Labor department details AVTEC expansion, STEP/TVAP authority changes and licensing reforms
Department officials described AVTEC expansions (equipment and seat increases), corrected a fund-source error (reporting $660,000 supplemental as STEP not UGF), proposed moving STEP/TVAP authority into statutory language to enable mid‑year grant distributions, and outlined certificate-of-fitness and licensing reforms.
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Dan DeBartolo, administrative services director for the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, told the House Finance subcommittee on Jan. 28 that a $660,000 supplemental approved to expand AVTEC’s industrial electricity program was STEP-funded, not UGF as originally shown in materials.
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