(B) "Municipal corporation" means a municipal corporation | 30 |
that is eligible for automatic or temporary designation as a local | 31 |
workforce investment area pursuant to section 116(a)(2) or (3) of | 32 |
the "Workforce Investment Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, 29 U.S.C.A. | 33 |
2831(a)(2) or (3), but that does not request that the governor | 34 |
grant such automatic or temporary designation, and that instead | 35 |
elects to administer and enforce workforce development activities | 36 |
pursuant to this chapter. | 37 |
(C) "County" means a county that is eligible to be designated | 38 |
as a local workforce investment area pursuant to the "Workforce | 39 |
Investment Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, 29 U.S.C.A. 2801, as | 40 |
amended, but that does not request such designation, and instead | 41 |
elects to administer and enforce workforce development activities | 42 |
pursuant to this chapter. | 43 |
(D) "Workforce development agency" means the entity given | 44 |
responsibility for workforce development activities that is | 45 |
designated by the board of county commissioners in accordance with | 46 |
section 330.04 of the Revised Code, the chief elected official of | 47 |
a municipal corporation in accordance with section 763.05 of the | 48 |
Revised Code, or the chief elected officials of a local area | 49 |
defined in division (A)(3) of this section. | 50 |
(F) "Chief elected officials," when used in reference to a | 61 |
local area, means the board of county commissioners of the county | 62 |
or of each county in the local area or, if the county has adopted | 63 |
a charter under Section 3 of Article X, Ohio Constitution, the | 64 |
chief governing body of that county, and the chief elected | 65 |
official of the municipal corporation, if the local area includes | 66 |
a municipal corporation, except that when the local area is the | 67 |
type defined in division (A)(1) of this section, "chief elected | 68 |
officials" means the chief elected official of the municipal | 69 |
corporation. | 70 |
Sec. 6301.02. The director of job and family services shall | 75 |
administer the "Workforce Investment Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, | 76 |
29 U.S.C.A. 2801, as amended, the "Wagner-Peyser Act," 48 Stat. | 77 |
113 (1933), 29 U.S.C.A. 49, as amended, and the funds received | 78 |
pursuant to those acts. In administering those acts and funds | 79 |
received pursuant to those acts, the director shall establish and | 80 |
administerassist the state workforce policy board in establishing | 81 |
and administering a workforce development system that is designed | 82 |
to provide leadership, support, and oversight to locally designed | 83 |
workforce development and family services systems and that | 84 |
provides the maximum amount of flexibility and authority to | 85 |
counties and municipal corporations, as permitted under the | 86 |
"Workforce Investment Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, 29 U.S.C.A. | 87 |
2801, as amended. The director shall conduct investigations and | 88 |
hold hearings as necessary for the administration of this chapter. | 89 |
To the extent permitted by state and federal law, the | 90 |
director may adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised | 91 |
Code to establish any program or pilot program for the purposes of | 92 |
providing workforce development activities or family services to | 93 |
individuals who do not meet eligibility criteria for those | 94 |
activities or services under applicable federal law. Prior to the | 95 |
initiation of any program of that nature, the director of budget | 96 |
and management shall certify to the governor that sufficient funds | 97 |
are available to administer a program of that nature. The state | 98 |
board shall have final approval of any such program. | 99 |
Sec. 6301.03. (A) In administering the "Workforce Investment | 105 |
Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, 29 U.S.C.A. 2801, as amended, the | 106 |
"Wagner-Peyser Act," 48 Stat. 113 (1933), 29 U.S.C.A. 49, as | 107 |
amended, the funds received pursuant to those acts, and the | 108 |
workforce development system, the director of job and family | 109 |
services may, at the direction of the state board, make | 110 |
allocations and payment of funds for the local administration of | 111 |
the workforce development activities established under this | 112 |
chapter. Pursuant to the "Workforce Investment Act of 1998," 112 | 113 |
Stat. 936, 29 U.S.C.A. 2801, as amended, the governor shall | 114 |
reserve not more than fifteen per cent of the amounts allocated to | 115 |
the state under Title I of that act for adults, dislocated | 116 |
workers, and youth for statewide activities, and not more than | 117 |
twenty-five per cent of funds allocated for dislocated workers | 118 |
under Title I of that act for statewide rapid response activities. | 119 |
(B) The director shall allocate to local areas all funds | 120 |
required to be allocated to local areas pursuant to the "Workforce | 121 |
Investment Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, 29 U.S.C.A. 2801, as | 122 |
amended. The director shall make allocations only with funds | 123 |
available. Local areas, as defined by either section 101 of the | 124 |
"Workforce Investment Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, 29 U.S.C.A. | 125 |
2801, as amended, or section 6301.01 of the Revised Code, and | 126 |
subrecipients of a local area shall establish a workforce | 127 |
development fund and the entity receiving funds shall deposit all | 128 |
funds received under this section into the workforce development | 129 |
fund. All expenditures for activities funded under this section | 130 |
shall be made from the workforce development fund, including | 131 |
reimbursements to a county public assistance fund for expenditures | 132 |
made for activities funded under this section. | 133 |
(D) To the extent permitted by state or federal law, the | 140 |
state board, director, local areas, counties, and municipal | 141 |
corporations authorized to administer workforce development | 142 |
activities may assess a fee for specialized services requested by | 143 |
an employer. The director shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter | 144 |
119. of the Revised Code governing the nature and amount of those | 145 |
types of fees. | 146 |
Sec. 6301.04. The governor shall establish a state workforce | 147 |
policy board and appoint members to the board, who serve at the | 148 |
governor's pleasure, to perform duties under the "Workforce | 149 |
Investment Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, 29 U.S.C.A. 2801, as | 150 |
amended, as authorized by the governor. The board is not subject | 151 |
to sections 101.82 to 101.87 of the Revised Code. The director of | 152 |
job and family services mayAll state agencies engaged in | 153 |
workforce development activities shall assist the board in the | 154 |
performance of its duties. | 155 |
(C) Nothing in this section prohibits the chief elected | 220 |
officials of a local area from assigning, through a partnership | 221 |
agreement, any duties in addition to the duties under this section | 222 |
to a local workforce policy board, except that a local workforce | 223 |
policy board cannot contract with itself for the direct provision | 224 |
of services in its local area. A local workforce policy board may | 225 |
consult with the chief elected officials of its local area and | 226 |
make recommendations regarding the workforce development | 227 |
activities provided in its local area at any time. | 228 |
Sec. 6301.08. Every local area shall participate in a | 229 |
one-stop system for workforce development activities. Each board | 230 |
of county commissioners and the chief elected official of a | 231 |
municipal corporation shall ensure that at least one physical | 232 |
locationdelivery method is available in the local area, either | 233 |
through a physical location, or by electronic means approved by | 234 |
the state board, for the provision of workforce development | 235 |
activities. | 236 |
Sec. 6301.10. Beginning January 1, 20012013, and each | 248 |
calendar
quarteryear thereafter, the director of job and family | 249 |
servicesstate board, with the assistance of all state agencies | 250 |
engaged in workforce development activities, shall prepare a | 251 |
report concerning the state of Ohio's workforce. The
director | 252 |
state board shall distribute the report to the president and | 253 |
minority leader of the senate, the speaker and minority leader of | 254 |
the house of representatives, the state workforce policy board, | 255 |
the governor's office of Appalachian Ohio, the commission on | 256 |
Hispanic-Latino affairs, and the commission on African-American | 257 |
males. | 258 |