Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 15 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-76-324) › Subtitle 1 - DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC AND NATURAL RESOURCES GENERALLY (§§ 15-1-101 — 15-14-108) › Chapter 4 - DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY GENERALLY (§§ 15-4-101 — 15-4-3910) › Subchapter 37 - ARKANSAS WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (§§ 15-4-3701 — 15-4-3714) › Section 15-4-3703 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:
(1)
(A)
"Chief elected official" means the chief elected executive officer of a unit of general local government in a local workforce development area.
(B)
If a local workforce development area includes more than one (1) unit of general local government, the chief elected officials of each unit shall execute an agreement specifying the respective roles of the individual chief elected officials;
(2)
"Core programs" means:
(A)
Youth, adult, and dislocated worker programs funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. No. 113-128;
(B)
Adult education and literacy activities;
(C)
Employment services funded by the Wagner-Peyser Act,
29 U.S.C. § 49
et seq.; and
(D)
Subchapter 1 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
29 U.S.C. § 701
et seq., other than
29 U.S.C. § 732
or
29 U.S.C. § 741
; and
(3)
"One-stop partner program" means:
(A)
Youth, adult, and dislocated worker programs funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. No. 113-128;
(B)
Adult education and literacy activities;
(C)
Employment services funded by the Wagner-Peyser Act,
29 U.S.C. § 49
et seq.;
(D)
Subchapter 1 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
29 U.S.C. § 701
et seq., other than
29 U.S.C. § 732
or
29 U.S.C. § 741
;
(E)
Activities authorized under Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965,
42 U.S.C. § 3056
et seq.;
(F)
Career and technical education programs at the postsecondary level authorized under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006,
20 U.S.C. § 2301
et seq.;
(G)
Activities authorized under Part 2 of Subchapter II of the Trade Act of 1974,
19 U.S.C. § 2271
et seq.;
(H)
Activities authorized under
38 U.S.C. § 4100
et seq.;
(I)
Employment and training activities carried out under the Community Services Block Grant Act,
42 U.S.C. § 9901
et seq.;
(J)
Employment and training activities carried out by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development;
(K)
Programs authorized under state unemployment compensation laws in accordance with applicable federal law;
(L)
Programs authorized under § 212 of the Second Chance Act of 2007,
42 U.S.C. § 17532
; and
(M)
(i)
Programs authorized under Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act,
42 U.S.C. § 601
et seq., subject to subparagraph (C).
(ii)
"One-stop partner program" does not include a program under subdivision (3)(M)(i) of this section if the Governor determines that the program will not be a one-stop partner and communicates this determination in writing to the Secretary of the United States Department of Labor as required by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. Law No. 113-128.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 374,§ 12, eff. 8/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 374,§ 11, eff. 8/1/2017.
Added by Act 2015, No. 907,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2015.