "Interagency  review  committee"  shall mean a committee chaired by
the commissioner  and  consisting  of  representatives  from  the  state
education  department, the department of labor, the department of social
services, the state university, the city university and  the  state  job
training  partnership  council.  Such other state agencies, authorities,
boards or commissions shall be consulted as the commissioner shall  deem
appropriate.
7. "Targeted  individuals"  shall  mean residents of the state who are
defined as dislocated  workers  pursuant  to  subdivision  one  of  this
section,  as  economically  disadvantaged pursuant to subdivision two of
this section or as displaced homemakers.
8. "Technical  assistance"  shall  mean  professional  and  any  other
assistance  provided  by  an applicant which is reasonably calculated to
support directly the development and expansion of a  particular  program
as  defined  in  this  article  and  which represents an addition to any
technical assistance previously or customarily provided.