(B) "Municipal corporation" means a municipal corporation | 33 |
that is eligible for automatic or temporary designation as a local | 34 |
workforce investment area pursuant to section 116(a)(2) or (3) of | 35 |
the "Workforce Investment Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, 29 U.S.C.A. | 36 |
2831(a)(2) or (3), but that does not request that the governor | 37 |
grant such automatic or temporary designation, and that instead | 38 |
elects to administer and enforce workforce development activities | 39 |
pursuant to this chapter. | 40 |
(C) "County" means a county that is eligible to be designated | 41 |
as a local workforce investment area pursuant to the "Workforce | 42 |
Investment Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, 29 U.S.C.A. 2801, as | 43 |
amended, but that does not request such designation, and instead | 44 |
elects to administer and enforce workforce development activities | 45 |
pursuant to this chapter. | 46 |
(D) "Workforce development agency" means the entity given | 47 |
responsibility for workforce development activities that is | 48 |
designated by the board of county commissioners in accordance with | 49 |
section 330.04 of the Revised Code, the chief elected official of | 50 |
a municipal corporation in accordance with section 763.05 of the | 51 |
Revised Code, or the chief elected officials of a local area | 52 |
defined in division (A)(3) of this section. | 53 |
(F) "Chief elected officials," when used in reference to a | 64 |
local area, means the board of county commissioners of the county | 65 |
or of each county in the local area or, if the county has adopted | 66 |
a charter under Section 3 of Article X, Ohio Constitution, the | 67 |
chief governing body of that county, and the chief elected | 68 |
official of the municipal corporation, if the local area includes | 69 |
a municipal corporation, except that when the local area is the | 70 |
type defined in division (A)(1) of this section, "chief elected | 71 |
officials" means the chief elected official of the municipal | 72 |
corporation. | 73 |
Sec. 6301.02. The director of job and family services shall | 85 |
administer the "Workforce Investment Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, | 86 |
29 U.S.C.A. 2801, as amended, the "Wagner-Peyser Act," 48 Stat. | 87 |
113 (1933), 29 U.S.C.A. 49, as amended, and the funds received | 88 |
pursuant to those acts. In administering those acts and funds | 89 |
received pursuant to those acts, the director shall assist the | 90 |
state workforce policy board in establishing and administering a | 91 |
workforce development system that is designed to provide | 92 |
leadership, support, and oversight to locally designed workforce | 93 |
development systems. The director shall conduct investigations and | 94 |
hold hearings as necessary for the administration of this chapter. | 95 |
To the extent permitted by state and federal law, the | 96 |
director may adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised | 97 |
Code to establish any program or pilot program for the purposes of | 98 |
providing workforce development activities or family services to | 99 |
individuals who do not meet eligibility criteria for those | 100 |
activities or services under applicable federal law. Prior to the | 101 |
initiation of any program of that nature, the director of budget | 102 |
and management shall certify to the governor that sufficient funds | 103 |
are available to administer a program of that nature. The state | 104 |
board shall have final approval of any such program. | 105 |
Sec. 6301.03. (A) In administering the "Workforce Investment | 111 |
Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, 29 U.S.C.A. 2801, as amended, the | 112 |
"Wagner-Peyser Act," 48 Stat. 113 (1933), 29 U.S.C.A. 49, as | 113 |
amended, the funds received pursuant to those acts, and the | 114 |
workforce development system, the director of job and family | 115 |
services may, at the direction of the state board, make | 116 |
allocations and payment of funds for the local administration of | 117 |
the workforce development activities established under this | 118 |
chapter. | 119 |
(B) The director shall allocate to local areas all funds | 120 |
required to be allocated to local areas pursuant to the "Workforce | 121 |
Investment Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, 29 U.S.C.A. 2801, as | 122 |
amended. The director shall make allocations only with funds | 123 |
available. Local areas, as defined by either section 101 of the | 124 |
"Workforce Investment Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, 29 U.S.C.A. | 125 |
2801, as amended, or section 6301.01 of the Revised Code, and | 126 |
subrecipients of a local area shall establish a workforce | 127 |
development fund and the entity receiving funds shall deposit all | 128 |
funds received under this section into the workforce development | 129 |
fund. All expenditures for activities funded under this section | 130 |
shall be made from the workforce development fund, including | 131 |
reimbursements to a county public assistance fund for expenditures | 132 |
made for activities funded under this section. | 133 |
(D) To the extent permitted by state or federal law, the | 145 |
state board, director, local areas, counties, and municipal | 146 |
corporations authorized to administer workforce development | 147 |
activities may assess a fee for specialized services requested by | 148 |
an employer. The director shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter | 149 |
119. of the Revised Code governing the nature and amount of those | 150 |
types of fees. | 151 |
Sec. 6301.04. The governor shall establish a state workforce | 152 |
policy board and appoint members to the board, who serve at the | 153 |
governor's pleasure, to perform duties under the "Workforce | 154 |
Investment Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, 29 U.S.C.A. 2801, as | 155 |
amended, as authorized by the governor. The board is not subject | 156 |
to sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code. All state | 157 |
agencies engaged in workforce development activities shall assist | 158 |
the board in the performance of its duties. | 159 |
(1) The chief elected official from the municipal corporation | 194 |
with the largest population in the local area, except that if the | 195 |
municipal corporation is a local area as defined in division | 196 |
(A)(1) of section 6301.01 of the Revised Code, the chief elected | 197 |
official of that municipal corporation may determine whether to be | 198 |
a member of the board. Notwithstanding division (B) of section | 199 |
6301.01 of the Revised Code, as used in division (A)(1) of this | 200 |
section, "municipal corporation" means any municipal corporation. | 201 |
(a) At least five members of the board shall be | 205 |
representatives of private sector businesses in the general labor | 206 |
market area that includes that local area, and shall be appointed | 207 |
from among individuals nominated by local business organizations | 208 |
and business trade associations. Among these members, at least one | 209 |
shall represent small businesses, at least one shall represent | 210 |
medium-sized businesses, and at least one shall represent large | 211 |
businesses. When determining what constitutes small, medium-sized, | 212 |
and large businesses for purposes of this division, the chief | 213 |
elected officials of the local area shall define those sizes as | 214 |
those sizes are generally understood within the labor market area | 215 |
that includes that local area. A majority of the members of the | 216 |
board shall be representatives of private sector businesses. | 217 |
(C) The chief elected officials of a local area other than a | 242 |
local area as defined in division (A)(1) of section 6301.01 of the | 243 |
Revised Code, shall coordinate the workforce development | 244 |
activities of the county family services planning committees and | 245 |
the workforce policylocal boards in the local area in any manner | 246 |
that is efficient and effective to meet the needs of the local | 247 |
area. The chief elected officials of the local area may, but are | 248 |
not required to, consolidate all boards and committees as they | 249 |
determine appropriate into a single board for purposes of | 250 |
workforce development activities. A majority of the members of | 251 |
that consolidated board shall represent private sector businesses. | 252 |
The membership of that consolidated board shall include a | 253 |
representative from each group granted representation as described | 254 |
in division (A) of this section and also a member who represents | 255 |
consumers of family services and a member who represents the | 256 |
county department of job and family services. The membership of | 257 |
that consolidated board may include a representative of one or | 258 |
more groups and entities that may be represented on a county | 259 |
family services planning committee, as specified in section 329.06 | 260 |
of the Revised Code. | 261 |
(D) Nothing in this section prohibits the chief elected | 311 |
officials of a local area from assigning, through a partnership | 312 |
agreement, any duties in addition to the duties under this section | 313 |
to a local workforce policy board, except that a local workforce | 314 |
policy board cannot contract with itself for the direct provision | 315 |
of services in its local area. A local workforce policy board may | 316 |
consult with the chief elected officials of its local area and | 317 |
make recommendations regarding the workforce development | 318 |
activities provided in its local area at any time. | 319 |
Sec. 6301.08. Every local area shall participate in a | 320 |
one-stop system for workforce development activities. Each board | 321 |
of county commissioners and the chief elected official of a | 322 |
municipal corporation shall ensure that at least one delivery | 323 |
method is available in the local area, either through a physical | 324 |
location, or by electronic means approved by the state board, for | 325 |
the provision of workforce development activities. | 326 |
Sec. 6301.09. The provision under division (g) of section | 339 |
111 of the "Workforce Investment Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, 29 | 340 |
U.S.C.A. 2801, as amended, applies to the state workforce policy | 341 |
board created under section 6301.04 of the Revised Code. The | 342 |
provision under division (e) of section 117 of the "Workforce | 343 |
Investment Act of 1998" applies to the workforce policylocal | 344 |
boards established pursuant to section 6301.046301.06 of the | 345 |
Revised Code. | 346 |
Sec. 6301.10. Beginning January 1, 2013, and each calendar | 347 |
year thereafter, the state board, with the assistance of all state | 348 |
agencies engaged in workforce development activities, shall | 349 |
prepare a report concerning the state of Ohio's workforce. The | 350 |
Upon completion of the annual workforce report, the state board | 351 |
shall distributeprovide an electronic copy of the report to the | 352 |
president and minority leader of the senate, the speaker and | 353 |
minority leader of the house of representatives, the governor's | 354 |
office of Appalachian Ohio, the commission on Hispanic-Latino | 355 |
affairs, and the commission on African-American males, and shall | 356 |
post the report on the state board's internet web site. | 357 |