SECTIONS 14200-14210 - California Statutes

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CODE

SECTION 14200-14210

14200. (a) The local chief elected officials in a local workforce
development area shall form, pursuant to guidelines established by
the Governor and the board, a local workforce investment board to
plan and oversee the workforce investment system.
(b) The Governor shall certify one local board for each local area
in the state once every two years, following the requirements of the
Workforce Investment Act of 1998.

14201. Local workforce investment boards shall be established in
each local workforce investment area of the state to assist the local
chief elected official in planning, oversight, and evaluation of
local workforce investment. The local board shall promote effective
outcomes consistent with statewide goals, objectives, and negotiated
local performance standards.

14202. Membership of the local board shall be appointed by the
local chief elected official using criteria established by the
Governor and the board, and shall include:
(a) Representatives of business in the local area appointed from
among individuals nominated by local business organizations and
business trade associations and that reflect employment opportunities
of the local area. Business representatives shall be owners of
businesses, chief executives, or operating officers of businesses or
other business executives, including human resources executives, or
employers with optimum policymaking or hiring authority.
(b) Representatives of local educational entities, including
representatives of local educational agencies, local school boards,
entities providing adult education and literacy activities, public
and private postsecondary educational institutions, including
representatives of community colleges, selected from among
individuals nominated by regional or local educational agencies,
institutions, or organizations representing local educational
entities.
(c) Representatives of labor organizations nominated by local
labor federations, including a representative of an apprenticeship
program. At least 15 percent of local board members shall be
representatives of labor organizations unless the local labor
federation fails to nominate enough members. If this occurs, then at
least 10 percent of the local board members shall be representatives
of labor organizations.
(d) Representatives of local community-based organizations,
including organizations representing individuals with disabilities
and veterans, and organizations that serve populations with barriers
to employment, such as the economically disadvantaged, youth,
farmworkers, homeless, and immigrants.
(e) Representatives of economic development agencies, including
private sector economic development entities.
(f) Representatives of each of the one-stop partners.
(g) Members of the local board that represent organizations,
agencies, or other entities shall be individuals with optimum
policymaking authority within those organizations, agencies, or
entities.

14203. Membership of local boards may include other individuals or
representatives of entities as the local elected official in the
local area may determine to be appropriate. A single member of the
local board may be appointed to represent multiple constituencies on
the local board.

14204. A majority of the members of the local board shall be
representatives of businesses in the local area.

14205. The local board shall elect a chairperson for the local
board from among the business representatives.

14206. It shall be the duty of the local board to do all of the
following:
(a) Coordinate workforce investment activities in the local area
with economic development strategies.
(b) Promote participation of private sector employers in the local
workforce investment system.
(c) Develop and submit a local workforce investment plan to the
Governor.
(d) Select one-stop operators, with the agreement of the local
chief elected official, annually review their operations, and
terminate for cause the eligibility of such operators.
(e) Award grants or contracts to eligible providers of youth
activities in the local area on a competitive basis, consistent with
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, based upon the recommendations
of the youth council.
(f) Identify, consistent with the Workforce Investment Act of
1998, eligible providers of training services.
(g) Identify eligible providers of intensive services and, when
the one-stop operator does not provide intensive services to the
local area, award contracts to those providers.
(h) Develop local policy on the amount and duration of individual
training accounts based upon the market rate for local training
programs.
(i) Conduct program oversight over workforce investment activities
in the local area.
(j) Negotiate with the local chief elected official in the local
area and the Governor on local performance measures for the local
area.
(k) Assist in the development of a statewide employment statistics
system, which shall be developed in conjunction with and shall
utilize to the fullest extent possible, the Employment Development
Department's labor market information system.

14206.1. For purposes of disbursing economic recovery funds made
available as part of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) to workforce development programs,
local workforce investment boards may work directly with institutions
of higher education and other training providers approved by state
or federal government agencies, including private postsecondary
institutions that participate in the federal student financial aid
programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and
comply with applicable regulations pursuant to the federal act, to
quickly design education and training to fit the needs of the job
seekers and employers they are serving.

14207. The local board, in order to carry out its functions:
(a) Shall prepare a budget for the purpose of carrying out the
duties of the local board as specified under this section, subject to
the approval of the local chief elected official.
(b) Shall direct the activities of the local board's executive
director.
(c) May employ additional staff to carry out the activities as
described in the local board's strategic plan.
(d) May solicit and accept contributions and grant funds from
other sources.
(e) Shall not provide training services unless the Governor grants
a written waiver of this provision.
(f) Shall not provide other workforce investment services or be
designated as a one-stop operator without the agreement of the local
chief elected official and the Governor.

14208. A youth council shall be established as a subgroup within
each local board, appointed by the local board in cooperation with
the local chief elected official. Youth council membership shall
conform with the requirements of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998.

14209. It is the intent of the Legislature that when appointing
members to the youth council, the local workforce investment board
and the local chief elected official appoint:
(a) Representatives of youth who are enrolled in school, and out
of school youth.
(b) Representatives from the private sector.
(c) Representatives of local educational agencies serving youth.
(d) Representatives of private nonprofit agencies serving youth.
(e) Representatives of apprenticeship training programs serving
youth.

14210. The youth council shall do all of the following:
(a) Develop the portions of the local plan relating to youth.
(b) Make recommendations of eligible providers of youth activities
for the award of grants or contracts on a competitive basis by the
local board to carry out youth activities.
(c) Leverage other youth program funds in the local area for the
purpose of improving the effectiveness of local youth programs
through collaborative planning, funding, and service delivery.
(d) Conduct oversight of eligible youth activities in the local
area.
(e) Make recommendations to the local board for connecting youth
program activities, including those provided by local educational
entities to the one-stop delivery system.
(f) Make recommendations to the local board for including training
in nontraditional occupations for women and girls and
preapprenticeship training in youth program activities.