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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HUMAN

RESOURCE INVESTMENT COUNCIL

     Introduced By: Representatives Ackerman, Slater, O'Brien, Casey, and Shekarchi

     Date Introduced: February 27, 2014

     Referred To: House Labor

     (Labor & Training)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 42-102-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-102 entitled "Rhode

Island Human Resource Investment Council" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     42-102-10. State Career Pathways System. -- The human resource investment council

shall establish and oversee a State Career Pathways System for the purposes of increasing the

skill level of Rhode Island workers in alignment with industry needs. Towards this purpose the

council shall establish a task force of fifteen (15) seventeen (17) members. Nine (9) Ten (10)

members of the task force shall be appointed by the governor from recommendations made by the

human resource investment council, two (2) of whom shall be representatives of the state Industry

Partnerships; two (2) of whom shall be representatives of the adult education profession (one of

which shall be a representative of the office of Adult Education Services at the Rhode Island

department of education); three (3) of whom shall be persons who, because of vocation,

employment or affiliation, can be classified as employers; and two (2) three (3) of whom shall be

persons who, because of vocation, employment or affiliation, can be classified as employees. The

commissioner of higher education, the commissioner of elementary and secondary education, the

director of the department of labor and training, the director of the department of human services,

the executive director of the economic development corporation and the director of the

community college of Rhode Island's center for workforce and community education, or their

designees, shall serve on the task force by virtue of their respective positions. The governor shall

also appoint a chair of the task force to be chosen from amongst the membership of the human

resource investment council. The task force shall work in coordination with the adult education

committee of the human resource investment council to develop and oversee the career pathways

system.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HUMAN

RESOURCE INVESTMENT COUNCIL

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     This act would increase the membership composition of the state career pathways task

force from fifteen (15) members to seventeen (17) members.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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