Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 660 § 660.324 — Duties

Duties of state board; state plan for workforce development system. (1) The State Workforce and Talent Development Board shall identify: (a) Key industries in this state and the workforce skills needed for key industries to grow and thrive; (b) In collaboration with workforce representatives, needs for education, training, work experience, and job preparation to ensure Oregonians access to stable high-wage jobs and employment advancement; and (c) Opportunities for partnerships with key industry sectors to coordinate workforce development, economic development and education in response to industry and workforce needs. (2) The board shall assist the Governor in: (a) Developing Oregon’s workforce development system; (b) Ensuring timely consultation and collaboration with chief elected officials, local workforce development boards and other workforce stakeholders, including but not limited to business and labor organizations and organizations working with persons with disabilities, persons living at or below 100 percent of the federal poverty guidelines and the chronically unemployed and underemployed; (c) Reviewing and approving local workforce plans; (d) Developing, as required by the federal Act, allocation formulas for the distribution of funds to local workforce development areas for adult employment and training activities and for youth activities that are developed by the local workforce development boards; (e) Working with local workforce development boards to increase efficiencies and align workforce programs and services with local needs; (f) Recommending the duties and responsibilities of state agencies to implement the federal Act, to avoid conflicts of interest and to capitalize on the experience developed by workforce partners that are efficient and effective at meeting the requirements of the federal Act; (g) Participating in the development of a coordinated statewide system of activities and services that includes both mandatory and optional partners of the one-stop delivery system, as provided in the federal Act; (h) Providing for the development, accountability and continuous improvement of comprehensive workforce performance measures to assess the effectiveness of the workforce development activities in this state; (i) Developing a statewide employment statistics system, as described in section 15(e) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49L-2(e)); and (j) Preparing an annual report and submitting it to the United States Department of Labor. (3) The State Workforce and Talent Development Board, in partnership with the Governor, shall establish criteria for use by chief elected officials in appointing members to local workforce development boards in accordance with the requirements of section 3122 of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The State Workforce and Talent Development Board shall establish the following requirements: (a) To transact business at a meeting of a local workforce development board, a quorum of members must participate. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the members. At least 25 percent of the members participating must be representatives of business. (b) When appropriate and upon a request from the chief elected official of a county or the City of Portland, the State Workforce and Talent Development Board shall consider the county or the City of Portland to be a candidate for designation as a local workforce development area. The board shall consult with the county or the City of Portland before designating the county or the City of Portland as a local workforce development area. After considering the criteria in section 3121 of the federal Act for designating local workforce development areas, chief elected officials may submit a request to the board to combine their units of government into a local workforce development area. The board shall make recommendations to the Governor about the designation of local workforce development areas. Only the Governor may designate local workforce development areas. The Governor must show just cause for not designating a requested local workforce development area. A county or the City of Portland may submit an appeal to the board, as provided in section 3121 of the federal Act, if the Governor does not grant the county’s or the city’s request to designate a local workforce development area. (4) The State Workforce and Talent Development Board shall provide guidance and direction to local workforce development boards in the development of local workforce plans. The State Workforce and Talent Development Board shall adopt policies that: (a) Require each local workforce development board, in partnership with its chief elected officials and in accordance with section 3123 of the federal Act, to develop and submit to the Governor and the State Workforce and Talent Development Board a strategic local workforce plan that includes, but is not limited to