REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Appoint Jean Cohen, Brian Murphy, Mrinalini Vittal and Theresa Woo 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 is required to have a majority of representatives from business and representation from at least the following stakeholders:
* Business Executives (majority and chair).
* Education providers from 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, critical to aligning the workforce with the jobs of the 21st Century.
* Developing and approving policy for workforce initiatives in NOVA service-delivery area.
* Helping create and providing oversight of a local strategic plan and participating in the development of a regional plan.
* Evaluating and monitoring program performance according to specified outcomes and measures.
* Promoting the NOVA Board and workforce through collaboration and relationship building with other businesses, local workforce boards, organizations, and groups.
EXISTING POLICY
Council Policy 5...
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