Ohio § 6301.07

§ 6301.07.

(A) For purposes of this section, “ performance character ” means the career-essential relational attributes that build trust with others, including

respect, honesty, integrity, task-excellence, responsibility, and resilience. (B) Every local board, in partnership with the chief elected official or officials of

the local area, shall develop and submit to the governor a comprehensive four-year

local plan.  The local plan shall support the strategy described in the state plan and shall

contain descriptions of the activities of the local board as outlined in section 108

of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 29 U.S.C. 3123 , including all of the following: (1) Identification of strategic planning elements, including all of the following: (a) The strategic vision of the local board; (b) Goals for preparing an educated and skilled workforce; (c) The knowledge and skills, including performance character, needed to meet the employment

needs of employers in the planning region, including in-demand industry sectors and

occupations. (2) A description of the workforce development system in the local area and how the local

board, working with education programs and the entities that carry out core programs,

will coordinate activities to expand access to employment, training, education, and

supportive services to eligible individuals with barriers to employment to improve

service delivery and to avoid duplication; (3) A determination of the local area's workforce development needs for adult and dislocated

worker employment training activities, including the type and availability of activities

needed; (4) An assessment of the type and availability of youth workforce development activities

carried out in the local area, including activities for youth with disabilities and

youth receiving independent living services pursuant to sections 2151.81 to 2151.84 of the Revised Code ; (5) A description of any other information the chief elected official or officials of

the local area require; (6) A description of any other information the governor requires. (C)(1) The local boards of the local areas within a planning region and the chief elected

officials of those local areas shall prepare, submit to, and obtain approval from

the state for a single regional plan that includes a description of the activities

described in section 106(c)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 29 U.S.C. 3121(c)(1) , and that incorporates local plans described in division (B) of this section for

each local area in that region. (2) The state shall identify regions within the state, and designate each region it identifies

as one of the following types: (a) A region consisting of one local area; (b) A planning region; (c) An interstate planning region that is contained within two or more states and consists

of labor market areas, economic development areas, or other appropriate contiguous

subareas of those states. (D) Before the date on which a local board submits a regional or local plan for approval,

the local board shall make copies of the proposed plan available to the public through

electronic and other means and allow members of the public to submit comments on the

proposed plan to the local board.  For purposes of this division, public hearings and presentation to local news media

are examples of other means by which a local board may make a proposed plan available. (E) A local board may provide policy guidance and recommendations to the chief elected

official or officials of a local area for any workforce development activities.