Idaho Bills

Appropriates $8,553,100 to the Workforce Development Council for fiscal year 2019; and limits the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions to 5.00.

Repeals, amends and adds to existing law to revise the makeup, composition and duties of the Workforce Development Council in the Department of Labor.

In conjunction with Executive Order 2017-13, the purpose of this legislation is to make the Workforce Development Council more responsive to the needs of Idaho employers; to address the shortage of well-educated, trained, and skilled employees available in Idaho's labor market; and to help ensure Idaho's continued economic growth by implementing recommendations of the Governor's Workforce Development Task Force. It provides for the Council's authority over workforce development policy and programs and the disbursement of monies in the Workforce Development Training Fund. It also provides for the Council's role as the State Workforce Investment Board in accordance with the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. In addition, the legislation authorizes use of the Workforce Development Training Fund for public information and outreach on career education and workforce training opportunities, and it removes references in Idaho Code to the Career Information System.