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Transcript of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Task Force Webinar April 29, 2015.
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
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
Spring
Summer
2015
• 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
Jan.-
March
2016
• 2016 Legislative Session
March
2016
• 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:o Outside a publicly noticed meetingo On 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)
o Communications 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 [email protected]
850-921-3657