Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1A - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Administration of the Nebraska Job Training Grant Program › Section 85-1A-002 - Definitions

Current through June 17, 2024
002.01 Community
				College Area
Community College Area
- means an area
				  established by Section
				  85-1504
				  of the Nebraska Revised Statutes.
002.02 Business Plan
Business Plan
- means a business training
				  plan.
002.03 Department
Department
- means the Nebraska Department of
				  Economic Development.
002.04
				Diversify or Diversification
Diversify or Diversification
- means to make or
				  become more diverse or varied; to enlarge, modify, or vary a range of products
				  or field of operations; or to expand.
002.05 Enterprise Zone
Enterprise Zone
- means an area designated as an
				  enterprise zone pursuant to the Enterprise Zone Act found in Sections
				  13-2101 to
				  13-2112 of
				  the Nebraska Revised Statutes.
002.06 Export-Oriented
Export-Oriented
- means actual sales, or the
				  potential to sell, goods or services in a market outside of
				  Nebraska.
002.07 Full-Time
				Permanent Position
Full-Time Permanent Position
- means a job which
				  is created for an individual working an average of thirty-five or more hours a
				  week for one year.
002.08
				High Poverty Area
High Poverty Area
- means an area consisting of
				  one or more contiguous census tracts which contain a percentage of persons with
				  income below the poverty line of greater than thirty percent, and all census
				  tracts contiguous to such tract or tracts, as determined by the most recent
				  applicable data from the United States Census Bureau, or other comparable data
				  source identified by the Department.
002.09 Grant Disbursement Period
Grant Disbursement Period
- means the time
				  period designated in a Job Training Grant contract during which Job Training
				  Grant funds may be disbursed by the Department.
002.10 Job Training Cash Fund
Job Training Cash Fund
- means the fund
				  established by §
										81-1201.21
				  of the Nebraska Revised Statutes, which is used by the Department to provide
				  Job Training Grantsas described in Section 004 of these rules and
				  regulations.
002.11 Job
				Training Cash Fund Account
Job Training Cash Fund Account
- means the
				  subaccount established by the Department for money transferred from the Cash
				  Reserve Fund to the Job Training Cash Fund on or after July 1, 2005, and used
				  by the Department for Job Training Grantsas described in Section 004 of these
				  rules and regulations.
002.12 Job Training Grant
Job Training Grant
- means a grant from the Job
				  Training Cash Fund, Job Training Cash Fund Account, or Job Training Subaccount
				  awarded to an Eligible Business to create or retain jobs and thus assist in the
				  Diversification of Nebraska's economic base.
002.13 Job Training Subaccount
Job Training Subaccount
- means the account
				  established within the Job Training Cash Fund that is funded with investment
				  income earnings accruing to the Job Training Cash Fund, and used for Job
				  Training Grants as described in Section 005 of these rules and
				  regulations.
002.14 Local
				Prevailing Wage
Local Prevailing Wage
- means the average wage
				  of all occupation openings as reported by the Nebraska Department of Labor's
				  "Nebraska Survey of Hourly Wage Rates" for the relevant job service area, or
				  other comparable data source identified by the Department.
002.15 Program Schedule
Program Schedule
- means a written description
				  and an outline of the schedule for the training that will be provided for each
				  position that will be trained through a Job Training Grant
				  project.
002.16 Teleworker
				Job Creation Act
Teleworker Job Creation Act
- means the act
				  found in Sections
				  48-3001
				  to
				  48-3011
				  of the Nebraska Revised Statutes.