Section 841.4 - Job Training Fund(a) There is hereby created a special fund to be known as the Job Training Fund. Deposits in the fund shall include moneys transferred from the Special Administration Fund pursuant to section 601.1(b) and other moneys appropriated to the fund.(b) Subject to the provisions of subsections (c) and (d), the moneys in this fund are hereby appropriated, upon approval of the Governor, to the Department of Labor and Industry for the following purposes: (1) Job training programs for incumbent workers, dislocated workers, adult and youth workers, and any other work force development training program, including equipment and supplies.(2) Job training equipment, subject to a requirement for matching funds from a source other than State funding.(3) The costs of administering such training program.(4) The costs of collecting interest and penalties under this act that are transferred from the Special Administration Fund.(c) Moneys from the fund shall be made available in the following order of priority: (1) Counties of the sixth, seventh and eighth class.(2) Counties of the first, second, second A, third, fourth and fifth class, provided that there are insufficient applications for funding under paragraph (1) and to the extent that funds remains available.(d) The department shall make funds available to eligible entities as determined under subsection (e) based on a competitive application process as determined by the department. In distributing funding under this section, preferential consideration shall be given to those counties with a higher unemployment rate. Distribution of funds shall be determined by review of all applications submitted by eligible entities within the time period authorized by the department.(e) Funding shall be made available only for those entities identified in this section which provide work force education programs and services. Eligible entities shall include: (1) Employment and training program providers receiving financial assistance from the Commonwealth or from other sources of public funding.(2) Not-for-profit organizations offering publicly funded employment training programs.(3) Career and technical institutes.(4) High schools with eight or more vocational education programs.(5) Higher education institutions offering publicly funded employment and training programs, including: (i) State-related institutions and their branch campuses.(ii) State-owned institutions within the State System of Higher Education under Article XX-A of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L. 30, No. 14), known as the "Public School Code of 1949."(iii) Community colleges established and operated under Article XIX-A of the "Public School Code of 1949."(f) The moneys in this fund shall be continuously available for expenditure in accordance with the provisions of this section and shall not lapse at any time nor be transferred to any other fund.(g) For purposes of this section, the term "State-related institutions" shall include The Pennsylvania State University, the University of Pittsburgh, Temple University, Lincoln University and any other institution that is hereafter designated as "State-related" by the Commonwealth.1936, Second Ex.Sess., Dec. 5, P.L. (1937) 2897, art. VI, § 601.4, added 2005, June 15, P.L. 8, No. 5, § 9, imd. effective.