Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 1 - EXECUTIVE ORDERS › Section 1:2016-41

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
I, Mary Fallin, Governor of the State of Oklahoma, pursuant to
			 the power and authority vested in me by Sections 1 and 2 of Article VI of the
			 Oklahoma Constitution hereby direct the Oklahoma Works Leadership Team (Team)
			 to implement an Educational Attainment Goal for the State of Oklahoma.
Oklahoma will be well-served by establishing the goal of seventy
			 (70) percent of our residents 25-64 years-old having education training beyond
			 high school by the year 2025. The goal is called Launch Oklahoma. The Team
			 shall develop and recommend a strategic plan to accomplish this goal. The
			 strategic plan shall include, but is not limited to:
* Recommended strategies to increase post-secondary education and
			 training attainment and decrease the skills gap;
* Metrics and benchmarks to demonstrate progress toward the
			 seventy (70) percent goal. These metrics and benchmarks shall include, but are
			 not limited to:
* Progress toward reducing the socioeconomic, ethnic and racial
			 achievement gaps in PK-12th grade and increasing equity in post-secondary
			 enrollment; and
* Progress toward increasing the percent of traditional-age
			 students and adult learners who earn post-secondary degrees, certificates, or
			 other credentials.
* Assessment of whether post-secondary degrees, certificates, and
			 other credentials awarded by Oklahoma post-secondary institutions align with
			 high-demand job needs and job-placement rates; and
* Other goals and objectives as requested by the Governor.
The final strategic plan shall be submitted to the Office of the
			 Governor by November 1, 2017.
For the purposes of carrying out this work, the Secretary of
			 Education & Workforce shall serve as the Chairperson of the Team. The
			 members of the Team are the Chancellor of the Oklahoma State System of Higher
			 Education or designee, the Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career &
			 Technology Education or designee, the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Office
			 of Workforce, the Deputy Superintendent for Academic Affairs & Planning for
			 the State Department of Education, the Director of Research & Economic
			 Analysis Services for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, the Executive
			 Director of the Oklahoma Educated Workforce Initiative, and shall be supported
			 by the Governor's staff, the Oklahoma Works Coordinator and the Statewide
			 Performance Management Division of the Office of Management & Enterprise
			 Services.
The Team shall meet at such times and places as the Chairperson
			 deems appropriate. Members shall serve without compensation. Administrative
			 support for the Task Force shall be provided by the Office of the
			 Governor.
All Executive departments, officers, agencies and employees of
			 this State shall cooperate with the Team in carrying out its duties and
			 responsibilities, including providing any information, records and reports as
			 may be requested by the Chairperson.
This Executive Order shall be distributed to the Secretary of
			 State.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
			 Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
			 this 21st day of December, 2016.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Mary Fallin
ATTEST:
Mike Hunter
Secretary of State