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Budget Amendments - HB1800 (Member Request)

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Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Priority of Services (language only)

Item 52 #2h

Item 52 #2h

Executive Offices
Office of the Governor

Language

Page 47, after line 28, insert:

"G.1. The Chief Workforce Advisor shall add fossil fuel industry workers as a priority of service category for all Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs. The Chief Workforce Advisor shall work with the U.S. Department of Labor to update the state's federally required WIOA combined state plan, and ensure the addition of this priority of service preference does not jeopardize federal funding for WIOA programs.

2. By May 31, 2023, the Chief Workforce Advisor will assess whether this priority of service for WIOA programs has increased the provision of workforce services to workers in the fossil fuel industry and helped them transition to new careers. Based on the results of this assessment, the Chief Workforce Advisor has the authority to decide whether to continue this priority of service beyond June 30, 2024 or during the update to the state's federally required WIOA combined state plan, which ever comes first."



Explanation

(This amendment adds fossil fuel workers to the list of priority of service occupations under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Federal WIOA programs include: Title I Workforce Training Programs at the Virginia Community College System, Title II Adult Literacy Services at the Department of Education, Title III Job Match Services at the Virginia Employment Commission, and Title IV Vocational Rehabilitation Services in Health and Human Service Agencies.)