N.Y. Economic Development Law § 200: Definitions

§ 200. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following

terms shall have the following meanings:

1. "Dislocated worker" shall mean an individual who:

(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.