The purposes of this Act are the following:
(1) To increase, for individuals in the United States, particularly those individuals with barriers to employment, access to and opportunities for the employment, education, training, and support services they need to succeed in the labor market.
(2) To support the alignment of workforce investment, education, and economic development systems in support of a comprehensive, accessible, and high-quality workforce development system in the United States.
(3) To improve the quality and labor market relevance of workforce investment, education, and economic development efforts to provide America’s workers with the skills and credentials necessary to secure and advance in employment with family-sustaining wages and to provide America’s employers with the skilled workers the employers need to succeed in a global economy.
(4) To promote improvement in the structure of and delivery of services through the United States workforce development system to better address the employment and skill needs of workers, jobseekers, and employers.
(5) To increase the prosperity of workers and employers in the United States, the economic growth of communities, regions, and States, and the global competitiveness of the United States.
(6) For purposes of parts A and B of subchapter I, to provide workforce investment activities, through statewide and local workforce development systems, that increase the employment, retention, and earnings of participants, and increase attainment of recognized postsecondary credentials by participants, and as a result, improve the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency, increase economic self-sufficiency, meet the skill requirements of employers, and enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the
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The purposes of this Act are the following:
(1) To increase, for individuals in the United States, particularly those individuals with barriers to employment, access to and opportunities for the employment, education, training, and support services they need to succeed in the labor market.
(2) To support the alignment of workforce investment, education, and economic development systems in support of a comprehensive, accessible, and high-quality workforce development system in the United States.
(3) To improve the quality and labor market relevance of workforce investment, education, and economic development efforts to provide America’s workers with the skills and credentials necessary to secure and advance in employment with family-sustaining wages and to provide America’s employers with the skilled workers the employers need to succeed in a global economy.
(4) To promote improvement in the structure of and delivery of services through the United States workforce development system to better address the employment and skill needs of workers, jobseekers, and employers.
(5) To increase the prosperity of workers and employers in the United States, the economic growth of communities, regions, and States, and the global competitiveness of the United States.
(6) For purposes of parts A and B of subchapter I, to provide workforce investment activities, through statewide and local workforce development systems, that increase the employment, retention, and earnings of participants, and increase attainment of recognized postsecondary credentials by participants, and as a result, improve the quality of the workforce, reduce welfare dependency, increase economic self-sufficiency, meet the skill requirements of employers, and enhance the productivity and competitiveness of the Nation.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
§ 3111. State workforce development boards
(a) In general
The Governor of a State shall establish a
State workforce development board to carry out
the functions described in subsection (d).
(b) Membership
(1) In general
The State board shall include—
(A) the Governor;
(B) a member of each chamber of the State
legislature (to the extent consistent with
State law), appointed by the appropriate
presiding officers of such chamber; and
(C) members appointed by the Governor, of
which—
(i) a majority shall be representatives of
businesses in the State, who—
(I) are owners of businesses, chief ex-
ecutives or operating officers of busi-
nesses, or other business executives or
employers with optimum policymaking
or hiring authority, and who, in addi-
tion, may be members of a local board
described in section 3122(b)(2)(A)(i) of
this title;
(II) represent businesses (including
small businesses), or organizations rep-
resenting businesses described in this
subclause, that provide employment op-
portunities that, at a minimum, include
high-quality, work-relevant training and
development in in-demand industry sec-
tors or occupations in the State; and
(III) are appointed from among individ-
uals nominated by State business organi-
zations and business trade associations;
(ii) not less than 20 percent shall be rep-
resentatives of the workforce within the
State, who—
(I) shall include representatives of
labor organizations, who have been nom-
inated by State labor federations;
(II) shall include a representative, who
shall be a member of a labor organiza-
tion or a training director, from a joint
labor-management apprenticeship pro-
gram, or if no such joint program exists
in the State, such a representative of an
apprenticeship program in the State;