H7890

	2016 -- H 7890
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - GOVERNOR'S WORKFORCE
	BOARD

	Introduced By: Representatives Ruggiero, Hearn, Regunberg, Tanzi, and Abney
	Date Introduced: March 09, 2016
	Referred To: House Labor
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Section 42-102-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-102 entitled
2	"Governor's Workforce Board Rhode Island" is hereby amended to read as follows:
3	42-102-10. State Career Pathways System. -- The workforce board ("board") shall
4	support and oversee statewide efforts to develop and expand career pathways that enable
5	individuals to secure employment within a specific industry or occupational sector and to advance
6	over time to successively higher levels of education and employment in that sector. Towards this
7	purpose the board shall convene an advisory committee comprised of representatives from
8	business, labor, adult education, secondary education, higher education, the department of
9	corrections, the executive office of health and human services, the office of library and
10	information services, community-based organizations, and the public-workforce system. Included
11	in the state career pathways system shall be the creation of pathways and workforce training
12	programs to fill skill gaps and employment opportunities in the clean energy sector.
13	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 - GOVERNOR'S WORKFORCE
	BOARD
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1	This act would require the state career pathways system of the workforce board to create
2	pathways and workforce training programs to fill skill gaps and employment opportunities in the
3	clean energy sector.
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
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