Executive Order 5

Signed by Governor Thomas J. Vilsack on March 25, 1999.

What it does

AI summary This order continues the existing Regional Advisory Boards and designates them as the Workforce Investment Boards under federal law. It changes the boundaries for Region 8 to include Guthrie, Audubon, Carroll, Greene, Sac, and Crawford counties, and modifies Region 11 to include Boone, Story, Dallas, Polk, Jasper, Madison, Warren, and Marion counties. The Department of Workforce Development must create an appointment process for board vacancies and develop a plan for implementing the Workforce Investment Act by July 1, 2000.¹

The Legislature’s description: Authorizes the continuation of the Regional Advisory Boards as the regional arms of the Iowa Workforce Development Board established by Executive Order 1 (January 25, 1999) and resets the boundaries of Region 8 in central Iowa and Region 11 in western Iowa.

Read the order

Executive epactment IN THE NAME AND By The AutHoriy OF THe STATE OF lowa

EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER FIVE

WHEREAS, State legislation created the Department of Workforce Development, and established an Iowa Workforce Development Board on May 2, 19%: and

WHEREAS, Executive Order Number Onc, issued by this administration, deemed the lowa Workforce Development Board to be the state Workforce Investment Board under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and

WHEREAS, the Regional Advisory Boards established under the lowa Code meet the requirement of Title | of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, as an alternative entity that is substantially similar to the local Workforce Investment Boards established under federal law, and

WHEREAS, the existing Regional Advisory Board structure and membership composition shall continue, and

WHEREAS, the lowa Workforce Development Board recommended the following selected changes for improved service detivery: modifications to the exasting service delivery regional boundaries for workforce development, modifications to the appointment process for regional oversight boards. and a modification im the date for implementation of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Thomas J. Vilsack, Governor of the State of lowa, by the power vested in me by the Laws and Constitution of the State of lowa, accept the lowa Workforce Development Board's recommendations and do hereby order that:

L The eight counties of Boome, Story, Dallas, Polk, Jasper, Madison, Warren & Marion shall be designated as modified Region 11. The six counties of Guthrie, Audubon, Carroll, Greene, Sac, and Crawford shall

be designated as modified Region 8

Ls With the exception of the changes outlined above, no other changes shall be made to the existing boundaries for workforce development programs.

mm. lowa Workforce Development will establish criteria, as required under Section 1176 of the Workforce

Investment Act, for the appomtment of the local Workforce Investment Board in Region 8. The criteria established shall also allow for the combination of the Regional Advisory Board and local Workforce Investment Board into one board.

Tv. The existing Regional Advisory Boards established in all other regions of lowa pursuant to State law shall be deemed to be the Workforce Investment Boards under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and shall have the responsibility to perform the functions assigned under that federal act.

Vv. The Department of Workforce Development shall adopt administrative procedures to establish an appointment process, whach includes the involvement of local clected officials, to fill existing and new vacancies on the Regional Advisory Board.

VL The Department of Workforce Development shall develop a plan for implementation of the Workforce Investment Act no later than July 1, 2000.

viL The Department of Workforce Development shall provide the necessary coordination and support needed to permit the Regional Workforce Investment Boards to fulfill their duties under state and federal law

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOPF, | have hereto subscribed my name and caused the Great Seal of lowe to be affixed. Done at Des Moines this 4/S/day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine.

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The order’s PDF is a scanned image, so its words were read by optical character recognition (OCR) and may have small errors. The signed PDF is the official version.

Signed order (PDF)

Printed in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin, XXII, No. 7 (10/06/1999) p. 628.