8421-S AMS BAUE S5748.1

SSCR 8421 - S AMD  000316

By Senators Bauer and Prince

    On page 1, after line 4, strike everything through "1995." on page 3, line 5, and insert the following:

    "WHEREAS, Legislative action in recent years establishing the Work Force Training and Education Coordinating Board was an integral step in developing a strategic approach to work force development in Washington; and

    WHEREAS, The work force training and education coordinating board is developing the state's first comprehensive plan for work force training; and

    WHEREAS, A recent report of the 1993 Joint Legislative Task Force on Unemployment Insurance highlighted the need for greater coordination between the existing sixty-three training and education and related programs contained in thirteen agencies within state government; and

    WHEREAS, The federal government has initiated a major policy initiative within the United States Department of Labor to better serve the training and retraining needs of the unemployed within the United States; and

    WHEREAS, The legislature seeks to address the challenges and opportunities outlined by the Joint Legislative Task Force's report and assist the Work Force Training and Education Coordinating Board; and

    WHEREAS, The sixty-three work force training and education and related programs and the Work Force Training and Education Coordinating Board's comprehensive plan span the interests of at least eight policy committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives;

    NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the Senate of the state of Washington, the House of Representatives concurring, That the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Training and Retraining be established; and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That there be eight committee members chosen as follows:  Four members of the Senate,  two from each of the two largest caucuses appointed by the President of the Senate; and four members of the House of Representatives, two from each of the two largest caucuses appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the committee select a chair from among its own members; and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Senate and the House of Representatives provide staffing to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Training and Retraining; and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That nonlegislative members be reimbursed for travel in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 and that legislative members be reimbursed for travel in accordance with RCW 44.04.120; and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the committee receive and review the Work Force Training and Education Coordinating Board's comprehensive plan for work force training and education including recommendations to improve the state's work force training and education system.  The recommendations shall include, but not be limited to, recommendations for improving the coordination, services, and accountability of the state's work force training and education system; and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the committee report to the legislature with recommendations on work force training and retraining by January 31, 1995."

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