April 24, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Young, Cushingberry, Hammel and Miller and referred to the Committee on Labor.
A bill to amend 2006 PA 491, entitled
"Michigan works one-stop service center system act,"
by amending section 13 (MCL 408.123).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 13. A local workforce development board shall do all of
the following in cooperation with the chief elected officials in
the Michigan works area:
(a) Develop and submit to the governor a plan for coordinating
local workforce development services for employers and job seekers
in the area. The plan shall provide for access to designated core
services with no fees or charges and shall provide services beyond
the core services based on eligibility criteria.
(b) Award competitive grants or contracts to eligible
providers.
(c) Develop a budget.
(d) Employ staff necessary to carry out the duties of the
board.
(e) Solicit and accept grants and donations.
(f) Oversee the operation of the one-stop delivery of services
through the Michigan works one-stop service center system.
(g) Establish local performance standards through negotiation
with the department for evaluating and improving the Michigan works
one-stop service center system.
(h) Coordinate workforce development activities with other
economic development activities and strategies in the Michigan
works area.
(i) Promote private sector employer participation in the
Michigan works one-stop service center system.
(j) Make available connecting, brokering, and coaching
activities through intermediaries to help meet employer hiring
needs.
(k) Design and promote a public works employment program in
cooperation with local units of government that maximizes hiring of
unemployed job seekers in the area and provides training in skilled
trades including, but not limited to, carpentry, pipefitting,
welding, plumbing, painting, steel fixing, use of hand and air
tools, decorating, and skills that implement green technology to
those workers as part of their duties on the public works projects.
(l) (k)
Appoint an education advisory group
and its chair.
(m) (l) Conduct
business at public meetings held in compliance
with the open meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275, and
make information available to the public concerning performance of
its duties or other information requested under the freedom of
information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
(n) (m)
Any other duties, functions, or
responsibilities
required of the board to implement the workforce investment act or
state or federal law.