The legislation would consolidate 35 employment and training programs into a single Workforce Investment Fund totaling approximately $6 billion to serve as a single source of support for employers and job seekers. Funding for those programs would be merged into a block grant to the states.
H.R. 803 would do the following:
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Create a workforce investment fund to serve as a single source of federal support for employers;
- Ensure two thirds of state and local workforce investment boards members are employer representatives;
- Eliminate 19 federal mandates regarding state and local workforce board representation;
- Allow locally elected officials to determine the remaining board members;
- Require local workforce boards to analyze regularly the area’s workforce needs;
- Require state and local leaders to adhere to common performance measures for all workforce development services;
- Require an independent evaluation of training programs every five years;
- Strengthen the ability of governors to designate the location of workforce areas in their respective states;
- Allow states to continue submitting a unified statewide workforce plan for all employment and training services;
- Allow governors to consolidate additional programs into the workforce investment fund for the express purpose of providing greater administrative flexibility;
- Allow states to determine the standards required for eligible training providers;
- Allow local boards to contract with community colleges directly to provide training to large groups;
- Require local boards to spend a portion of the resources directly on training; and
- Require service providers to contribute a portion of their resources to support the One-Stop-Career Centers’ infrastructure.
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