H735 – Ready For Work/UI Drug Testing
This bill provides for periodic drug testing among the conditions required for eligibility to receive unemployment insurance benefits in order to ensure that recipients are able and available to work.
This bill would direct local boards of education to adopt and implement policies that encourage high school to work partnerships. The Cleveland County’s Business /Education Alliance is hard at work to accomplish many of the provisions outlined in this bill. If you would like to learn more about the Business /Education Alliance contact Tony Fogleman at (tfoglemand@clevelandcountyschools.org)
H800 - Streamlining NC Economic Dev for Job Creation
This bill would create the North Carolina Jobs and Commerce Corporation (NCJCC), which is intended to replace the current economic development governance structure currently located in other State entities, including the Department of Commerce and which shall be housed within the Small Business Technology and Development Center (SBTDC) within The University of North Carolina. The bill would also create The North Carolina Jobs and Commerce Corporation Task Force which would evaluate the State's current system of economic incentives to determine which economic incentives in the State's current portfolio are providing a good return on investment and are effectively recruiting high-value jobs to the State. The task force will also examine the existing grant, loan, and other economic development programs to determine where there are duplicative incentives. This is a major change in the way economic development activities are handled in the State. This task force will be looking at all economic development activities undertaken by any entity that receives State funding. The task force must return it’s finding by May 1, 2012. We will be following the activities of the task force very closely.
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