HB 539 Summary

• Establishes a state workforce policy board with 9 voting members (majority representing business interests) and ex officio nonvoting members to oversee state workforce development activities

• Grants the state board authority to adopt rules, develop budgets, designate local workforce investment areas, establish performance measures, and prepare annual reports to the U.S. Secretary of Labor

• Requires the director of job and family services to assist the state board in establishing the workforce development system, with final approval authority resting with the state board for new programs

• Expands one-stop system delivery methods beyond physical locations to include electronic means approved by the state board for providing workforce development activities

• Changes the state workforce report timeline from quarterly to annual (beginning January 1, 2013) and requires the state board to prepare it with assistance from all state agencies engaged in workforce development