1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to employment; establishing the governor's 
  1.3             workforce development council to replace the 
  1.4             governor's job training council; proposing coding for 
  1.5             new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 268; repealing 
  1.6             Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 268.9755. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [268.665] [WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL.] 
  1.9      Subdivision 1.  [CREATION.] The governor's workforce 
  1.10  development council is created under the authority of the Job 
  1.11  Training Partnership Act, United States Code, title 29, section 
  1.12  1501, et seq. 
  1.13     Subd. 2.  [MEMBERSHIP.] (a) The governor's workforce 
  1.14  development council is composed of 34 members as prescribed by 
  1.15  this subdivision.  In addition to the qualifications prescribed 
  1.16  in paragraph (d), members appointed by the governor must 
  1.17  represent local employment and training service delivery 
  1.18  boards.  Members appointed by the governor are appointed to 
  1.19  three-year terms beginning on the first day of January or July 
  1.20  immediately following their appointment.  Elected officials 
  1.21  forfeit their membership if they cease to serve in elected 
  1.22  office.  Members may be removed under section 15.059. 
  1.23     (b) The commissioners of economic security, education, 
  1.24  human services, and trade and economic development and the 
  1.25  chancellor of the higher education board shall be members of the 
  1.26  council. 
  2.1      (c) Two members of the house of representatives, one 
  2.2   appointed by the speaker and the other appointed by the minority 
  2.3   leader, and two members of the senate, one appointed by the 
  2.4   majority leader and the other appointed by the minority leader. 
  2.5      (d) The governor shall appoint: 
  2.6      (1) nine persons representing Minnesota business and 
  2.7   industry; 
  2.8      (2) five persons representing Minnesota labor 
  2.9   organizations; 
  2.10     (3) four persons representing Minnesota community-based 
  2.11  organizations, as defined by the Job Training Partnership Act as 
  2.12  private nonprofit organizations that are representative of 
  2.13  communities or significant portions of communities and that 
  2.14  provide job training services, agencies serving youth, agencies 
  2.15  serving persons with disabilities, agencies serving displaced 
  2.16  homemakers, union-related organizations, employer-related 
  2.17  nonprofit organizations, and organizations serving 
  2.18  nonreservation Indians and tribal governments; 
  2.19     (4) six persons representing education, including two 
  2.20  representing local public education, one representing 
  2.21  post-secondary education, one representing secondary or 
  2.22  post-secondary vocational institutions, one representing state 
  2.23  technical colleges, and one representing state community 
  2.24  colleges; and 
  2.25     (5) one person representing local welfare agencies, public 
  2.26  housing agencies, units of local government, or appropriate 
  2.27  state or local programs, or who has special knowledge of the 
  2.28  needs of program clientele. 
  2.29     (e) Recognized state and local labor federations may 
  2.30  nominate persons for the governor's consideration in making 
  2.31  appointments under paragraph (d), clause (2).  The chancellor of 
  2.32  the higher education board may nominate for consideration the 
  2.33  persons appointed under paragraph (d), clause (4), to represent 
  2.34  technical colleges and community colleges. 
  2.35     Subd. 3.  [PURPOSE; DUTIES.] (a) The governor's workforce 
  2.36  development council shall replace the governor's job training 
  3.1   council and assume all of its requirements, duties, and 
  3.2   responsibilities, under the Job Training Partnership Act, United 
  3.3   States Code, title 29, section 1501, et seq. 
  3.4      (b) The council shall review the provision of services and 
  3.5   the use of funds and resources under applicable federal human 
  3.6   resource programs and advise the governor on methods of 
  3.7   coordinating the provision of services and the use of funds and 
  3.8   resources consistent with the laws and regulations governing the 
  3.9   programs.  For purposes of this section, applicable federal and 
  3.10  state human resource programs mean the: 
  3.11     (1) Job Training Partnership Act, United States Code, title 
  3.12  29, section 1501, et seq.; 
  3.13     (2) Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology 
  3.14  Education Act, United States Code, title 20, section 2301, et 
  3.15  seq.; 
  3.16     (3) National and Community Service Act of 1990, United 
  3.17  States Code, title 42, section 12501, et seq.; 
  3.18     (4) Adult Education Act, United States Code, title 20, 
  3.19  section 1201, et seq.; 
  3.20     (5) Wagner-Peyser Act, United States Code, title 29, 
  3.21  section 49; 
  3.22     (6) Social Security Act, title IV, part F, (JOBS), United 
  3.23  States Code, title 42, section 681, et seq.; 
  3.24     (7) Food Stamp Act of 1977, United States Code, title 7, 
  3.25  section 6(d)(4), Food Stamp Employment and Training Program, 
  3.26  United States Code, title 7, section 2015(d)(4); and 
  3.27     (8) programs defined in section 268.0111, subdivisions 4 
  3.28  and 5.  
  3.29     Additional federal and state programs and resources may be 
  3.30  included within the scope of the council's duties if recommended 
  3.31  by the governor after consultation with the council. 
  3.32     (c) The council shall: 
  3.33     (1) advise the governor on the development and 
  3.34  implementation of statewide and local performance standards and 
  3.35  measures relating to applicable federal human resource programs 
  3.36  and the coordination of performance standards and measures among 
  4.1   programs; 
  4.2      (2) advise the governor on methods to evaluate applicable 
  4.3   federal human resource programs; 
  4.4      (3) sponsor appropriate studies to identify human 
  4.5   investment needs in Minnesota and recommend to the governor 
  4.6   goals and methods for meeting those needs; 
  4.7      (4) recommend to the governor goals and methods for the 
  4.8   development and coordination of a human resource system in 
  4.9   Minnesota; 
  4.10     (5) examine federal and state laws, rules, and regulations 
  4.11  to assess whether they present barriers to achieving the 
  4.12  development of a coordinated human resource system; 
  4.13     (6) recommend to the governor and to the federal government 
  4.14  changes in state or federal laws, rules, or regulations 
  4.15  concerning employment and training programs that present 
  4.16  barriers to achieving the development of a coordinated human 
  4.17  resource system; 
  4.18     (7) recommend to the governor and to the federal government 
  4.19  waivers of laws and regulations to promote coordinated service 
  4.20  delivery; and 
  4.21     (8) sponsor appropriate studies and prepare and recommend 
  4.22  to the governor a strategic plan which details methods for 
  4.23  meeting Minnesota's human investment needs and for developing 
  4.24  and coordinating a state human resource system.  
  4.25     Subd. 4.  [SUBCOMMITTEES.] The chair of the workforce 
  4.26  development council may establish subcommittees in order to 
  4.27  carry out the duties and responsibilities of the council.  
  4.28     Subd. 5.  [STAFFING.] The commissioner of economic security 
  4.29  must provide staff support to the Minnesota workforce 
  4.30  development council.  The support must include professional, 
  4.31  technical, and clerical staff necessary to perform the duties 
  4.32  assigned to the workforce development council.  The council may 
  4.33  ask for assistance from other agencies of state government as it 
  4.34  requires in order to fulfill its duties and responsibilities.  
  4.35     Sec. 2.  [REVISOR INSTRUCTION.] 
  4.36     In the next edition of Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota 
  5.1   Rules, the revisor of statutes shall substitute the term 
  5.2   "workforce development council" for "governor's job training 
  5.3   council" wherever it appears in statutes and rules. 
  5.4      Sec. 3.  [REPEALER.] 
  5.5      Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 268.9755, is repealed.  
  5.6      Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  5.7      Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final 
  5.8   enactment.