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HB 1041 Workforce Council; reduces membership, Executive Committee shall review & recommend grant proposals.

Introduced by: Kathy J. Byron | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Virginia Workforce Council.  Replaces the Secretary of Education with the Secretary of Technology on the Virginia Workforce Council and reduces the number of gubernatorial citizen appointees from 15 to 14. The measure also provides that the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System shall provide subordinate staff support to the Council. The Executive Committee of the Council is directed to review and make recommendations on grant proposals. The Council is required to prepare a report detailing reforms necessary to ensure that Council resources and services will aid in the achievement of measurable improvements in identified areas, implementation of a Work Ready Community Certification program pilot project, and increases in the number of private and nonprofit training vendors. The Council is further directed to create a Military Transition Assistance Committee.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Virginia Workforce Council.  Reduces the membership of the Virginia Workforce Council from 29 to 27 members by eliminating the requirement that the Secretaries of Education and Health and Human Resources serve as members, adding the Secretary of Technology as a member, and reducing the number of gubernatorial citizen appointees from 15 to 14. The measure eliminates the requirement that the president of the Virginia AFL-CIO serve as one of the two labor representatives on the Council.  The measure also provides that the Virginia Community College System shall be the priority option for delivery of workforce training programs, and that the Office of the Governor shall provide staff support to the Council.