SECTIONS 14010-14015 - California Statutes

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CODE

SECTION 14010-14015

14010. The California Workforce Investment Board is the body
responsible for assisting the Governor in the development, oversight,
and continuous improvement of California's workforce investment
system.

14011. The board shall report, through its executive director, to
the Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency.

14012. The board shall be appointed by the Governor to assist in
the development of the State Workforce Investment Plan and to carry
out other functions, as described in Section 14103. The board shall
be comprised of the Governor and representatives from the following
categories:
(a) Two members of each house of the Legislature, appointed by the
appropriate presiding officer of each house.
(b) (1) A majority of board members shall be representatives of
business who:
(A) Are owners of small and large businesses, chief executives or
operating officers of small and large businesses, and other small and
large business executives or employers with optimum policymaking or
hiring authority, including members of local workforce investment
boards.
(B) Represent businesses with employment opportunities that
reflect the employment opportunities of the state.
(C) Are appointed from a group of individuals nominated by state
business organizations and business trade associations.
(2) At least one representative shall be a private sector member
of the California Economic Strategy Panel, created pursuant to
Section 15570 of the Government Code.
(c) Chief elected officials representing both cities and counties,
where appropriate.
(d) Representatives of labor organizations that are appointed to
the board by the Governor shall have been nominated by state labor
federations. At least 15 percent of board members shall be
representatives of labor organizations.
(e) Representatives of individuals and organizations that have
experience with regard to youth activities.
(f) Representatives of individuals and organizations that have
experience and expertise in the delivery of workforce investment
activities, including the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges, representatives of school districts, and representatives of
community-based organizations within the state.
(g) The lead state agency officials with responsibility for the
programs, services, or activities that are mandatory participants in
the one-stop system, or, where there are no lead state agency
officials responsible for those programs, services, or activities, a
representative with expertise relating to those programs, services,
or activities.
(h) Any other representatives and state agency officials as the
Governor may designate, such as the state agency officials
responsible for economic development and juvenile justice programs in
the state.
(i) Members of the board that represent organizations, agencies,
or other entities shall be individuals with optimum policymaking
authority within those organizations, agencies, or entities.
(j) In making appointments to the board, the Governor shall
consider the ethnic, race, gender, and geographic distribution of the
state's population, and members of the board shall represent diverse
regions of the state, including urban, rural, and suburban areas.
(k) The Governor may appoint a single member to the board to
represent multiple constituencies on the board.
(l) The Governor shall select a chairperson for the board from the
business representatives.

14013. The board shall assist the Governor in the following:
(a) Promoting the development of a well-educated and highly
skilled workforce.
(b) Developing the State Workforce Investment Plan.
(c) Developing guidelines for the continuous improvement and
operation of the workforce investment system, including:
(1) Developing policies to guide the one-stop system.
(2) Providing technical assistance for the continuous improvement
of the one-stop system.
(3) Recommending state investments in the one-stop system.
(4) Targeting resources to high-wage industry sectors that are
either high-growth sectors or critical to California's economy, or
both.
(d) Developing and continuously improving the statewide workforce
investment system as delivered via the one-stop delivery system,
including:
(1) Developing linkages in order to assure coordination and
nonduplication among workforce programs and activities.
(2) Reviewing local workforce investment plans.
(3) Providing guidance to ensure services reflect the needs of
high-wage industry sectors.
(e) Commenting, at least once annually, on the measures taken
pursuant to the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology
Education Act Amendments of 1990 ( Public Law 101-392; 20 U.S.C. Sec.
2301 et seq.).
(f) Designating local workforce investment areas within the state
based on information derived from all of the following:
(1) Consultations with the Governor.
(2) Consultations with the chief local elected officials.
(3) Consideration of comments received through the public comment
process, as described in Section 112(b)(9) of the federal Workforce
Investment Act of 1998.
(g) Developing and modifying allocation formulas, as necessary,
for the distribution of funds for adult employment and training
activities, for youth activities to local workforce investment areas,
and dislocated worker employment and training activities, as
permitted by federal law.
(h) Coordinating the development and continuous improvement of
comprehensive state performance measures, including state adjusted
levels of performance, to assess the effectiveness of the workforce
investment activities in the state.
(i) Preparing the annual report to the United States Secretary of
Labor.
(j) Recommending policy for the development of the statewide
employment statistics system, including workforce and economic data,
as described in Section 15 of Title 29 of the United States Code, and
using, to the fullest extent possible, the Employment Development
Department's existing labor market information systems.
(k) Recommending strategies to the Governor for strategic training
investments of the Governor's 15-percent discretionary funds.
(l) Developing and recommending waivers, in conjunction with local
workforce investment boards, to the Governor as provided for in the
federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
(m) Recommending policy to the Governor for the use of the
25-percent rapid response funds, as authorized under the federal
Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
(n) Developing an application to the United States Department of
Labor for an incentive grant under Section 9273 of Title 20 of the
United States Code.

14015. Members of the board may receive up to one hundred dollars
($100) for each day's actual attendance at meetings and other
official business of the board, not to exceed three hundred dollars
($300) per month, and shall receive their necessary and actual
expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.