Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 877 - Workforce Development Board and Workforce Development Center Administration Division › Chapter 12 - Iowa Job Training Partnership Program › Rule 877-12.7 - Private Industry Council

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Within each service delivery area there shall be established a
				private industry council. Appointees to public and nonprofit sector positions
				on a private industry council shall exclusively represent one and only one
				organization or agency. Appointees to private sector positions on a private
				industry council shall exclusively represent the private sector.
(1)
Composition of the PIC.
a. There must be a minimum of 17 members on
			 each PIC and the private sector representatives must constitute a majority of
			 the membership. The required members include 9 members from the private sector,
			 3 members from community-based organizations and organized labor, and 1
			 representative from each of the following public agencies: education,
			 vocational rehabilitation, public assistance, public employment service and
			 economic development.
b. In order
			 to maintain the partnership between the PIC and LEOs, the following LEOs may
			 not serve on the PIC.
(1) A member of a unit
			 of government which is a party to a JTPA 28E LEO agreement and
(2) Designated as a chief elected official
			 or
(3) A member who serves in an
			 executive capacity for the LEOs. Executive capacity is defined as:
1. A member of a LEO executive
			 board,
2. A member of a LEO
			 executive committee, or
3. A member
			 of another LEO executive body which has the authority to negotiate with the
			 PIC, approve the PIC/LEO agreement, vote to approve/disapprove the SDA's job
			 training plan developed by the PIC, or act on behalf of the LEOs in the
			 partnership with the PIC.
c. It is permissible for a local elected
			 official to serve on the PIC if:
(1) The
			 individual represents one of the eight groups designated in the Act, is
			 nominated and appointed in a manner consistent with the Act and is not serving
			 on a LEO board in an executive capacity as defined in
			 12.7(1)
"b
"(3) above, or
(2) The individual is serving in an executive
			 capacity, but is serving on the PIC as a nonvoting member.
(2)
Selecting PIC members.
a. Whenever a new position is created or a
			 vacancy occurs on a PIC for any reason, the division administrator of the
			 division of workforce development center administration must be notified in
			 writing of the vacancy within seven days of vacancy. This notification must
			 come from the chief elected official (CEO) or someone designated by the CEO to
			 notify the department.
b. The chief
			 elected officials must appoint a new member to fill the position and submit a
			 "Request for Private Industry Council Certification" to the department within
			 45 days of the position's becoming open.
c. Printed copies of "Request for Private
			 Industry Council Certification" forms shall be available from the Department of
			 Workforce Development, 150 Des Moines Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50309. This form
			 shall be used by the official(s) who appointed the private industry council in
			 each service delivery area when applying for private industry council
			 certification. All information requested by the form must be completed. When
			 requested, the official(s) submitting the request for certification shall also
			 submit copies of letters of nomination for all nominees to the private industry
			 council.
(3)
PIC
			 nomination process.
a. Nominations
			 to the nonprofit or public PIC positions must come from the interested
			 organizations. For example, nominations to education positions must come from
			 educational agencies and institutions, and labor representative position
			 nominees must come from recognized state and local labor
			 organizations.
b. Nominations are
			 good for 90 days. After the 90-day period, nominations expire and must be
			 resubmitted.
(4)
Appointment and certification.
a. After selecting PIC members from the
			 nominees submitted, local elected officials must submit those names to the
			 department for certification.
b.
			 Whenever a PIC is not composed of the required representatives as specified in
			 12.7(1), the PIC is out of compliance with the Act.
c. If the appointment and request for
			 certification are not completed within the 45-day time period, the PIC will be
			 found in nonconformance and the procedure for PIC decertification will be
			 initiated, unless the vacant position is not one of the required 17 positions
			 listed in 12.7(1).
d. A newly
			 appointed PIC member may not vote on issues before the PIC until the department
			 certifies the appointment of that member.
e. No change in the size, membership, chair
			 or composition of a PIC shall be valid and effective until approved in writing
			 by the department.
(5)
PIC decertification.
If at any time the department determines
			 that a PIC does not conform, it shall give that PIC a written notice of
			 nonconformance which states the deficiency and allows a period of time in which
			 to correct the deficiency. Failure to satisfy the notice of nonconformance
			 within the time period allowed is grounds for the decertification of the
			 PIC.