BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: April 22, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Roger Hernández, Chair
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Committee on Labor and Employment - As Amended April 16, 2015
SUBJECT: California Workforce Investment Act
SUMMARY: Updates and conforms state workforce development laws
required by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
(WIOA).
EXISTING LAW:
1)Enacts the federal WIOA, formerly known as the federal
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998, which provides for
workforce investment activities, including activities in which
states may participate and also contains various programs for
job and employment investment, including work incentive
programs, as specified.
2)Authorizes, under the federal WIOA, the Job Corps, YouthBuild,
Indian and Native Americans, and Migrant and Seasonal
Farmworker programs, in addition to the core programs.
3)Establishes the California Workforce Investment Board (CWIB)
which assists the Governor in setting and guiding policy in
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the area of workforce development and training. Members of
the CWIB are appointed by the Governor and represent the many
facets of workforce development - business, labor, public
education, higher education, economic development, youth
activities, employment and training, as well as the
Legislature.
4)States the CWIB is also responsible for assisting the Governor
with the alignment of the education and workforce investment
systems to the needs of the state's current and future
workforce by promoting the development of a well-educated and
highly skilled 21st century economy and workforce, in addition
to the development of an annual workforce metrics dashboard
for measuring investment in workforce development.
FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown
COMMENTS: This bill will modify California's workforce
development program due to the new requirements of the federal
WIOA.
The federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) was
signed into law in 2014 and generally takes effect July 2015.
Individual State Unified Plans and Common Performance
Accountability provisions take effect July 2016. The federal
WIOA supersedes the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and amends
the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, the Wagner-Peyser
Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Federal WIOA also
authorizes the Job Corps, YouthBuild, Indian and Native
Americans, and Migrant Seasonal Farmworker programs, in addition
to the core programs.
The new federal WIOA modernizes our workforce development system
bringing together and enhancing several key employment,
education, and training programs. WIOA also seeks to make the
workforce system more comprehensive in its approach to service
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delivery and more responsive to the demands of our economy.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file.
Opposition
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by:Lorie Alvarez / L. & E. / (916) 319-2091