North Carolina § 143B-438 - 11. Local Workforce Development Boards.

§ 143B-438. 11. Local Workforce Development Boards.

Duties. - Local Workforce Development Boards shall have the following powers and duties: To develop policy and act as the governing body for local workforce development. To provide planning, oversight, and evaluation of local workforce development programs, including the local One-Stop Delivery System. To provide advice regarding workforce policy and programs to local elected officials, employers, education and employment training agencies, and citizens. To develop a local plan in coordination with the appropriate community partners to address the workforce development needs of the service area. To develop linkages with economic development efforts and activities in the service area and promote cooperation and coordination among public organizations, education agencies, and private businesses. To review local agency plans and grant applications for workforce development programs for coordination and achievement of local goals and needs. To serve as the Workforce Investment Board for the designated substate area for the purpose of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. To designate through a competitive selection process, by no later than July 1, 2014, the providers of adult and dislocated worker services authorized in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. To provide the appropriate guidance and information to Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act consumers to ensure that they are prepared and positioned to make informed choices in selecting a training provider. Each local Workforce Development Board shall ensure that consumer choice is properly maintained in the one-stop centers and that consumers are provided the full array of public and private training provider information. To provide coordinated regional workforce development planning and labor market data sharing. To comply with the performance accountability measures established by the NCWorks Commission pursuant to section 116 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. To comply with the fiscal control and fund accounting procedures established by the NCWorks Commission pursuant to section 184 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Members. - Members of local Workforce Development Boards shall be appointed by local elected officials in accordance with criteria established by the Governor and with provisions of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The local Workforce Development Boards shall have a majority of business members and shall also include representation of workforce and education providers, labor organizations, community-based organizations, and economic development boards as determined by local elected officials. The Chairs of the local Workforce Development Boards shall be selected from among the business members. Assistance. - The NCWorks Commission and the Department of Commerce shall provide programmatic, technical, and other assistance to any local Workforce Development Board that realigns its service area with the boundaries of a local regional council of governments established pursuant to G.S. 160A-470. History (1999-237, s. 16.15(b); 2010-31, s. 14.4; 2012-131, s. 3(a); 2013-330, s. 1; 2015-241, s. 15.11(c).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2012-131, s. 3(b), provides: "Beginning March 15, 2013, and then quarterly until December 15, 2014, the Department of Commerce shall report to the Joint Legislative Workforce Development System Reform Oversight Committee on the status of any realignment of local Workforce Development Board service areas and any regional planning and cooperation required by this act." Youth Workforce Investment Program Changes. - Session Laws 2017-57, s. 15.12(a)-(c), provides: "(a) The local Workforce Development Boards created pursuant to G.S. 143B-438.11 shall include in their State-developed criteria to be used in awarding grants for youth workforce investment activities pursuant to Section 129 of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act a competitive process that requires grant recipients to provide at least the following information as part of the application process and consideration of grant awards: "(1) The extent to which the organization specifically focuses on serving at-risk youth, including youth who are at risk of school dropout or at risk of school displacement due to suspension or expulsion. "(2) Whether the organization leverages community-based resources, including partnerships with organizations that provide mentoring services and private-sector employer involvement. "(3) The use of an evidence-based program model by the organization with a proven track record of success. "(4) The inclusion of rigorous, quantitative performance measures by the organization to confirm effectiveness of the program. "(5) The deployment of comprehensive support services to youth, including addressing behavioral issues, emphasizing academic and career growth, and enhancing parent and family engagement. "(b) The local Workforce Development Boards shall coordinate with the NCWorks Commission to update the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Unified State Plan, as needed, to reflect the inclusions to the State-developed criteria required by subsection (a) of this section. "(c) On or before October 1 of each year, the local Workforce Development Boards shall submit a report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, the chairs of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources, the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, and the Fiscal Research Division on prior State fiscal year program activities, objectives, and accomplishments and prior State fiscal year itemized expenditures and fund sources. The report shall also contain a list of grant recipients and the amount received by the grant recipients." Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2017-57, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2017.'" Session Laws 2017-57, s. 39.4, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2017-2019 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2017-57, s. 39.6, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2010-31, s. 14.4, effective July 1, 2010, added subdivision (a)(8). Session Laws 2012-131, s. 3(a), effective June 29, 2012, added subdivision (a)(9), subsection (c) and made minor stylistic changes. Session Laws 2013-330, s. 1, effective July 23, 2013, added subdivision (a)(7a). Session Laws 2015-241, s. 15.11(c), effective July 1, 2015, in subsection (a), substituted "Innovation and Opportunity Act" for "Investment Act of 1998" in subdivisions (7) and (7a); substituted "Innovation and Opportunity" for "Investment" in subdivision (8) and added subdivisions (10) and (11); substituted "Innovation and Opportunity" for "Investment" in subsection (b); and substituted "NCWorks Commission" for "Commission on Workforce Development" in subsection (c).