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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

RESOURCES INVESTMENT COUNCIL

     Introduced By: Senators P Fogarty, Doyle, Satchell, Walaska, and Pichardo

     Date Introduced: May 08, 2014

     Referred To: Senate Labor

     (Labor and 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 support and oversee a State Career Pathways System for the purposes of increasing

the skill level of Rhode Island workers in alignment with industry needs statewide efforts to

develop and expand career pathways that enable individuals to secure employment within a

specific industry or occupational sector, and to advance over time to successively higher levels of

education and employment in that sector. Towards this purpose, the council shall establish a task

force of fifteen (15) members. Nine (9) 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) 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 executive director of the economic development corporation and the director of the

community college of Rhode Island's center for workforce and community education 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. convene an advisory committee comprised of representatives from business, labor, adult

education, secondary education, higher education, the department of corrections, the executive

office of health and human services, the office of library and information services, community-

based organizations, and the public workforce system. 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

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- RHODE ISLAND HUMAN

RESOURCES INVESTMENT COUNCIL

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     This act would provide that the human resource investment council oversee statewide

efforts to develop and expand career pathways to secure employment within a specific industry or

occupational sector. It would also direct the council to convene an advisory committee to meet

those goals.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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