Youth councils; establishment and members
Sec. 5. (a) Each regional board shall establish a youth council as
an advisory committee to the regional board.
(b) The regional board, with the cooperation of the chief elected
official, shall appoint members of the youth council under criteria
established by the department. The regional board and chief elected
official may appoint the school-to-work partnership serving the area
as the youth council if the school-to-work partnership meets the
membership requirements for the youth council set forth in the
Workforce Investment Act.
(c) A member of the youth council who is not a member of the
regional board at the time the member is appointed to the youth
council is:
(1) a voting member of the youth council; and
(2) a nonvoting member of the regional board.
(d) The youth council shall:
(1) develop and recommend to the regional board a plan for
eligible youth;
(2) recommend to the regional board eligible providers of youth
activities to which the regional board may award grants or
contracts on a competitive basis;
(3) oversee eligible providers of youth activities in the
workforce investment area; and
(4) coordinate youth activities authorized under the Workforce
Investment Act.
(e) The youth plan developed under this section must be
incorporated into the workforce investment plan submitted by the
regional board to the department.
As added by P.L.179-1999, SEC.5.
Last modified: May 27, 2006