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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="11-709" title_number="11" title_name="Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Maryland Employment Advancement Right Now Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>On or before December 31 of each year, the Department shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Economic Matters Committee on the Maryland EARN Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The report required under subsection (a) of this section shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an identification of training needs statewide, including industries in urgent need of qualified workers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>information on measures being used to track the success and accountability of the Maryland EARN Program, including use of the StateStat accountability process under § 3–1003(b) of the State Finance and Procurement Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>a description of each strategic industry partnership receiving grant funding and the status of the partnership; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the jurisdiction of the State in which each strategic industry partnership is located;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the number of individuals:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>by sex, race, national origin, income, county of residence, and educational attainment, participating in each component of the Maryland EARN Program; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>participating in the Maryland EARN Program who, as a result of the Program, have obtained:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a credential or an identifiable skill;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a new employment position;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>a title promotion; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>a wage promotion;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>an assessment of whether and to what extent the approved strategic industry partnerships utilized existing data concerning:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>training needs in the State identified in previous studies; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>applicable skills needs identified in existing workforce studies, plans, or research; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>information on the success of funding workforce development programs under § 11–708.1 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The information reported under subsection (b)(6) of this section shall contain specific information concerning the entities providing pre–apprenticeship, youth apprenticeship, and registered apprenticeship job training programs from the Clean Energy Workforce Account, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the name and location of each program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the populations targeted by each program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the training and curriculum provided;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>program enrollment and graduation rates; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the number and types of placements achieved by trainees who complete each program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
