(a) has been terminated or laid-off or who has received a notice of
termination or lay-off from employment, and is eligible for, currently
receiving, or has exhausted any entitlement to unemployment
compensation, and who is unlikely to return to a previous industry or
occupation;
(b) has been terminated or who has received a notice of termination of
employment, as a result of any permanent closure of a plant or facility;
(c) is long-term unemployed and has limited opportunities for
employment or reemployment in the same or a similar occupation in the
area in which such individual resides, including any older individual
who has substantial barriers to employment by reason of age; or
(d) was self-employed (including a farmer) and is unemployed as a
result of general economic conditions in the community in which the
individual resides or because of natural disasters as defined by the
United States secretary of labor.
2. "Economically disadvantaged" shall mean an individual who receives,
or is a member of a family who receives, cash public assistance
payments, or is a member of a family which has a total family income for
the six-month period prior to enrollment in programs funded pursuant to
the provisions of this article, which, in relation to family size, was
not in excess of the higher of the poverty level or seventy percent of
the lower living standard income level, or is receiving food stamps.
3. "Educational agency" shall mean a school district, board of
cooperative educational services, community college, agricultural and
technical college, or degree-granting institution of higher education,
or an independent not-for-profit organization which meets the standards
of instructional quality established in regulation by the commissioner
of education. These standards shall include, but not be limited to,
qualifications of administrative and instructional personnel, quality of
established curricula, facilities and equipment, recordkeeping,
admission, grading, attendance, and record of placement of completers
which meets standards of acceptability as established by the
commissioner of education.
4. "Equipment" shall mean tangible personal property which will
further the objectives of the supported program and for which a definite
value and evidence in support thereof have been provided.
5. "Financial support" shall mean anything of value contributed by an
applicant which is reasonably calculated to support directly the
development and expansion of a particular program as defined in this
article and which represents an addition to any financial support
previously or customarily provided to such education agencies by the
donor, including, but not limited to, funds, equipment as defined in
subdivision four of this section, facilities, faculty and scholarships
for matriculating students and trainees.
6. "Interagency review committee" shall mean a committee chaired by
the commissioner and consisting of representatives from the state
education department, the department of labor, the department of social
services, the state university, the city university and the state job
training partnership council. Such other state agencies, authorities,
boards or commissions shall be consulted as the commissioner shall deem
appropriate.
7. "Targeted individuals" shall mean residents of the state who are
defined as dislocated workers pursuant to subdivision one of this
section, as economically disadvantaged pursuant to subdivision two of
this section or as displaced homemakers.
8. "Technical assistance" shall mean professional and any other
assistance provided by an applicant which is reasonably calculated to
support directly the development and expansion of a particular program
as defined in this article and which represents an addition to any
technical assistance previously or customarily provided.