§ 540. Workforce education and training leader The Commissioner of Labor shall be the leader of workforce education and training in the State, and shall have the authority and responsibility for the coordination of workforce education and training within State government, including the following duties: (1) Perform the following duties in consultation with the State […]
§ 541a. State Workforce Development Board (a) Board established; duties. Pursuant to the requirements of 29 U.S.C. § 3111, the Governor shall establish the State Workforce Development Board to assist the Governor in the execution of his or her duties under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 and to assist the Commissioner of […]
§ 541b. Workforce education and training; duties of other State agencies, departments, and private partners (a) To ensure the State Workforce Development Board and the Commissioner of Labor are able to fully perform their duties under this chapter, each agency and department within State government, and each person who receives funding from the State, shall […]
§ 542. Regional workforce education and training (a) The Commissioner of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce and Community Development, and in consultation with the State Workforce Development Board, is authorized to issue performance grants to one or more persons to perform workforce education and training activities in a region. (b) Each grant […]
§ 543. Workforce education and training fund; grant programs (a) Creation. There is created the Workforce Education and Training Fund in the Department of Labor to be managed in accordance with 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5. (b) Purposes. The Department shall use the Fund for the following purposes: (1) training for Vermont workers, including […]
§ 546. State postsecondary attainment goal (a) It shall be the goal of the State of Vermont that not less than 70 percent of working-age Vermonters will hold a credential of value, as defined by the State Workforce Development Board, by the year 2025. (b) It is the policy of the State of Vermont to: […]
§ 547. Work-Based Learning and Training Program (a) Vermont Work-Based Learning and Training Program. The Department of Labor shall develop the statewide Work-Based Learning and Training Program that serves transitioning secondary and postsecondary students and Vermonters seeking work-based experience as part of a career experience or change and is designed to: (1) support Vermonters who […]
