The Workforce Development Committee was given the authority by Mr. Hale and Commissioner Wilson to recommend approval for items related to the Workforce Implementation Act for the Governor's Workforce Development Council. An action item, requiring a recommendation from the Committee, is the Local Plans Approval. The State received the local WIA plans on May 12. When the plans came in, hard copies were distributed to staff who then worked on an intensive review process. A database was used to record comments from all 30 reviewers.
Staff continue to work on compiling the comments.
The local planning instructions were divided into approximately 13 different areas starting with the area identifying their vision and goals. The local plans must tie into and reflect the statewide WIA goals outline in the State WIA Plan. Staff are working now to collate and organize the comments. Each local area will receive a summary letter and stipulations on their local WIA plans. The stipulations are those items in the plan they will need to address for a complete and approvable plan.