The Florida Senate

288.9958  Employment, Occupation, and Performance Information Coordinating Committee.--

(1)  By July 15, 1999, the chairman of the Workforce Development Board shall appoint an Employment, Occupation, and Performance Information Coordinating Committee, which shall assemble all employment, occupational, and performance information from workforce development partners into a single integrated informational system. The committee shall include representatives from the Bureau of Labor Market and Performance Information, Florida Education and Training Placement Information Program, and the State Occupational Forecasting Conference, as well as other public or private members with information expertise.

(2)  The committee shall initially focus on the timely provision of data necessary for planning, consumer reports, and performance accountability reports necessary for the selection of training service providers, as well as state and local board program assessment, completing these tasks no later than October 1, 1999.

(3)  By December 1, 1999, the committee shall establish outcome measures that enable an assessment of the Workforce Development Board's coordinating and oversight responsibilities.

(4)  By June 30, 2000, the committee shall develop an integrated and comprehensive accountability system that can be used to evaluate and report on the effectiveness of Florida's workforce development system as required by state law.

(5)  To ensure the fulfillment of these requirements, the Workforce Development Board may direct the Department of Labor and Employment Security, the Department of Education, and the Department of Children and Family Services to provide such services and assign such staff to this committee as it deems necessary until June 30, 2000.

History.--s. 59, ch. 99-251.