Role Of The Governor's Ohio Workforce Policy Board

The Workforce Investment Act requires the Governor to appoint a state board to assist (e.g. develop the system vision, review draft documents, provide input and make policy recommendations to the Governor etc.) with nine primary activities:

1. Development of the five-year strategic state plan for a statewide workforce investment system;
2. Development and continuous improvement of a statewide system of activities funded under Title I of WIA or carried out through a one-stop delivery system including development of linkages to ensure coordination and non-duplication among programs and activities, and review of local plans;
3. Comment on portion of the state plan developed under the Carl Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act that addresses the methods proposed for the joint planning and coordination of programs carried out under the Carl Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act, the Job Training Partnership Act (presumably to be replaced by WIA in future technical amendments to the Perkins Act), the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, Title II of the Workforce Investment Acts of 1998, the Education of the Handicapped Act, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and with apprenticeship programs;
4. Development of allocation formulas for distribution of funds for adult employment and training activities and youth activities to local areas;
5. Development and continuous improvement of comprehensive state performance measures, including state adjusted levels of performance, to assess the effectiveness of workforce investment activities;
6. Preparation of an annual report to the Secretary of Labor;
7. Development of the statewide employment statistics system; and
8. Development of an application for an incentive grant.