REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Appoint Diana Bautista, Brad De Young, and Avanish Sahai to the NOVA Workforce Board
Report
BACKGROUND
The federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) stipulates the composition, roles and responsibilities of the local workforce board. The local chief elected official appoints the local workforce board. The Sunnyvale City Council serves as the Local Chief Elected Official for the NOVA consortium. The local workforce board (NOVA Board) determines how many seats are on the board. The NOVA Board currently has 19 members, all of these appointees will be replacing outgoing members. Members may serve up to three consecutive two-year terms. NOVA Board Membership numbers can fluctuate, but the overall composition must continue to meet the required federal statute of maintaining membership from the following areas: majority private sector, twenty percent labor, two higher education, one Employment Development Department, one Department of Rehabilitation and one Economic Development. The Board composition is certified by the State Workforce Board every two years. The NOVA Board is required to have a majority of representatives from business, and representation from the following stakeholders:
* Business executives (majority and chair).
* Education providers of adult education and higher education.
* Labor and community-based organizations representing the workforce.
* Economic and community development agencies.
* State agencies representing employment development and vocational rehabilitation programs.
The roles and responsibilities of NOVA Board members include (but are not limited to):
* Taking a leadership role in forging a strong and vital partnership between businesses and the workforce development community, resulting in an entrepreneurial, market-driven, accountable, and exceptional workforce development system.
* Contributing specific expertise from key industries and articulating evolving industries' needs, critic...
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