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Sen. English presents bill to increase administrative transfers to workforce training; committee takes no final vote
Summary
Senate Bill 560 would allow transferring up to $6 million from the unemployment insurance administrative account for workforce training and administration. The committee discussed the scope of the funding but did not record a final vote during the session.
Senate Bill 560, presented by Senator Jane English (District 13), would increase the amount that can be transferred from the unemployment insurance administrative account to support workforce training and related administration from $2.5 million to up to $6 million.
English told the committee the unemployment insurance trust fund "has almost a billion dollars in the trust fund" and summarized the proposed change: "what we're proposing is to increase that amount in the administrative fund to up to $6,000,000 to cover the increased cost for workforce training." When asked what specific workforce training the funds would support, she said the money could be used for in‑workforce training and for upgrading career centers around the state.
Committee discussion clarified that the bill "creates a fund, and it says any types of monies can go into the fund, federal grants, private contributions to state money, but there's no state money allocated" at this time. The transcript records a motion to "do pass" and attempts to secure a second, but the chair later said "we'll try it again another time," indicating no final vote was recorded in this hearing.
Because the bill as presented creates authority to use administrative funds and to accept multiple funding sources but does not appropriate state money at this stage, committee members characterized it as establishing structure rather than authorizing immediate state spending.
