Section 285.237

Title XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

Chapter 285

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   

  285.237.  Certain job openings and training, priorities for veterans — annual report by state agencies — duties of certain state agencies. — 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:

  (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.

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(L. 1991 S.B. 385 § 2)