RCW 28C.18.050
Board designation and functions for federal purposes—Monitoring state plans for consistency.
(1) The board shall be designated as the state board of vocational education as provided for in P.L. 98-524, as amended, and shall perform such functions as is necessary to comply with federal directives pertaining to the provisions of such law.
(2) The board shall perform the functions of the human resource investment council as provided for in the federal job training partnership act, P.L. 97-300, as amended.
(3) The board shall provide policy advice for any federal act pertaining to workforce development that is not required by state or federal law to be provided by another state body.
(4) Upon enactment of new federal initiatives relating to workforce development, the board shall advise the governor and the legislature on mechanisms for integrating the federal initiatives into the state's workforce development system and make recommendations on the legislative or administrative measures necessary to streamline and coordinate state efforts to meet federal guidelines.
(5) The board shall monitor for consistency with the state comprehensive plan for workforce training and education the policies and plans established by the state job training coordinating council, the advisory council on adult education, and the Washington state plan for adult basic education, and provide guidance for making such policies and plans consistent with the state comprehensive plan for workforce training and education.
[ 1995 c 130 § 3; 1991 c 238 § 6.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 28C - Vocational Education
Chapter 28C.18 - Workforce Training and Education.
28C.18.020 - Workforce training and education coordinating board.
28C.18.030 - Purpose of the board.
28C.18.040 - Director's duties.
28C.18.070 - Intent—"Program" clarified.
28C.18.080 - Comprehensive plan—Contents—Updates—Agency operating plans—Reports to the legislature.
28C.18.090 - Additional board duties—Program evaluation by operating agencies.
28C.18.100 - Assessments by board—Biennial report to legislature and governor.
28C.18.120 - State strategic plan for supply of health care personnel—Reports.
28C.18.130 - Industry skill panels—Grants—Role.
28C.18.140 - Industry skill panels—Standards—Report.
28C.18.150 - Local unified plan for the workforce development system—Strategic plan.
28C.18.160 - Opportunity internship program—Purpose—Program incentives—Rules.
28C.18.162 - Opportunity internship program—Definitions.
28C.18.170 - Green industry skill panels—Prioritization of workforce training programs.
28C.18.180 - Lifelong learning program.
28C.18.200 - Workforce education investment accountability and oversight board.