(a) The local chief elected officials in a local workforce development area shall form, pursuant to guidelines established by the Governor and the board, a local workforce development board to plan and oversee the workforce investment system. (b) The Governor shall periodically certify one local board for each local area in the state, following the requirements of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014. (c) The Governor shall establish, through the California Workforce Development Board, standards for certification of high-performance local workforce development boards. The California Workforce Development Board shall, in consultation with representatives from local workforce development boards, initiate a stakeholder process to determine the appropriate measurable metrics and standards for high-performance certification. These standards shall be implemented on or before January 1, 2013, and the first certification of high-performance boards shall occur on or before July 1, 2013. Certification and recertification of each high-performance local workforce development board shall occur thereafter midway through the implementation of the local and regional plans required by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. In order to meet the standards for certification, a high-performance local workforce development board shall do all of the following: (1) Consistently meet or exceed negotiated performance goals for all of the measures in each of the three federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 customer groups, which consist of adults, dislocated workers, and youth. (2) Consistently meet the statutory requirements of this division. (3) Develop and implement local policies and a local strategic plan that meets all of the following requirements: (A) Meets all local and regional planning requirements specified under the federal Workforce Innovation and Development Act of 2014. (B) Is consistent with the California Workforce Development Board State Plan. (C) Describes the actions that the board shall take to implement local policies in furtherance of its goals. (D) Serves as a written account of intended future courses of action aimed at achieving the specific goals of the local and state board within a specific timeframe. (E) Explains what needs to be done, by whom, and when each action is required to occur in order to meet those goals. (4) Demonstrate that the local planning process involves key stakeholders, including the major employers and industry groups in the relevant regional economy and organized labor. (5) Demonstrate that the local planning process takes into account the entire workforce training pipeline for the relevant regional economy, including partners in Kâ12 education, career technical education, the community college system, other postsecondary institutions, and other local workforce development areas operating in the relevant regional economy. (6) Demonstrate that the local planning process and plan are data driven, and that policy decisions at the local level are evidence based. Each high-performance local workforce development board shall use labor market data to develop and implement the local plan, taking care to steer resources into programs and services that are relevant to the needs of each workforce development areaâs relevant regional labor market and high-wage industry sectors. Local workforce development areas shall demonstrate an evidence-based approach to policymaking by establishing performance benchmarks and targets to measure progress toward local goals and objectives. (7) Demonstrate investment in workforce initiatives, and, specifically, training programs that promote skills development and career ladders relevant to the needs of each workforce investment areaâs regional labor market and high-wage industry sectors. (8) Establish a youth strategy aligned with the needs of each workforce investment areaâs regional labor market and high-wage industry se
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