(a) The division may provide apprenticeship innovation funding support funds for the organizing, running, and sustaining of, an apprenticeship program that is not within the jurisdiction of the council established pursuant to Section 3070. To be eligible for support funds, an apprenticeship program or eligible entity must submit to the division an application to request funds.

(b) For each apprentice that is actively registered with the division for each 12-month period, an apprenticeship program or eligible entity is eligible to receive support funds in an amount determined by the division. In determining the amount, the division shall aim to provide support funds to as many eligible programs as possible and shall consider the amount of available support funds, the number of approved programs not within the jurisdiction of the council established pursuant to Section 3070, and the number of apprentices registered in those programs.

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Terms Used In California Labor Code 3111

  • apprentice: as used in this chapter , means a person at least 16 years of age who has entered into a written agreement, in this chapter called an "apprentice agreement" with an employer or program sponsor. See California Labor Code 3077
  • eligible entity: is a n entity that has registered apprentices with the division, including, but not limited to, public educational institutions, public and private nonprofit organizations, local workforce development boards specified in §. See California Labor Code 3110
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.

(c) The eligible amount in subdivision (b) shall be prorated on a monthly basis for apprentices who are actively registered for less than the 12-month period.

(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 569, Sec. 45. (AB 156) Effective September 27, 2022.)