Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 556 - Labor Department
Section 31-3h. - Governor's Workforce Council; duties.

(a) There is created, within the Office of Workforce Strategy, the Governor's Workforce Council. The Governor's Workforce Council shall constitute a successor council to the Connecticut Employment and Training Commission in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-39.

(b) The duties and responsibilities of the council shall include:
(1) Carrying out the duties and responsibilities of a state workforce board pursuant to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time, and such other related responsibilities as the Governor may direct;
(2) Supporting the implementation of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time;
(3) Making recommendations to the General Assembly concerning the formula for allocation of funds received by the state under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128, as amended from time to time, pursuant to the provisions of sections 31-11m and 31-11s; and
(4) Convening state agencies, educational institutions, business leaders and others to (A) inform state policy regarding workforce development, (B) help state agencies and educational institutions align with the needs of employers, and (C) help businesses understand how to contribute to the state's workforce efforts.
(P.A. 89-292, S. 1, 6; P.A. 94-116, S. 20, 28; P.A. 97-263, S. 1; P.A. 99-195, S. 2, 15; P.A. 00-192, S. 21, 102; P.A. 01-42, S. 1, 3; P.A. 03-19, S. 72; P.A. 06-196, S. 159; P.A. 11-48, S. 92; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 14-42, S. 4; 14-225, S. 1; P.A. 16-169, S. 24; 16-170, S. 1; P.A. 17-237, S. 102; P.A. 18-126, S. 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 214.)
History: P.A. 94-116 added a reference to state human resource investment council, effective July 1, 1994; (Revisor's note: In 1997 a reference in Subsec. (a) to “Department of Labor” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Labor Department” for consistency with customary statutory usage); P.A. 97-263 added Subsec. (b)(4) expanding duties to include reviewing and commenting on employment and training programs enacted by the General Assembly; P.A. 99-195 made technical changes, amended Subsec. (b) to expand commission's duties to include implementation of federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 in new Subdiv. (5), development and overseeing of plan for improving regional workforce development boards in new Subdiv. (6), development of incumbent worker, and vocational and manpower training programs in new Subdiv. (7) and development of strategy for providing comprehensive youth services in new Subdiv. (8) and amended Subsec. (c) to extend the commission's deadline for submitting its annual progress report and require submission of such report to committees with cognizance of matters relating to appropriations, education, labor and social services, effective June 23, 1999; P.A. 00-192 amended Subsec. (a) by transferring commission from Labor Department to Office of Workforce Competitiveness, effective July 1, 2000 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (a), a reference to “section 7 of this act” was deemed by the Revisors to be a reference to section 19 which established the Office of Workforce Competitiveness, and codified accordingly as section “4-124w”, for accuracy); P.A. 01-42 amended Subsec. (b)(5)(B) by changing reference to “on or before said date and annually thereafter” to “annually on January thirty-first”, effective May 31, 2001; P.A. 03-19 made technical changes in Subsec. (b)(5)(A)(ii), effective May 12, 2003; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (b)(8), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 11-48 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “Office of Workforce Competitiveness” with “Labor Department”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “regional vocational-technical schools” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high schools” in Subsec. (b)(8), effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 14-42 amended Subsec. (b)(3) by changing plan submittal date from June 1, 2000, to January 31, 2015, effective May 28, 2014; P.A. 14-225 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re reemployment of workers 50 years of age or older in Subdiv. (3), by adding Subdiv. (9) re coordinating an electronic state hiring campaign to encourage reemployment of workers 50 years of age or older, and making technical changes; pursuant to P.A. 16-169, “Workforce Investment Act of 1998, P.L. 105-220” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, P.L. 113-128” in Subsec. (b)(5); P.A. 16-170 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provision re plan to be submitted annually to the Governor in Subdiv. (3) and by deleting former Subpara. (B) re report and redesignating existing Subparas. (C) to (G) as Subparas. (B) to (F) in Subdiv. (5), and deleted former Subsec. (c) re report by Connecticut Employment and Training Commission; P.A. 17-237 amended Subsec. (b)(8) by replacing “technical high schools” with “technical education and career schools”, effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 18-126 deleted former Subdiv. (3) re developing plan to coordinate all employment and training programs in the state and redesignated existing Subdivs. (4) to (9) as Subdivs. (3) to (8); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing Connecticut Employment and Training Commission within Labor Department with Governor's Workforce Council within Office of Workforce Strategy as successor council to said commission, and substantially revised Subsec. (b) re duties and responsibilities of council and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2021.

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