MICHIGAN WORKS SYSTEM S.B. 1288 (S-1): FLOOR ANALYSIS








Senate Bill 1288 (Substitute S-1 as reported)
Sponsor: Senator Valde Garcia
Committee: Commerce and Labor

CONTENT
The bill would create the "Michigan Works One-Stop Service Center System Act" to establish a system to deliver workforce development programs and services tailored to local needs. The bill would do all of the following:

-- Create the Michigan Works one-stop service center system to provide services and programs regulated or funded under various Federal laws and Section 57f of the Social Welfare Act (which requires participation in the Work First program).
-- Require the Governor to designate Michigan Works areas, and require the chief elected official in each area to appoint a local workforce development board for that area, in accordance with Federal law.
-- Specify criteria for local workforce development board members, including that a majority represent the private sector.
-- Establish responsibilities of local workforce development boards, including development of a plan to coordinate services for employers and job seekers, which would have to provide designated core services free of charge.
-- Specify conflict-of-interest requirements and prohibitions.
-- Require the local workforce development board and local officials in each Michigan Works area to designate an entity to perform administrative functions.
-- Require the designated administrative entity to serve as the administrator for State and Federal funding provided to the workforce development board for workforce development services and activities in the Michigan Works area.
-- Require that services be provided only through service providers selected by a competitive procurement process, and not directly by an administrative entity designated under the Act, unless no other provider could furnish the services within the limits of available funding and cost-to-benefit analysis.
-- Require a local workforce development board to appoint an education advisory group to advise the board on educational issues in its Michigan Works area.

Legislative Analyst: Patrick Affholter

FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government. The bill would codify the existing Michigan Works! System structure, consistent with Federal law, boilerplate language in appropriation bills, and policy statements including "The Michigan Works! System Governance and Minimum Standards", adopted in 2001.


Date Completed: 6-29-06 Fiscal Analyst: Elizabeth Pratt Maria Tyszkiewicz


floor\sb1288 Analysis available @ http://www.michiganlegislature.org
 This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.

Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. sb1288/0506