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Maryland Code, Labor and Employment § 11-103

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The Division shall:

(1) promote apprenticeship and training programs;

(2) administer job training, placement, and service programs;

(3) implement the provisions of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act;

(4) administer adult education and literacy services programs;

(5) conduct educational and job skills training programs in adult correctional facilities;

(6) oversee any other units established pursuant to State or federal employment, training, or manpower statutes;

(7) administer those programs assigned to the Division by law or designated by the Secretary;

(8) administer any community service employment programs delegated to the State under Title V of the federal Older Americans Act of 1965; and

(9) adopt regulations to carry out Subtitle 4 of this title.

(b) The Division shall meet and confer on a regular basis with representatives of the State's community colleges, appointed by the Maryland Association of Community Colleges, and the adult education community, appointed by the Maryland Association for Adult Continuing and Community Education, to assure that adult education and literacy services and job training activities and resources are effectively coordinated.

(c)(1) The Division shall partner with State departments and their exclusive representatives to identify opportunities to create registered apprenticeship programs to help address workforce shortages and the career workforce needs of those departments.

(2) The Division and Department of Budget and Management shall develop position classifications, which would include incremental salary adjustments, for employees who are selected to participate in the registered apprenticeship programs created under paragraph (1) of this subsection.

(d) In accordance with the identification of apprenticeship programs under subsection (c) of this section, the Division shall identify opportunities to create registered apprenticeship programs, including goals for the number of apprenticeships registered each year, to help address the career workforce needs of the State.

(e) On or before June 30 each year, the Division shall report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, the following information for the immediately preceding calendar year:

(1) a list of agencies that the Division partnered with to:

(i) identify workforce shortages; and

(ii) create registered apprenticeship programs;

(2) the number and type of registered apprenticeship programs that exist for State positions; and

(3) the progress in reaching the goals established under subsection (d) of this section.

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