81-1203. Job training grant; business plan; project criteria.

(1) A business applying for a job training grant shall submit a business plan to the Department of Economic Development which includes, but is not limited to:

(a) The number of jobs to be created or the number of existing positions that will be retrained;

(b) The nature of the business and the type of jobs to be created or positions to be retrained;

(c) The estimated wage levels of the jobs to be created or positions to be retrained; and

(d) A program schedule for the job training project.

(2) A business applying for a job training grant must demonstrate that the job training project to be conducted pursuant to the grant meets the following criteria:

(a) The wage level of the jobs created will meet the local prevailing average;

(b) The jobs created will diversify the local economy;

(c) The goods or services produced by the company will be export-oriented;

(d) Seventy-five percent of the jobs created will be full-time jobs; and

(e) The new jobs will be created within three calendar years.

Source:Laws 1995, LB 326, § 2; Laws 2008, LB1154, § 27; Laws 2010, LB961, § 2; Laws 2025, LB355, § 6; Laws 2026, LB1072, § 186.
Operative Date: December 31, 2026