Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: 38 USC authorizes the
states to implement veterans' employment and training programs. The Cabinet for
Workforce Development is authorized by
KRS
151B.020 to adopt such rules and regulations
as are necessary to implement programs mandated by federal law or to qualify
for receipt of federal funds and as are necessary to cooperate with federal
agencies for the proper administration of the cabinet and its programs. The
function of this administrative regulation is to implement the veterans'
training and benefit programs in accordance with applicable federal laws and
regulations.
Section 1. In order to
facilitate the administration of the veterans' programs as authorized by 38
USC, and as regulated in 20 CFR Parts 652 and 653, the following CFRs, federal
statutes and bulletins are adopted by reference:
(1)20 CFR Parts 652 and 653, dated March 30,
1984, which includes implementation procedures for providing veterans and
eligible persons the maximum employment and training opportunities with
priority given to the needs of disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam
era.
(2) 38 USC Chapter 41, as
amended through January 14, 1983, which mandates the establishment of a job and
job training counseling service program, an employment placement service
program and a job training placement service program for eligible veterans and
other eligible persons and the provision of maximum employment and training
opportunities to veterans, with priority given to the needs of disabled
veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era through existing programs,
coordination and merger of programs and implementation of new
programs.
(3) Veterans Employment
Representative (VER) Bulletins A through 17 which contain implementation
procedures for employment services provided to veterans in fulfillment of
responsibilities mandated by law.
(4) Federal Contractor Job Listing (FCJL)
Bulletins 1 through 4, which contain updated instructions and procedures for
processing federal contractor job listing under the mandate of PL 93-50
requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to list suitable job openings
with the appropriate local office of the Department for Employment
Services.
(5)PL 96-466, The
Veterans Rehabilitation and Education Amendments of 1980, which revised the
disabled veterans vocational rehabilitation program and established the
Disabled Veterans Outreach Program.
(6)PL 98-77, The Emergency Veterans' Job
Training Act of 1983, which addresses problems of service and continuing
unemployment among veterans by providing payments to defray the costs of
training and incentives to employers to hire and train certain war time
veterans who have been unemployed for long periods of time for stable and
permanent positions that require significant training.
(7)PL 97-300, The Job Training Partnership
Act, which establishes programs to prepare youth and unskilled adults for entry
into the labor force and to afford job training to those
economically-disadvantaged individuals and other individuals facing serious
barriers to employment who are in special need of training to obtain productive
employment. Title II, Part C of the Act specifically authorizes programs for
veterans recently separated from military service, Vietnam-era veterans and
disabled veterans.
(8)41 CFR Parts
60-250, dated June 25, 1976, which mandates and provides procedures for
ensuring compliance with Section 402 of the Vietnam-era Veterans Readjustment
Act of 1974, which requires government contractors and subcontractors to take
affirmative action to employ and advance the employment of qualified disabled
veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.
(9)PL 98-543, The Veterans Benefits
Improvement Act of 1984, which increased various rates of compensation or
benefits paid to eligible veterans in various programs administered by the
Veteran Administration, extended the Veterans' Readjustment Appointment
Authority to September 30, 1986, extended several provisions of PL 98-77, and
established the Special Program for Veterans in Receipt of Individual
Unemployability and the Special Training Program for Veterans in Receipt of
Pensions, which are administered by the Veterans Administration.
Section 2. All documents
incorporated by reference herein are on file for public inspection in the
Office of the Commissioner for Employment Services, 275 East Main Street,
Frankfort, Kentucky 40621, and in local employment services office located
throughout the state.