Section 14202 Of Article 1. Local Workforce Development Board From California Unemployment Insurance Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.
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. The Governor, in partnership with the board, shall establish
criteria for use by chief elected officials in the local areas for
appointment of members of the local boards. Such criteria shall
require that, at a minimum, all of the following:
(a) A majority of the members of each local board shall be
representatives of business in the local area, who:
(1) Are owners of businesses, chief executives or operating
officers of businesses, or other business executives or employers
with optimum policymaking or hiring authority.
(2) Represent businesses, including small businesses, or
organizations representing businesses described in this subdivision,
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 area.
(3) Are appointed from among individuals nominated by local
business organizations and business trade associations.
(b) Not less than 20 percent of the members of each local board
shall be representatives of the workforce within the local area, who:
(1) Shall include representatives of labor organizations, for a
local area in which employees are represented by labor organizations,
who have been nominated by local labor federations and these
representatives shall amount to not less than 15 percent of local
board membership, and be subject to the following:
(A) For a local area in which no employees are represented by such
organizations, other representatives of employees shall be appointed
to the board but any local board that appoints representatives of
employees that are not nominated by local labor federations shall
demonstrate that no employees are represented by such organizations
in the local area.
(B) Shall include a representative, who shall be a member of a
labor organization or a training director, from a joint
labor-management apprenticeship program, or if no such joint program
exists in the area, such a representative of a state-approved
apprenticeship program in the area, if such a program exists.
(2) May include representatives of community-based organizations
that have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the
employment needs of individuals with barriers to employment,
including organizations that serve veterans or that provide or
support competitive integrated employment for individuals with
disabilities.
(3) May include representatives of organizations that have
demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the employment,
training, or education needs of eligible youth, including
representatives of organizations that serve out-of-school youth.
(c) Each local board shall include representatives of entities
administering education and training activities in the local area,
who:
(1) Shall include a representative of eligible providers
administering adult education and literacy activities under Title II
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
(2) Shall include a representative of institutions of higher
education providing workforce investment activities, including
community colleges.
(3) May include representatives of local educational agencies, and
of community-based organizations with demonstrated experience and
expertise in addressing the education or training needs of
individuals with barriers to employment.
(d) Each local board shall include representatives of governmental
and economic and community development entities serving the local
area, who:
(1) Shall include a representative of economic and community
development entities.
(2) Shall include an appropriate representative from the state
employment service office under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. Sec.
49 et seq.) serving the local area.
(3) Shall include an appropriate representative of the programs
carried out under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. Sec. 720 et seq.), other than Section 112 or Part C of that
Title (29 U.S.C. Sec. 732, 741), serving the local area.
(4) May include representatives of philanthropic organizations
serving the local area.
(e) Each local board may include such other individuals or
representatives of entities as the chief elected official in the
local area may determine to be appropriate.