§ 42-102-10 State Career Pathways System.
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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) 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. 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.
(P.L. 2010, ch. 98, § 3.)