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SCS/HCS/HB 1367 –Under current law, the Commissioner of Administration must give a bidding preference consisting of a 5 point bonus to a sheltered workshop or a nonprofit organization for the blind when the work provided by the workshop or organization generates over $5,000 annually. This act raises the bonus to 10 points. Under current law, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education must pay sheltered workshops $13 multiplied by the number of 6-hour or longer days worked by handicapped workers. This act creates a graduated increase in payments to sheltered workshops. This act increases this payment so that, by July 1, 2009, and thereafter, the department shall pay $90 for each standard workweek of up to and including 30 hours worked during a month and $18 for each 6 hour or longer day worked on Saturdays or Sundays. Also, the workshop will receive a percentage of the amount normally paid based on the percentage of time worked for each handicapped worker employed for less than a 30 hour week or a 6 hour day on Saturdays or Sundays. CHRIS HOGERTY
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