SB 662 Summary

• Expands the Oklahoma Workforce Commission's powers to implement programs addressing high-demand occupations, work-based learning opportunities (internships, apprenticeships), and workforce innovation in public schools.

• Adds new duties to the Commission including developing enhanced education pathways, utilizing development grants for basic skills, offering regulatory innovation grants, and assisting with career-connected high schools.

• Creates the Oklahoma Workforce Commission Revolving Fund as a continuing, non-fiscal-year-limited fund consisting of appropriations, donations, grants, and other funding sources for Commission operations.

• Authorizes the Commission to budget and expend revolving fund monies for duties imposed by law, with expenditures requiring State Treasurer warrants and Office of Management and Enterprise Services approval.

• Requires the Commission to promulgate rules necessary to implement the new workforce development programs and maintain its role as the centralized data repository for state workforce activities.