151B.290 Kentucky Education and Workforce Collaborative -- Membership --
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(1)The Kentucky Education and Workforce Collaborative is hereby created for the
purpose of ensuring the continued implementation of the Kentucky Workforce
Innovation Board's strategic plan.
(2)The Kentucky Education and Workforce Collaborative shall consist of the
following twenty-one
(21)members:
(a)The Governor or his or her designee, who shall serve as chair;
(b)The secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet or his or her designee;
(c)The secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services or his or her
designee;
(d)The president of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System or
his or her designee;
(e)The president for the Council on Postsecondary Education or his or her
designee;
(f)The commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Education or his or her
designee;
(g)The president of the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce or his or her designee;
(h)A representative of the board of directors from each of the Commonwealth's
ten
(10)local workforce development areas as selected by the board of
directors;
(i)A representative selected by the Kentucky Association of Counties;
(j)A representative selected by the Kentucky Farm Bureau;
(k)The chair of the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board or his or her
designee; and
(l)The executive director/CEO of the Kentucky League of Cities or his or her
designee.
(3)Meetings shall be held at least quarterly or at the call of the chair.
(4)The Kentucky Education and Workforce Collaborative shall submit quarterly
reports to the Legislative Research Commission summarizing its progress.
(5)The Kentucky Education and Workforce Collaborative shall designate one
member as its legislative liaison to communicate with the General Assembly about
the collaborative's progress and ensure that the work of the collaborative is separate
and distinct from the work of the Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board. The
liaison shall not be a member who is also a representative of a local workforce
development area.
(6)The Kentucky Education and Workforce Collaborative shall reach the following
milestones and report findings, determinations, and procedures to the Kentucky
Workforce Innovation Board:
(a)Identification of all federal and state-funded workforce programs in the
Commonwealth by September 30, 2023;
(b)Development of a complete framework for implementation and transition by
September 30, 2023; and
(c)Evaluation and preparation of a determination of viability concerning the
transfer of child-care services to local workforce development boards.
(7)The Commonwealth shall reach the following milestones:
(a)Procurement of a replacement for the UI and Case Management/Reporting
System by December 31, 2023; and
(b)Transition and consolidation of all federal and state workforce training,
employment, and employment-related programs into one
(1)entity that shall
have primary responsibility for the operation of and management of funding
for the newly created consolidated entity by December 31, 2023.
(8)The local workforce development boards shall each reach the following milestones:
(a)By July 1, 2024, assumption of fiscal and administrative responsibilities for
planning, oversight, and evaluation of all public workforce programs in the
board's local workforce development area in the state. Each plan shall include:
1. Governor-certified local workforce development boards to provide local
control;
2. Designated Kentucky Career Centers
(KCCs)throughout the local
workforce development area to provide the entire array of program
services at each identified location;
3. Integrated cross-program, functional service delivery systems to provide
ease of access to local businesses and job seekers, with individual
programs that are not apparent, but are defined by service requested by
customer; and
4. An emphasis on core competencies such that:
a. Local workforce development boards are focused on fiscal and
program administration;
b. KCCs are focused on service delivery; and
c. Educational entities are focused on providing data-driven,
workforce preparation services and competencies; and
5. Functional services that include but are not limited to business services,
job search, group training and assessment services, intensive job search
preparation, and training with case management;
(b)By July 1, 2024, development of comprehensive system-wide budgets,
strategic plans, implementation plans, supervision agreements with different
programmatic employers, memoranda of understanding for the KCCs, and
any infrastructure funding agreements required by the Workforce Innovation
and Opportunity Act; and
(c)By July 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, preparation and transmission of a
report to the Kentucky Education and Workforce Collaborative and Kentucky
Workforce Innovation Board, detailing its attainment of the policies and goals
contained in the Governor's current executive order issued pursuant to the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.