§5B-2B-1. Short Title
This article shall be known and may be cited as the West Virginia Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
§5B-2B-2. Definitions
As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: “Board” means the West Virginia Workforce Development Board. “Commission” or “Legislative Oversight Commission” means the Legislative Oversight Commission on Workforce Investment for Economic Development created pursuant to section seven of this article. “Local area” means a local […]
§5B-2B-3. West Virginia Workforce Development Board; Membership of Board; Meetings; Quorum Requirements
(a) The West Virginia Workforce Development Board is hereby created and shall serve as the state’s Workforce Development Board, as required by the WIOA. The board shall make general recommendations regarding workforce investment in the state to the Governor and the Legislature. (b) The membership of the board shall meet the requirements of WIOA §101(b) […]
§5B-2B-4. Duties of the Workforce Development Board
(a) The board shall provide information and guidance to local boards and staff, to enable them to better educate both women and men about higher paying jobs and careers including jobs traditionally dominated by men or women. Such guidance shall promote services provided by the local boards for job seekers that includes: (1) Current information […]
§5B-2B-4a. Report to Legislature
(a) The Legislature finds that: (1) The state needs to take all necessary steps to retain, educate and train West Virginians to have the skills necessary to compete for job opportunities resulting from horizontal drilling; and
§5B-2B-4b. Open Meetings; Public Information
(a) The board shall conduct business in an open manner as required by WIOA §101(g). (b) The board shall make available to the public, on a regular basis through electronic means and open meetings, information about the activities and functions of the board including: (1) The state plan, or modification to the state plan, prior […]
§5B-2B-5. State Agencies
On or before November 1, any state agency that receives federal or state funding that has been used for workforce investment activities for the past fiscal year shall provide to the board a report, detailing the source and amount of federal, state or other funds received; the purposes for which the funds were provided; the […]
§5B-2B-6. Administration of Board
(a) Workforce West Virginia shall provide administrative and other services to the board as the board requires. (b) Workforce West Virginia shall facilitate the coordination of board activities and local workforce investment activities, including holding meetings with the executive directors of each local board at least monthly. Any executive director of a local board who […]
§5B-2B-7. Legislative Oversight Commission on Workforce Investment for Economic Development
(a) There is hereby created a joint commission of the Legislature known as the Legislative Oversight commission on workforce investment for economic development. (b) The commission is to be composed of four members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate from the members of the joint commission on economic development and four […]
§5B-2B-8. Powers and Duties of the Commission
(a) The commission shall make a continued investigation, study and review of the practices, policies and procedures of the workforce investment strategies and programs implemented in the state. (b) The commission has the authority to conduct or cause to be conducted performance audits upon local workforce investment boards. (c) For purposes of carrying out its […]
§5B-2B-9. Coordination Between Agencies Providing Workforce Investment Programs, Local Workforce Investment Boards and the Executive Director of Workforce West Virginia
(a) To provide ongoing attention to addressing issues that will build and continually improve the overall workforce investment system, the Workforce Investment Interagency Collaborative Team is hereby created. The team shall be the single state interagency source for addressing issues or concerns related to building and maintaining the most effective and efficient implementation of WIOA […]