Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 28C Vocational Education - Chapter 28C.18 Workforce Training And Education
- 28C.18.005 Findings
The legislature finds that the state's system of workforce training and education is inadequate for meeting the needs of the state's workers, employers, and economy. ...
- 28C.18.010 Definitions
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this title. (1) "Board" means the workforce training and education coordinating board. ...
- 28C.18.020 Workforce training and education coordinating board
(1) There is hereby created the workforce training and education coordinating board as a state agency and as the successor agency to the state board ...
- 28C.18.030 Purpose of the board
The purpose of the board is to provide planning, coordination, evaluation, monitoring, and policy analysis for the state training system as a whole, and advice ...
- 28C.18.040 Director's duties
(1) The director shall serve as chief executive officer of the board who shall administer the provisions of this chapter, employ such personnel as may ...
- 28C.18.050 Board designation and functions for federal purposes -- Monitoring state plans for consistency
(1) The board shall be designated as the state board of vocational education as provided for in P.L. 98-524, as amended, and shall perform such ...
- 28C.18.060 Board's duties
The board, in cooperation with the operating agencies of the state training system and private career schools and colleges, shall: (1) Concentrate its major efforts ...
- 28C.18.070 Intent -- "Program" clarified
(1) The legislature continues to recognize the vital role that workforce development efforts play in equipping the state's workers with the skills they need to ...
- 28C.18.080 Comprehensive plan -- Contents -- Updates -- Agency operating plans -- Reports to the legislature
(1) The state comprehensive plan for workforce training and education shall be updated every two years and presented to the governor and the appropriate legislative ...
- 28C.18.090 Additional board duties -- Program evaluation by operating agencies
(1) The board shall specify, by December 31, 1995, the common core data to be collected by the operating agencies of the state training system ...
- 28C.18.100 Assessments by board -- Biennial report to legislature and governor
The board shall, by January 1, 1996, and biennially thereafter: (1) Assess the total demand for training from the perspective of workers, and from the ...
- 28C.18.110 Identification of policies and methods to promote efficiency and sharing of resources -- Report to governor and legislature
The board shall, in cooperation with the operating agencies, by January 1, 1996: (1) Identify policies to reduce administrative and other barriers to efficient operation ...
- 28C.18.120 State strategic plan for supply of health care personnel -- Reports
The board shall: (1) Facilitate ongoing collaboration among stakeholders in order to address the health care personnel shortage; (2) In collaboration with stakeholders, establish and ...
- 28C.18.130 Industry skill panels -- Grants -- Role
(1) Subject to funding provided for the purposes of this section, the board, in consultation with the state board for community and technical colleges, the ...
- 28C.18.132 Electronically distributed learning -- Work group -- Report
(1) To the extent funds are appropriated specifically for this purpose and in partnership with the state board for community and technical colleges, the board ...
- 28C.18.134 Employer workplace-based educational programs with distance learning components -- Pilot project -- Report
(1) To the extent funds are appropriated specifically for this purpose, the board shall use a matching fund strategy to select and evaluate up to ...
- 28C.18.136 Receipt of federal and private funds
The board may receive and expend federal funds and private gifts or grants, which funds must be expended in accordance with any conditions upon which ...
- 28C.18.140 Industry skill panels -- Standards -- Report
The board shall establish industry skill panel standards that identify the expectations for industry skill panel products and services. The board shall establish the standards ...
- 28C.18.900 Effective dates -- Severability -- 1991 c 238
See RCW 28B.50.917 and 28B.50.918. ...
Last modified: April 7, 2009