ARTICLE 1. Local Workforce Development Board [14200. - 14211.]

Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC 1.
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Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC § 14200. Section 14200.

(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 K–12 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 area’s 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 area’s regional labor market and high-wage industry sectors. (8) Establish a youth strategy aligned with the needs of each workforce investment area’s regional labor market and high-wage industry sectors. (9) Establish a business service plan that integrates local business involvement with workforce initiatives. This plan at a minimum shall include all of the following: (A) Efforts to partner with businesses to identify the workforce training and educational barriers to attract jobs in the relevant regional economy, existing skill gaps reducing the competitiveness of local businesses in the relevant regional economies, and potential emerging industries that would likely contribute to job growth in the relevant regional economy if investments were made for training and educational programs. (B) An electronic system for both businesses and job seekers to communicate about job opportunities. (C) A subcommittee of the local workforce development board that further develops and makes recommendations for the business service plan for each local workforce development board in an effort to increase employer involvement in the activities of the local workforce development board. The subcommittee members should be comprised of business representatives on the local workforce development board who represent both the leading industries and employers in the relevant regional economy and potential emerging sectors that have significant potential to contribute to job growth in the relevant regional economy if investments were made for training and educational programs. (d) The Governor and the Legislature, as part of the annual budget process, in consultation with the California Workforce Development Board, shall annually reserve a portion of the 15-percent discretionary fund made available pursuant to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 for the purpose of providing performance incentives to high-performance local workforce development boards. The remaining discretionary funds shall continue to be available for other discretionary purposes as provided for in the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014. (e) Only a workforce development board that is certified as a high-performance local workforce development board by the California Workforce Development Board shall be eligible to receive any incentive money reserved for high-performance local workforce development boards, as described in subdivision (d). A board that is not certified as a high-performance local workforce development board shall not receive any portion of the money reserved for high-performance local workforce development boards, as described in subdivision (d). (f) The California Workforce Development Board shall establish a policy for the allocation of incentive moneys to high-performance local workforce development boards. (g) To the extent permitted by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, the California Workforce Development Board may consider the utilization of incentive grants, or direct assistance, or both, to local workforce development boards for the purposes of this section. (h) There shall not be a requirement to set aside federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 funds for the purposes of subdivision (d), (e), (f), or (g) in years when the federal government significantly reduces the share of federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 funds appropriated to the state for statewide discretionary purposes below the federal statutory amount of 15 percent.

Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC § 14201. Section 14201.

Local workforce development boards shall be established in each local workforce development area of the state to assist the local chief elected official in planning, oversight, and evaluation of local workforce investment. The local board shall promote effective outcomes consistent with statewide goals, objectives, and negotiated local performance standards.

Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC § 14202. Section 14202.

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.

Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC § 14206. Section 14206.

Consistent with the requirements of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the local board shall do all of the following: (a) In partnership with the chief elected official for the local area involved, develop and submit a local plan to the Governor that meets the requirements of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. If the local area is part of a planning region that includes other local areas, the local board shall collaborate with the other local boards and chief elected officials from such other local areas in the preparation and submission of a regional plan as described in the Workforce and Innovation and Opportunity Act. (b) In order to assist in the development and implementation of the local plan, the local board shall do all of the following: (1) Carry out analyses of the economic conditions in the region, the needed knowledge and skills for the region, the workforce in the region, and workforce development activities, including education and training, in the region described in Section 3123(b)(1)(D) of Title 29 of the United States Code, and regularly update such information. (2) Assist the Governor in developing the statewide workforce and labor market information system described in Section 15(e) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 49l–2(e)), specifically in the collection, analysis, and utilization of workforce and labor market information for the region. (3) Conduct such other research, data collection, and analysis related to the workforce needs of the regional economy as the board, after receiving input from a wide array of stakeholders, determines to be necessary to carry out its functions. (c) Convene local workforce development system stakeholders to assist in the development of the local plan under Section 3123 of Title 29 of the United States Code and in identifying nonfederal expertise and resources to leverage support for workforce development activities. The local board, including standing committees, may engage such stakeholders in carrying out the functions described in this subdivision. (d) Lead efforts to engage with a diverse range of employers and with entities in the region involved to do all of the following: (1) Promote business representation, particularly representatives with optimal policymaking or hiring authority from employers whose employment opportunities reflect existing and emerging employment opportunities in the region, on the local board. (2) Develop effective linkages, including the use of intermediaries, with employers in the region to support employer utilization of the local workforce development system and to support local workforce investment activities. (3) Ensure that workforce investment activities meet the needs of employers and support economic growth in the region, by enhancing communication, coordination, and collaboration among employers, economic development entities, and service providers. (4) Develop and implement proven or promising strategies for meeting the employment and skill needs of workers and employers, like the establishment of industry and sector partnerships, that provide the skilled workforce needed by employers in the region, and that expand employment and career advancement opportunities for workforce development system participants in in-demand industry sectors or occupations. (e) With representatives of secondary and postsecondary education programs, lead efforts in the local area to develop and implement career pathways within the local area by aligning the employment, training, education, and supportive services that are needed by adults and youth, particularly individuals with barriers to employment. (f) Lead efforts in the local area to accomplish both of the following: (1) Identify and promote proven and promising strategies and initiatives for meeting the needs of employers, and workers and jobseekers, including individuals with barriers to employment, in the local workforce development system, including providing physical and programmatic accessibility, in accordance with Section 3248 of Title 29 of the United States Code, if applicable, and applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.), to the one-stop delivery system. (2) Identify and disseminate information on proven and promising practices carried out in other local areas for meeting these needs. (g) Develop strategies for using technology to maximize the accessibility and effectiveness of the local workforce development system for employers, and workers and jobseekers, by doing all of the following: (1) Facilitating connections among the intake and case management information systems of the one-stop partner programs to support a comprehensive workforce development system in the local area. (2) Facilitating access to services provided through the one-stop delivery system involved, including facilitating the access in remote areas. (3) Identifying strategies for better meeting the needs of individuals with barriers to employment, including strategies that augment traditional service delivery, and increase access to services and programs of the one-stop delivery system, such as improving digital literacy skills. (4) Leveraging resources and capacity within the local workforce development system, including resources and capacity for services for individuals with barriers to employment. (h) In partnership with the chief elected official for the local area, shall conduct oversight for local youth workforce investment activities as required under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, ensure the appropriate use and management of the funds as required under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, and, for workforce development activities, ensure the appropriate use, management, and investment of funds to maximize performance outcomes as required under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. (i) Negotiate and reach agreement on local performance accountability measures, as described in Section 3141(c) of Title 29 of the United States Code, with the chief elected official and the Governor. (j) Select and provide access to system operators, service providers, trainers, and educators, in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and applicable state laws, including all of the following: (1) Consistent with Section 3151(d) of Title 29 of the United States Code, and with the agreement of the chief elected official for the local area, designate or certify one-stop operators as described in Section 3151(d)(2)(A) of Title 29 of the United States Code and terminate for cause the eligibility of these operators. (2) Consistent with Section 3153 of Title 29 of the United States Code, identify eligible providers of youth workforce investment activities in the local area by awarding grants or contracts on a competitive basis, except as provided in Section 3153(b) of Title 29 of the United States Code, based on the recommendations of the youth standing committee, if such a committee is established for the local area and terminate for cause the eligibility of these providers. (3) Consistent with Section 3152 of Title 29 of the United States Code and paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 14020, identify eligible providers of training services in the local area. (4) If the one-stop operator does not provide career services described in Section 3174(c)(2) of Title 29 of the United States Code in a local area, identify eligible providers of those career services in the local area by awarding contracts. (5) Consistent with Section 3152 of Title 29 of the United States Code and paragraphs (2) and (3) of Section 3174(c) of Title 29 of the United States Code, work with the state to ensure there are sufficient numbers and types of providers of career services and training services, including eligible providers with expertise in assisting individuals with disabilities and eligible providers with expertise in assisting adults in need of adult education and literacy activities, serving the local area and providing the services involved in a manner that maximizes consumer choice, as well as providing opportunities that lead to competitive integrated employment for individuals with disabilities. (k) Consistent with the requirements of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, coordinate activities with education and training providers in the local area, including providers of workforce development activities, providers of adult education and literacy activities under Title II of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, providers of career and technical education, as defined in Section 2302 of Title 20 of the United States Code, and local agencies administering plans 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).

Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC § 14207. Section 14207.

The local board, in order to carry out its functions: (a) Shall prepare a budget for the purpose of carrying out the duties of the local board as specified under this section, subject to the approval of the local chief elected official. (b) Shall direct the activities of the local board’s executive director. (c) May employ additional staff to carry out the activities as described in the local board’s plan. (d) May solicit and accept contributions and grant funds from other sources. (e) Shall not provide training services unless the Governor grants a written waiver in accordance with the process outlined in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. (f) May provide career services described in Section 3174(c)(2) of Title 29 of the United States Code through a one-stop delivery system or be designated or certified as a one-stop operator only with the agreement of the chief elected official in the local area and the Governor.

Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC § 14208. Section 14208.

A local workforce development board may establish as a standing committee to provide information and to assist with planning, operational, and other issues relating to the provision of services to youth, which shall include community-based organizations with a demonstrated record of success in serving eligible youth. Members of this committee shall be appointed in conformity with the requirements of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.

Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC § 14209. Section 14209.

It is the intent of the Legislature that if appointing members to any standing committee on the provision of youth services, the local workforce investment board and the local chief elected official shall endeavor to appoint: (a) Representatives of youth who are enrolled in school and out-of-school youth. (b) Representatives from the private sector. (c) Representatives of local educational agencies serving youth. (d) Representatives of private nonprofit agencies serving youth. (e) Representatives of apprenticeship training programs serving youth.

Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC § 14211. Section 14211.

(a) (1) Beginning program year 2012, an amount equal to at least 25 percent of funds available under Title I of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-128) provided to local workforce investment boards for adults and dislocated workers shall be spent on workforce training programs. This minimum may be met either by spending 25 percent of those base formula funds on training or by combining a portion of those base formula funds with leveraged funds as specified in subdivision (b). (2) Beginning program year 2016, an amount equal to at least 30 percent of funds available under Title I of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-128) provided to local workforce development boards for adults and dislocated workers shall be spent on workforce training programs. This minimum may be met either by spending 30 percent of those base formula funds on training or by combining a portion of those base formula funds with leveraged funds as specified in subdivision (b). (3) Except as provided in subdivision (b), expenditures that shall count toward the minimum percentage of funds shall include only training services as defined in Section 3174(c)(3)(D) of Title 29 of the United States Code and the corresponding sections of the Code of Federal Regulations, including all of the following: (A) Occupational skills training, including training for nontraditional employment. (B) On-the-job training. (C) Programs that combine workplace training with related instruction, which may include cooperative education programs. (D) Training programs operated by the private sector. (E) Skills upgrading and retraining. (F) Entrepreneurial training. (G) Incumbent worker training in accordance with Section 3174(d)(4) of Title 29 of the United States Code. (H) Transitional jobs in accordance with Section 3174(d)(5) of Title 29 of the United States Code. (I) Job readiness training provided in combination with any of the services described in subparagraphs (A) to (H), inclusive. (J) Adult education and literacy activities provided in combination with services described in any of subparagraphs (A) to (G), inclusive. (K) Customized training conducted with a commitment by an employer or group of employers to employ an individual upon successful completion of the training. (b) (1) Local workforce development boards may receive a credit of up to 10 percent of their adult and dislocated worker formula fund base allocations for public education and training funds and private resources from industry and from joint labor-management trusts that are leveraged by a local workforce development board for expenditure on training and supportive services. This credit may be applied toward the minimum training requirements in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a). (A) Leveraged funds that may be applied toward the credit allowed by this subdivision shall only include the following: (i) Federal Pell Grants established under Title IV of the federal Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1070 et seq.). (ii) Programs authorized by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-128). (iii) Trade adjustment assistance. (iv) Department of Labor National Emergency Grants. (v) Match funds from employers, industry, and industry associations. (vi) Match funds from joint labor-management trusts. (vii) Employment training panel grants. (viii) Supportive services as defined by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-128) and the corresponding sections of the Code of Federal Regulations, but only for those individuals enrolled in training services for occupations in demand by industry, as defined in Section 3174(c)(3)(D) of Title 29 of the United States Code and the corresponding sections of the Code of Federal Regulations. Supportive services may include, but are not limited to, the costs of trainees’ or students’ books, safety and lab equipment, tools and any payment of costs permitted under the rules of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 and corresponding regulations pertaining to supportive services expenditures, including the rule that these supportive services costs are necessary for the individual to participate in training. (ix) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds spent on supportive services as defined by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-128) and the corresponding sections of the Code of Federal Regulations, for TANF enrolled individuals coenrolled in and receiving training services for occupations in demand by industry through the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014. Supportive services may include, but are not limited to, the costs of trainees’ or students’ books, safety and lab equipment, tools and any payment of costs permitted under the rules of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 and corresponding regulations pertaining to supportive services expenditures, including the rule that these supportive services costs are necessary for the individual to participate in training. (x) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds spent on transitional and subsidized employment for TANF enrolled individuals coenrolled in and receiving training services through the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014. (xi) Any other local, state, or federal funds spent on training or supportive services for individuals enrolled in training, provided the individuals receiving the training are enrolled in the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 for performance reporting and tracking purposes. (xii) With the approval of the state board, any other public or private funds source not identified in this subparagraph that is used to provide training or supportive services for individuals who are also enrolled in training provided the individuals receiving the relevant services are enrolled in the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 for performance reporting and tracking purposes. (B) Credit for leveraged funds shall only be given if the local workforce development board keeps records of all training and supportive services expenditures it chooses to apply to the credit. Training and supportive services expenditures may only be applied to the credit if the relevant training costs can be independently verified by the Employment Development Department and, without exception, training participants must be coenrolled in the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 performance monitoring system. (2) The use of leveraged funds to partially meet the training requirements specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a) is the prerogative of a local workforce development board. A local workforce development board shall annually provide data to the Employment Development Department on the amount of leveraged funds used to partially meet the requirements of subdivision (a). This data shall disaggregate and report separately, the amount spent on both training and supportive services. Costs arising from the recordkeeping required to demonstrate compliance with the leveraging requirements of this subdivision are the responsibility of the local board. (c) (1) At the end of each program year, the Employment Development Department shall calculate for each local workforce development board whether the local workforce development board met the expenditure requirements of this section. (2) The Employment Development Department shall provide to each local workforce development board its individual calculations with respect to the expenditure requirements of this section. (3) The Employment Development Department shall report annually to the Governor, the Legislature, and the California Workforce Development Board, on or before November 30, regarding the training and supportive services expenditures made by local workforce development boards pursuant to the expenditure requirements of this section. (4) Consistent with the definitions and regulations of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, the Employment Development Department shall specify which expenditures qualify as training and supportive services expenditures. The annual report shall specify the total amount of federal funding provided to the state and to each of the local workforce development areas for the adult and dislocated persons programs and the amount of these federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 funds expended for training services. (5) Consistent with calculations required by paragraph (1), the report shall also include, for each local workforce development area, the total amount of leverage funds utilized as training expenditure allowances authorized by subdivision (b) to meet the expenditure requirements of this section. The report shall specify the share of leverage funds that were expended on both training and supportive services for each Local Workforce Development Area. (6) A report submitted pursuant to this section shall comply with Section 9795 of the Government Code. (d) A local workforce development area that does not meet the requirements of subdivision (a) shall submit a corrective action plan to the Employment Development Department that provides reasons for not meeting the requirements and describes actions taken to address the identified expenditure deficiencies. A local workforce development area shall provide a corrective action plan to the Employment Development Department pursuant to this section within 90 days of receiving the calculations described in subdivision (c). (e) For the purpose of this section, “program year” has the same meaning as provided in Section 667.100 of Title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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