PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2299 PRINTER'S NO. 2338
No. 257 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY BUTKOVITZ, J. TAYLOR, DALEY AND McGEEHAN,
JUNE 19, 2001
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 20, 2001
A RESOLUTION
1 Directing the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs AND THE <--
2 COMMITTEE ON LABOR RELATIONS to examine and study matters
3 relating to the use of Federal and State job training funds
4 by local workforce investment boards and to determine the
5 effectiveness of these boards in providing job training to
6 their targeted populations.
7 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board was
8 created by the Governor on December 19, 1997, by Executive Order
9 1997-7 and was tasked with developing a world-class workforce
10 development system which complements the Commonwealth's overall
11 education strategy and guides Federal, State and local resources
12 in a customer-focused and user-friendly manner; and
13 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board has
14 approved the creation of 22 local workforce investment boards
15 whose primary purpose is to ensure that workforce development
16 services operating in a local area effectively and efficiently
17 support the labor and job training demands of each local area's
18 industries; and
19 WHEREAS, A total of $1.25 billion in Federal and State job
1 training moneys were expended in this Commonwealth during the
2 2000-2001 fiscal year in support of the workforce development
3 system; and
4 WHEREAS, It is of paramount importance to the Commonwealth
5 that funds utilized by local workforce investment boards are
6 used in the most effective and efficient manner; therefore be it
7 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives direct the
8 Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs AND THE COMMITTEE ON <--
9 LABOR RELATIONS to examine and study all matters relating to the
10 use of job training moneys by local workforce investment boards
11 and their fiscal agents; and be it further
12 RESOLVED, That the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs <--
13 COMMITTEES hold hearings for the purpose of taking testimony; <--
14 and be it further
15 RESOLVED, That the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs <--
16 COMMITTEES determine the effectiveness of job training programs <--
17 managed by local workforce investment boards; and be it further
18 RESOLVED, That the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs <--
19 COMMITTEES report its THEIR findings and recommendations to the <--
20 House of Representatives no later than April 1, 2002.
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