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SENATE AMENDMENT
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 63. Section 20.50, Florida Statutes, is
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20 20.50 Agency for Workforce Innovation.--There is
21 created the Agency for Workforce Innovation within the
22 Department of Management Services. The agency shall be a
23 separate budget entity, and the director of the agency shall
24 be the agency head for all purposes. The agency shall not be
25 subject to control, supervision, or direction by the
26 Department of Management Services in any manner, including,
27 but not limited to, personnel, purchasing, transactions
28 involving real or personal property, and budgetary matters.
29 (1) The Agency for Workforce Innovation shall ensure
30 that the state appropriately administers federal and state
31 workforce funding by administering plans and policies of
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1 Workforce Florida, Inc.
2 (a) All policy direction to regional workforce boards
3 shall emanate from the Agency pursuant to plans and policies
4 of Workforce Florida, Inc.
5 (b) Unless otherwise provided by agreement with
6 Workforce Florida, Inc., administrative and personnel policies
7 of the Agency for Workforce Innovation shall apply.
8 (2) The Agency for Workforce Innovation shall be the
9 designated administrative agency for receipt of federal
10 workforce-development grants and other federal funds, and
11 shall carry out the duties and responsibilities assigned by
12 the Governor under each federal grant assigned to the
13 division. The agency shall be a separate budget entity and
14 shall expend each revenue source as provided by federal and
15 state law and as provided in plans developed by and agreements
16 with Workforce Florida, Inc. The head of the agency is the
17 Director of Workforce Innovation, who shall be appointed by
18 the Governor from nominees submitted by Workforce Florida,
19 Inc. The agency shall be organized as follows:
20 (a) The Office of One-Stop Workforce Services shall
21 administer the state merit system staff who provide services
22 in the one-stop delivery system, pursuant to policies of
23 Workforce Florida, Inc. The office shall be directed by the
24 Deputy Director for One-Stop Workforce Services, who shall be
25 appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the director.
26 (b) The Office of Workforce Accountability shall be
27 responsible for procurement, contracting, financial
28 management, accounting, audits, and verification. The office
29 shall be directed by the Deputy Director for Workforce
30 Investment and Accountability, who shall be appointed by and
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1 (c) The Office of Workforce Information Services shall
2 deliver information on labor markets, employment, occupations,
3 and performance, and shall implement and maintain information
4 systems that are required for the effective operation of the
5 one-stop delivery system, including, but not limited to, those
6 systems described in s. 445.009. The office will be under the
7 direction of the Deputy Director for Workforce Information
8 Services, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure
9 of the director.
10 (3) The Agency for Workforce Innovation shall serve as
11 the designated agency for purposes of each federal workforce
12 development grant assigned to it for administration. The
13 agency shall carry out the duties assigned to it by the
14 Governor, under the terms and conditions of each grant. The
15 agency shall have the level of authority and autonomy
16 necessary to be the designated recipient of each federal grant
17 assigned to it, and shall disperse such grants pursuant to the
18 plans and policies of Workforce Florida, Inc. The director
19 may, upon delegation from the Governor and pursuant to
20 agreement with Workforce Florida, Inc., sign contracts,
21 grants, and other instruments as necessary to execute
22 functions assigned to the agency. The assignment of powers and
23 duties to the agency does not limit the authority and
24 responsibilities of the Secretary of Management Services as
25 provided in s. 20.05(1)(a). Notwithstanding other provisions
26 of law, the following federal grants and other funds are
27 assigned for administration to the Agency for Workforce
28 Innovation:
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6 creating s. 20.50, F.S.; creating the Agency
7 for Workforce Innovation in the Department of
8 Management Services; specifying duties of the
9 agency; providing for the agency to administer
10 the Office of One-Stop Workforce Services, the
11 Office of Workforce Accountability, and the
12 Office of Workforce Information Services;
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