§202-2 - Duties of council.

§202-2 Duties of council. Theworkforce development council shall:

(1) Prepare and update periodically a comprehensivestate plan for workforce development with strategic goals and measurableoutcomes. The comprehensive state plan shall include:

(A) Strategic goals of workforcedevelopment programs, including the identification of the desired number ofhighly skilled workers in the workforce, the number of placements ofindividuals into higher-skilled jobs, the identification of high-demand areasfor job growth, the need for skilled workers in the next five and ten years,and the time frame for training and development;

(B) Methods to educate the privatesector about state, federal, and private financial assistance available forworkforce development;

(C) Methods to facilitate access to workforcedevelopment resources, including the reduction of regulatory burdens foremployers and employees;

(D) The creation and improvement ofeducational opportunities for individuals to learn and develop new skills,including mentoring, project-based learning, and internships;

(E) Methods to facilitate the department ofeducation's development of curriculum in the public schools to prepare studentsfor employment in the private sector;

(F) Recommendations to change and improveexisting state programs, including the elimination of ineffective programs andthe creation of new programs to improve workforce development;

(G) The identification of resources required,obstacles to overcome, and best practice models to implement the comprehensivestate strategic plan; and

(H) A detailed budget for the comprehensivestate plan with a justification for each expenditure;

(2) Review and assess the coordination between theState's workforce development programs, including programs of the federalgovernment operating in the State, and placements in higher-skilled jobs toexpand economic development and diversification; and consider:

(A) The State's employment and trainingrequirements and resources;

(B) Practices of employers and unions thatimpede or facilitate the mobility of workers; and

(C) The special problems of untrained andinexperienced youth, immigrants, persons with disabilities, welfare clients,single parents, disadvantaged minorities, and other groups facing barriers inthe labor force;

(3) Serve as an information clearinghouse for allworkforce development programs in the State, including workforce training andeducation programs;

(4) Analyze and interpret workforce information,particularly changes which are likely to occur during the next ten years; thespecific industries, occupations, and geographic areas which are most likely tobe involved; and the social and economic effects of these developments on theState's economy, labor force, communities, families, social structure, andhuman values;

(5) Define those areas of unmet workforce andeconomic development needs and describe how private and public agencies cancoordinate their efforts and collaborate with each other to address thoseneeds;

(6) Recommend to the governor and the legislature,state policies and funding priorities based on local community input that itbelieves should be adopted by the state government in meeting its workforcedevelopment responsibilities to:

(A) Establish a workforce development systemin the State in which resources are pooled and programs are coordinated andstreamlined;

(B) Establish reporting requirements for jobplacement results by category of occupations in high-demand and high-growthareas;

(D) Support recommended workforce policiesthat promote economic development, diversification, and well-being of thepeople in this State;

provided that the duties andresponsibilities of the workforce development council shall not impinge on theconstitutional and statutory authority of the board of regents and the board ofeducation, and the statutory authority of the state board for career andtechnical education;

(7) Create public awareness and understanding of theState's workforce development plans, policies, programs, and activities, andpromoting them as economic investments;

(8) Submit annual reports of its activities andrecommendations to the governor and the legislature, and post the annualreports electronically on the Internet no later than twenty days before theconvening of each regular session. Annual reports shall include:

(A) The status of the comprehensivestate plan for workforce development; and

(B) Information regarding the workforcedevelopment programs offered throughout the State, the number of individualsplaced in high-demand or high-growth employment through workforce developmentprograms by departments, the type or category of employment garnered, andallocations of state, federal, and other funding to achieve placements intohigher-skilled jobs;

(9) Evaluate the state workforce development plan interms of how its purposes, goals, and objectives have been carried outthroughout the State;

(10) Provide technical assistance to local workforcedevelopment boards and other similar organizations;

(11) Carry out required functions and duties relatedto workforce development of any advisory body required or made optional byfederal legislation, including the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, asamended, and the Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933, as amended;

(12) In accordance with the federal WorkforceInvestment Act of 1998, Public Law 105-220, assist the governor in thefollowing functions:

(A) The development of the State's plan forthe use of federal workforce investment funds, which is required under PublicLaw 105-220;

(B) The development and continuous improvementof the statewide and local workforce investment systems described in subtitle Bof Public Law 105-220, and the one-stop delivery systems described in section134(c) of Public Law 105-220, including:

(i) The development of linkages referred to inPublic Law 105-220, to assure coordination and non-duplication among theprograms and activities in section 121(b) of Public Law 105-220; and

(ii) The review of plans prepared by localworkforce investment boards for the use of federal workforce investment fundswhich is required under Public Law 105-220;

(C) Commenting at least once annually on themeasures taken pursuant to section 122(c)(16) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocationaland Technical Education Amendments of 1998, Public Law 105-332;

(D) The designation of local areas as requiredin section 116 of Public Law 105-220;

(E) The development of allocation formulas forthe distribution of funds for adult employment and training activities andyouth activities to local areas as permitted under sections 128(b)(3)(B)(i) and133(b)(3)(B)(i) of Public Law 105-220;

(F) The development and continuous improvementof comprehensive state performance measures, including state-adjusted levels ofperformance, to assess the effectiveness of the workforce investment activitiesin the State as required under section 136(b)(1) of Public Law 105-220;

(G) The preparation of the annual report tothe United States Secretary of Labor described in section 136(d)(1) of PublicLaw 105-220;

(H) The development of the statewideemployment statistics system described in section 15(e) of the Wagner-PeyserAct; and

(I) The development of an application for anincentive grant under section 503 of Public Law 105-220; and

(13) Act as the designated state entity to conductactivities relating to occupational and employment information for vocationaland technical education programs in compliance with section 118 of the Carl D.Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Amendments of 1998, Public Law105-332. [L 1965, c 270, §3; Supp, §98W-3; HRS §202-2; am L 1970, c 170, §2; amL 1985, c 252, §3; am L 1988, c 38, §1; am L 1997, c 346, §3; am L 1999, c 72,§4; am L 2000, c 58, §1; am L 2003, c 148, §4]

Cross References

Due date of annual report, see §93-12.