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1999 SESSION

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HB 2558 Statewide Workforce Training Council; membership; powers.

Introduced by: John S. Reid | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Statewide Workforce Training Council; membership; powers. Changes the name of the Statewide Workforce Training Council to the Virginia Workforce Council and establishes the Council as a policy-making entity. The membership is increased from 23 members to 43. The bill provides for (i) the Secretary of Commerce and Trade and the Council to assist the Governor in complying with the provisions of the federal Workforce Investment Act (P.L. 105-220), referred to in the bill as “WIA,” including the creation of Virginia’s Workforce Development Program; (ii) the Governor to select the chairman and vice-chairman of the Council from among the 22 business representatives; (iii) the Virginia Employment Commission and the Virginia Community College System to serve as staff to the Council as directed by the Secretary of Commerce and Trade; and (iv) the Virginia Employment Commission to act as fiscal agent for the Council. The bill also abolishes the Advisory Commission on Welfare Reform and the State Advisory Board for the Virginia Employment Commission. In addition, the bill provides that the existing appointments, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, are not affected and that any new appointments made after July 1, 1999, shall be made in accordance with the act. The bill contains technical amendments.


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