Sec. 211. State workforce investment boards
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The Governor of a State shall establish a State workforce investment board. The Governor shall, not less often than once every 3 years, appoint members of the State board, who shall consist of— representatives of business in the State; representatives of employees’ interests, such as representatives of labor organizations, in the State; and other persons that the Governor shall designate. The State board shall not have more than 20 members. A majority of the members of the State board shall be representatives of business in the State.
The Governor shall select a Chairperson for the State board from among its members. Service of a member of the State board shall be at the will of the Governor. The Governor may, without providing notice or an opportunity to appeal, decertify a State board or remove any member of a State board, at any time for— fraud or abuse; or failure to carry out State board functions to the Governor’s satisfaction. The functions of the State board shall include: Consistent with section 212, each State board shall develop and submit to the Secretary a State plan.
Consistent with section 221, the State board shall designate local areas. The State board shall serve as the State grant recipient of Federal funds distributed for the State under this Act. The State board shall— allocate and disburse funds to local boards under title III; and review, and approve or reject, local plans under section 223. Consistent with sections 318 and 319, the State board shall— carry out— coordination and development of a labor exchange system (including provision of services through that system) under section 318; and cooperative governance of an employment statistics system (including provision of employment statistics information) under section 319; and ensure that the work test for the State unemployment compensation system is administered at each one-stop center.
The State board shall disseminate the information and data and carry out the other functions required by section 319(e) and submit the report required by section 402(c)(1)(B). The State board shall establish a process for— local boards and entities carrying out covered programs providing worker training services and activities, and one-stop operators, to collect and submit the information and data required by section 319(e)(1)(E); and local boards and entities carrying out covered programs providing worker training services and activities to collect and submit, under section 402(c)(1), the statistics and information indicating the levels of performance on all applicable performance indicators described in section 402(b), in the aggregate and disaggregated by the demographic factors described in that section.
The State board shall carry out all other functions required of the State board under this Act. The State board may use funds reserved or retained for State board administrative costs under sections 313(c), 333(c), and 373(d) for functions of the State board. The State board may solicit and accept gifts and donations from sources other than Federal funds made available under this Act, for functions of the State board. The State board shall develop a budget for the functions of the State board.
The State board may employ staff to assist in carrying out the functions of the State board. A member of a State board may not— vote on a matter under consideration by the State board— regarding the provision of services or activities by such member (or by an entity that such member represents); or that would provide direct financial benefit to such member or the immediate family of such member; or engage in any other activity determined by the Governor to constitute a conflict of interest as specified in the State plan.
The State board shall make available to the public, on a regular basis through open meetings, information regarding the activities of the State board, including information regarding the State plan prior to submission of the plan, information regarding membership, and, on request, minutes of formal meetings of the State board. The State board shall provide an opportunity for public comment on and input into development of the State plan before submission of the plan to the Secretary.