Sec. 31-11cc. Adult Literacy Leadership Board: Members. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 31-11cc. Adult Literacy Leadership Board: Members. (a) The Office of Workforce Competitiveness shall establish the Adult Literacy Leadership Board as a standing committee of the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission to review and advise the commission on workforce investment and adult literacy programs and services. The board shall consist of seven voting members and ten ex-officio nonvoting members.

      (1) The voting members shall include one member who; (A) directs a community literacy program; (B) directs a regional literacy program; (C) represents a public library; (D) directs a literacy outcome study from a private university; (E) directs a literacy outcome study from a public university; (F) represents an adult literacy advocacy group; and (G) has experience in research, planning and evaluation in literacy. The Governor shall appoint the chairperson, who shall be a voting member and described in this subdivision. Following the appointment of the chairperson, such chairperson, in consultation with the director of the Office of Workforce Competitiveness, shall appoint the remaining six voting members as described in this subdivision.

      (2) The ex-officio nonvoting members shall consist of the following members, or their designees: The Commissioners of Correction, Education, Higher Education, Economic and Community Development and Social Services, the Labor Commissioner, the director of the Office of Workforce Competitiveness, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the chancellor of the regional community-technical colleges and the State Librarian.

      (3) The voting members shall serve for a term of four years.

      (b) The chairperson of the board may create positions that the board deems necessary and may fill such positions from among its members. The powers of the board shall be vested in and exercised by not less than four members of the board. Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum.

      (c) The Office of Workforce Competitiveness may solicit and receive funds on behalf of the board and the commission from any public or private sources to carry out its activities.

      (d) The board shall terminate as a standing committee of the commission on July 1, 2012.

      (P.A. 08-163, S. 2.)

      History: P.A. 08-163 effective July 1, 2008.