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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: Senator Roger Picard

     Date Introduced: February 09, 2016

     Referred To: Senate Labor

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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

"Governor's Workforce Board Rhode Island" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     42-102-10. State Career Pathways System. -- The workforce board ("board") shall

support and oversee 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 board shall 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. Included

in the state career pathways system shall be the creation of pathways and workforce training

programs to fill skill gaps and employment opportunities in the clean energy sector.

     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 - GOVERNOR'S WORKFORCE

BOARD

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     This act would require the state career pathways system of the workforce board to create

pathways and workforce training programs to fill skill gaps and employment opportunities in the

clean energy sector.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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