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11  Senators King and Klein moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 197, line 11, through page 201, line 17, delete

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18         Section 63.  Section 20.50, Florida Statutes, is

19  created to read:

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

31  serve at the pleasure of the director.

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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

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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

 3         On page 13, lines 2-6, delete those lines

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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;

13         specifying the federal grants and other funds

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