H. B. 2892
(By Delegates Paxton, Frederick, Stalnaker and Walters)
[Introduced February 7, 2007; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §5B-2B-4 and §5B-2B-6 of the Code of
West Virginia, 1931, as amended, all relating to reports of
the workforce investment council.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §5B-2B-4 and §5B-2B-6 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2B. WEST VIRGINIA WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT.
§5B-2B-4. Duties of the workforce investment council.
(a) The council shall assist the governor in the:
(1) Development and revision of a strategic five-year state
workforce investment plan, including the establishment of an
overall workforce investment public agenda with goals and
benchmarks of success for the state, state agencies and for local
workforce investment boards;
(2) Development and continuous improvement of a statewide
system of workforce investment activities including:
(A) Development of linkages in order to assure coordination and nonduplication of services and activities of workforce
investment programs conducted by various entities in the state;
and
(B) The review of strategic plans created and submitted by
local workforce investment boards;
(3) Commenting at least annually on the measures taken by
the state pursuant to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied
Technology Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §2323;
(4) Designation and revision of local workforce investment
areas;
(5) Development and revision of allocation formulas for the
distribution of funds for adult employment and training
activities and youth activities to local areas;
(6) Development and continuous improvement of comprehensive
state performance measures, including state adjusted levels of
performance, to assess the effectiveness of the workforce
investment activities in the state;
(7) Preparation of the annual report to the secretary of
labor as required by the Workforce Investment Act, 29 U.S.C.
§2871;
(8) Development and continued improvement of a statewide
employment statistics system; and
(9) Development and revision of an application for workforce
investment incentive grants.
(b) The council shall make a report to the legislative oversight commission on or before the
fifteenth first day of
January November of each year detailing: (1) All the publicly
funded workforce investment programs operating in the state,
including the amount of federal and state funds expended by each
program, how the funds are spent and the resulting improvement to
the workforce; (2) the council's recommendations concerning
future use of funds for workforce investment programs; (3) the
council's analysis of operations of local workforce investment
programs; (4) the council's recommendations for the establishment
of an overall workforce investment public agenda with goals and
benchmarks of success for the state, state agencies and for
local workforce investment boards;
(5) the status of one-stop
system operations in the state, including all memoranda of
understanding entered into by the one-stop partners and local
workforce investment boards; and
(5) (6) the status and outcome
data regarding the council and local workforce investment boards
success in linking West Virginia PROMISE scholars to employment
with a West Virginia employer; (7) any other information the
commission may require.
(c) To aid in the report required in subsection (b) of this
section, each local workforce investment board shall report
annually to the council on or before the first day of September
on the status of one-stop centers within the region they
represent, attaching all memoranda of understanding entered into
with one-stop partners.
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5B-2B-6. Administration of council.
(a) The West Virginia development office shall provide
administrative and other services to the council as the council
requires.
(b) The West Virginia development office shall facilitate
the coordination of council activities and local workforce
investment activities, including holding meetings with the
executive directors of each local workforce investment board at
least monthly. Any executive director of a local workforce
investment board who participates in a meeting held pursuant to
this subsection shall report to his or her board and the county
commission of each county represented by the board regarding the
meeting.
(c) The development office shall make an annual report on or
before the first day of October to the legislative oversight
commission detailing the status of one-stop system operations in
the state. The development office shall include with the report
all memoranda of understanding entered into by the one-stop
partners and local workforce investment boards. Each local
workforce investment board shall report annually to the
development office on or before the first day of September on the
status of one-stop centers within the region they represent,
attaching all memoranda of understanding entered into with one-
stop partners.
NOTE:The purpose of this bill is to consolidate the
required reports on workforce investment and to require
additional reporting.
This bill was approved for introduction in the 2007
Legislative session by the Legislative Oversight Commission on
Workforce Investment for Economic Development.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.