FL H7023

At least 50 percent of Title I Workforce Investment Act funds passed to regional workforce boards must be expended on Individual Training Accounts unless a waiver is obtained from Workforce Florida, Inc.

Regional workforce boards may not restrict training provider choice based on cost, location, or historical arrangements, but may restrict the amount of training resources available to any one client.

Board members must file statements of financial interests; the Governor may remove board members for cause including fraud, criminal acts, incapacity, neglect of duty, or incompetence.

Contracts between regional workforce boards and board members or their relatives must be approved by two-thirds vote of the board with the member abstaining; contracts under $25,000 are exempt from Workforce Florida, Inc. approval but must be reported within 30 days.

Each regional workforce board must develop an annual budget subject to chief elected official approval and submit it to Workforce Florida, Inc. within 2 weeks of board chair approval.