House Study Bill 763
HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
ECONOMIC GROWTH BILL BY
CHAIRPERSON THOMAS)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to economic growth by creating a workforce
2 innovation for regional economic development task force and
3 making an appropriation.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. FINDINGS. The general assembly finds that
1 2 Iowa's demographics and the projected skill level of Iowa's
1 3 workforce will result in as many as one hundred and fifty
1 4 thousand more jobs by the year 2012 than the state's workforce
1 5 can fill and that without better coordination of public and
1 6 private efforts to address this shortage, the long=term
1 7 economic health of the state is threatened.
1 8 Sec. 2. WORKFORCE INNOVATION FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC
1 9 DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE.
1 10 1. PURPOSE. A workforce innovation for regional economic
1 11 development task force is established within the department of
1 12 workforce development. The task force shall be coordinated in
1 13 cooperation with the department of economic development and
1 14 the department of management. The department shall initially
1 15 convene the task force no later than July 1, 2008, and the
1 16 task force shall be regularly convened as often as necessary.
1 17 The purpose of the task force shall be to study and make
1 18 recommendations on how the various agencies, programs,
1 19 initiatives, services, and stakeholders that play a role in
1 20 workforce development can be better coordinated and more
1 21 appropriately restructured in order to more efficiently and
1 22 effectively deliver workforce=related services throughout the
1 23 state.
1 24 2. GOALS. By January 1, 2010, the task force shall report
1 25 to the general assembly its recommendations for a workforce
1 26 innovation in regional economic development program, which
1 27 program shall be designed to address all of the following
1 28 goals:
1 29 a. Improving interagency collaboration and innovation
1 30 across regions of the state.
1 31 b. Implementing regional organizational structures for
1 32 workforce development which have the capacity to span multiple
1 33 labor markets and political subdivisions.
1 34 c. Developing strategies for workforce development that
1 35 recognize local economies and industry clusters.
2 1 d. Designing mechanisms for integrating workforce
2 2 development goals with economic development goals and
2 3 educational goals.
2 4 e. Eliminating duplicative and inefficient program
2 5 offerings.
2 6 f. Improving the delivery of technical and financial
2 7 workforce development assistance to communities, businesses,
2 8 educational institutions, and individuals throughout the
2 9 state.
2 10 g. Fostering strategic partnerships between business,
2 11 education, industry, and government within and between regions
2 12 of the state.
2 13 h. Identifying processes for transforming regional
2 14 workforce development efforts by pursuing integration and
2 15 innovation.
2 16 i. Increasing the involvement of business and industry in
2 17 equipping workers with the skills necessary to make the state
2 18 competitive in a global economy.
2 19 j. Identifying strategies and examining organizational
2 20 structures for better developing entrepreneurship within and
2 21 between regions and industry clusters.
2 22 k. Increasing workforce participation within certain
2 23 lower=participation population groups including but not
2 24 limited to older Iowans, young adults, persons with
2 25 disabilities, and new residents.
2 26 l. Improving services and training for low=income
2 27 populations.
2 28 3. MEMBERSHIP. The task force shall elect a chairperson,
2 29 and membership on the task force shall consist of all of the
2 30 following:
2 31 a. Voting members of the task force shall include all of
2 32 the following:
2 33 (1) One member selected by the Iowa association of
2 34 independent colleges and universities.
2 35 (2) One member selected by the board of regents to
3 1 represent the regents institutions.
3 2 (3) One member selected by the Iowa association of
3 3 community college trustees.
3 4 (4) One member selected by the Iowa area education
3 5 agencies.
3 6 (5) One member from the Iowa state university extension
3 7 service.
3 8 (6) Two members representing the department of education.
3 9 (7) Two members of the public, selected by the department
3 10 of education, representing school districts and accredited
3 11 nonpublic schools, one representing a school district and one
3 12 representing an accredited nonpublic school.
3 13 (8) One member representing the department of workforce
3 14 development.
3 15 (9) One member, selected by the department of workforce
3 16 development, representing a regional workforce investment
3 17 board, as defined in 877 IAC 6.1.
3 18 (10) One member, selected by the association of Iowa
3 19 workforce partners, representing workforce investment program
3 20 training providers, as described in section 84A.8.
3 21 (11) One member, selected by the department of education,
3 22 representing recipients receiving funding pursuant to Title 1
3 23 of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
3 24 (12) One member selected by the Iowa community action
3 25 association.
3 26 (13) One member from the department of management.
3 27 (14) One member from the governor's office.
3 28 (15) Three members, selected by the governor, representing
3 29 business and industry.
3 30 (16) One member from the department of human services.
3 31 (17) One member representing the department of economic
3 32 development.
3 33 (18) Three members of the general public, selected by the
3 34 department of economic development. The members selected by
3 35 the department of economic development shall conform to the
4 1 following:
4 2 (a) One member representing local economic development
4 3 issues.
4 4 (b) One member representing regional economic development
4 5 issues.
4 6 (c) One member representing statewide economic development
4 7 issues.
4 8 (19) One member representing the department of
4 9 corrections.
4 10 (20) One member representing the department of elder
4 11 affairs.
4 12 (21) One member representing the department of cultural
4 13 affairs.
4 14 (22) Three members, selected by the governor, representing
4 15 organized labor.
4 16 (23) One member, selected by the department of workforce
4 17 development, representing older Iowans.
4 18 (24) One member, selected by the department of workforce
4 19 development, representing new Iowa residents.
4 20 (25) One member, selected by the department of workforce
4 21 development, representing young adults.
4 22 (26) One member, selected by the department of workforce
4 23 development, representing Iowans with disabilities.
4 24 b. Nonvoting members of the task force shall include all
4 25 of the following:
4 26 (1) Two members of the senate. One senator shall be
4 27 appointed by the president of the senate and one senator shall
4 28 be appointed by the minority leader of the senate.
4 29 (2) Two members of the house of representatives. One
4 30 member shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of
4 31 representatives and one member shall be appointed by the
4 32 minority leader of the house of representatives.
4 33 3. DISSOLUTION. The task force shall complete its duties
4 34 no later than January 1, 2010, but may complete its duties and
4 35 dissolve itself prior to that date.
5 1 Sec. 3. WORKFORCE INNOVATION FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC
5 2 DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE == APPROPRIATION. There is
5 3 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
5 4 department of workforce development for the fiscal year
5 5 beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, the
5 6 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
5 7 used for the purposes designated:
5 8 For convening, staffing, and administering a workforce
5 9 innovation for regional economic development task force,
5 10 including salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
5 11 purposes:
5 12 .................................................. $ 140,000
5 13 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
5 14 section shall not revert at the end of the fiscal year but
5 15 shall remain available for the purposes designated until the
5 16 task force is dissolved and all costs associated with the task
5 17 force are paid.
5 18 EXPLANATION
5 19 This bill creates a workforce innovation for regional
5 20 economic development task force.
5 21 The general assembly finds that the state will face a labor
5 22 shortage of as many as 150,000 workers by 2012, and the task
5 23 force is formed to make recommendations on ways to address the
5 24 shortage.
5 25 The task force is to study labor shortage issues and
5 26 examine the structure and efficiencies of current workforce
5 27 development programs. The task force must begin its
5 28 activities by July 1, 2008, and conclude them by January 1,
5 29 2010, when it must submit a report to the general assembly
5 30 with its recommendations.
5 31 The task force is to be comprised of representatives from
5 32 various state agencies, private entities, educational
5 33 institutions, and the public and ex officio members of the
5 34 general assembly.
5 35 The task force must complete its activities by January 1,
6 1 2010.
6 2 The bill appropriates $140,000 to the department of
6 3 workforce development for administering the task force.
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