Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act

Task Force WebinarApril 29, 2015

Welcome & Opening Remarks

WIOA Vision

• Needs of business and workers drive workforce solutions

• Superior customer service to job seekers and employers

• Strong regional economies

Task Force Charge

Develop WIOA implementation recommendations by providing counsel and support to the CareerSource Florida Team, as it prepares a WIOA Implementation Plan for consideration by the CareerSource Florida Board of Directors.

WIOA Goals1. Increase access to employment, education, training and support

services—particularly for people with barriers to employment.

2. Create a comprehensive, high-quality workforce development system by aligning workforce investment, education and economic development.

3. Improve the quality and labor market relevance of workforce investment, education and economic development efforts.

4. Promote improvement in the structure and delivery of workforce services.

5. Increase the prosperity of workers and employers.

6. Reduce welfare dependency, increase economic self-sufficiency, meet employer needs and enhance productivity and competitiveness.

Florida’s Workforce Development System

Connects employers with qualified, skilled talent and Floridians with employment and

career development opportunities to achieve economic prosperity.

Spring 2015

•Task Force Webinar

•Task Force In-Person Meetings & Wrap-Up Webinar

Sept. 2015

•WIOA Task Force Recommendations Reviewed by CSF Board

Nov. 2015

•Final Report Approved by CSF Board and Submitted to Governor & Legislature

•2016 Legislative Session

March2016

•Submit State Plan to U.S. Department of Labor

What’s Next

All in-person meetings from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Betty Easley Conference Center, Tallahassee

• May 14, 2015 • June 11, 2015• July 16, 2015• August 6, 2015• Wrap-Up Webinar - TBD

Upcoming Meetings

• All Task Force business must take place:

o Exclusively at meetings open to the public

o Only after the public and media have received reasonable notice and opportunity to attend

o When a record of the meeting (minutes) is taken and preserved for the public’s inspection

Sunshine Law OverviewJay Barber, CareerSource Florida General Counsel

• Do not conduct Task Force business:oOutside a publicly noticed meetingoOn a Task Force topicoWith other Task Force memberso In the absence of minutes (recording)

Sunshine Law Overview

• Defining “Meeting”:o Two or more members discussing matters

that have been, are, or foreseeably might come before the Task Force

oWritten and/or electronic Task Force correspondence, phone calls, texts, etc. sent to Task Force members, to which one or more member(s) respond(s)

oCommunications between a Task Force member and staff is not a “meeting”

Sunshine Law Overview

• Violations and Penalties:o Knowingly violate: 60 days in jail and/or max. $500

fine for each incidento Suspension or removal from Task Forceo Payment of attorney’s fees, possible civil actionso Intent to violate not requiredo Violation only resolved by open meeting on same

topico Section 286.011 (1): “No resolution, rule, or formal

action” executed in a closed meeting is binding.

Sunshine Law Overview

Task Force Discussion & Public Comment

For more information:

careersourceflorida.com/WIOA

Michelle Dennard, Vice President of Policymdennard@careersourceflorida.com

850-921-3657