Missouri Laws 285.237 – Certain job openings and training, priorities for veterans — annual report ..
1. Any federally funded employment and training program administered by any state agency, including, but not limited to, the Job Training Partnership Act, U.S.C. Title 29, Section 1501, shall include a veteran priority system to provide maximum employment and training opportunities to veterans and other eligible persons within each targeted group as established by federal law and state and federal policy in the service area. Disabled veterans, target-specific veterans groups, other veterans and other eligible persons shall receive preference over nonveterans within each targeted group in the provision of employment and training services available through these programs as required by this section.
2. Each state agency shall refer qualified applicants to job openings and training opportunities in programs described in subsection 1 of this section in the following order of priority:
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 285.237
- Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(1) Special disabled veterans;
(2) Target-specific veterans;
(3) All other veterans;
(4) Other eligible persons;
(5) Nonveterans.
3. Each state agency providing employment and training services to veterans and other eligible persons under programs described in subsection 1 of this section shall submit an annual report to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president pro tem of the senate, and the chairman of the Missouri veterans commission, on the services that it provides to veterans and other eligible persons. Each such agency shall report separately on all entitlement programs and employment or training programs that it provides to each class of persons described in subdivisions (1) to (5) of subsection 2 of this section, with the addition of veterans as a separate reporting module.
4. All state agencies that administer federally funded employment and training programs described in subsection 1 of this section for veterans and other eligible persons shall do all of the following:
(1) Ensure that veterans are treated with courtesy and respect at all state governmental facilities;
(2) Give priority in referral to jobs to qualified veterans and other eligible persons;
(3) Give priority to and enrollment in training programs to qualified veterans and other eligible persons;
(4) Give preferential treatment to special disabled veterans in the provision of all needed state services;
(5) Provide information and effective referral assistance to veterans and other eligible persons regarding needed benefits and services that may be obtained through other agencies.