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15-4-3710. Local workforce development certification.
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15-4-3710. Local workforce development certification.
(a) One (1) time every two (2) years, the Governor shall certify one (1) local workforce development board for each local workforce development area in the state.
(b) The certification under this section shall be based on criteria established under § 15-4-3709, and for a second or subsequent certification, the extent to which the local workforce development board has ensured that workforce investment activities carried out in the local workforce development area have enabled the local workforce development area to meet the corresponding performance accountability measures and achieve sustained fiscal integrity.
(c) Failure of a local workforce development board to achieve certification shall result in the appointment and certification of a new local workforce development board.
(d) After providing notice and an opportunity for comment, the Governor may decertify a local workforce development board at any time for:
(1) Fraud or abuse;
(2) Failure to carry out the functions specified for the local workforce development board; or
(3) Failure to meet the local performance accountability measures under this subchapter for two (2) consecutive program years.
(e) If the Governor decertifies a local workforce development board, the Governor may require that a new local workforce development board be appointed and certified for the local workforce development area pursuant to a reorganization plan developed by the Governor in consultation with the chief elected official in the local workforce development area.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-4-3710
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15-4-3710. Local workforce development certification.
(a) One (1) time every two (2) years, the Governor shall certify one (1) local workforce development board for each local workforce development area in the state.
(b) The certification under this section shall be based on criteria established under § 15-4-3709, and for a second or subsequent certification, the extent to which the local workforce development board has ensured that workforce investment activities carried out in the local workforce development area have enabled the local workforce development area to meet the corresponding performance accountability measures and achieve sustained fiscal integrity.
(c) Failure of a local workforce development board to achieve certification shall result in the appointment and certification of a new local workforce development board.
(d) After providing notice and an opportunity for comment, the Governor may decertify a local workforce development board at any time for:
(1) Fraud or abuse;
(2) Failure to carry out the functions specified for the local workforce development board; or
(3) Failure to meet the local performance accountability measures under this subchapter for two (2) consecutive program years.
(e) If the Governor decertifies a local workforce development board, the Governor may require that a new local workforce development board be appointed and certified for the local workforce development area pursuant to a reorganization plan developed by the Governor in consultation with the chief elected official in the local workforce development area.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
15-4-3709. Local workforce development boards.
(a) There shall be established by July 1, 2015, and certified by the Governor, a local workforce development board in each local workforce development area to carry out the functions described in § 15-4-3711.
(b) The Governor, in partnership with the Arkansas Workforce Development Board, shall establish criteria for use by chief elected officials in the local workforce development areas for appointment of members of the local workforce development boards.
(c) The criteria shall require, at a minimum, that the membership of each local workforce development board be so constituted that:
(1) A majority of the members of each local workforce development board are representatives of business in the local workforce development area who:
(A) Are owners of businesses, chief executives or operating officers of businesses, or other business executives or employers with optimum policymaking or hiring authority;
(B) Represent businesses, including small businesses, or organizations representing businesses described in this subdivision (c)(1), that provide employment opportunities that, at a minimum, include high-quality, work-relevant training and development in in-demand industry sectors or occupations in the local workforce development area; and
(C) Are appointed from among individuals nominated by local business organizations and business trade associations;
(2) Not less than twenty percent (20%) of the members of each local workforce development board are representatives of the workforce within the local workforce development area who:
(A) Include representatives of labor organizations for a local workforce development area in which employees are represented by labor organizations who have been nominated by local
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-4-3709
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 15-4-3709. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.