CODE OF VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA BOARD OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT; PURPOSE; MEMBERSHIP; TERMS;
COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES; STAFF (§ 2.2-2471)

A. The Virginia Board of Workforce Development (the Board) is established as a
policy board, within the meaning of § 2.2-2100, in the executive branch of
state government. The purpose of the Board shall be to assist and advise the
Governor, the General Assembly, and the Chief Workforce Development Advisor in
meeting workforce development needs in the Commonwealth through recommendation
of policies and strategies to increase coordination and thus efficiencies of
operation between all education and workforce programs with responsibilities and
resources for employment, occupational training, and support connected to
workforce credential and job attainment.

B. The Board shall consist of the following:

   1.  Two members of the House of Delegates to be appointed by the Speaker of
   the House of Delegates and two members of the Senate to be appointed by the
   Senate Committee on Rules. Legislative members shall serve terms coincident
   with their terms of office and may be reappointed for successive terms;

   2.  The Governor or his designee who shall be selected from among the
   cabinet-level officials appointed to the Board pursuant to subdivision 3;

   3.  The Secretaries of Commerce and Trade, Education, Health and Human
   Resources, and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, or their designees,
   each of whom shall serve ex officio;

   4.  The Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or his designee,
   who shall serve ex officio;

   5.  One local elected official appointed by the Governor;

   6.  Two representatives nominated by state labor federations and appointed by
   the Governor; and

   7.  Fourteen nonlegislative citizen members representing the business
   community appointed by the Governor, to include the presidents of the Virginia
   Chamber of Commerce and the Virginia Manufacturers Association, one
   representative of proprietary employment training schools, and the remaining
   members who are business owners, chief executive officers, chief operating
   officers, chief financial officers, senior managers, or other business
   executives or employers with optimum policy-making or hiring authority who
   represent life sciences and health care, information technology and cyber
   security, manufacturing, and other industry sectors that represent the
   Commonwealth’s economic development priorities. Business members shall
   represent diverse regions of the state, to include urban, suburban, and rural
   areas, and at least two members shall also be members of local workforce
   development boards. Nonlegislative citizen members may be nonresidents of the
   Commonwealth. Members appointed in accordance with this subdivision shall
   serve four-year terms, subject to the pleasure of the Governor, and may be
   reappointed.

C. The Governor shall select a chairman and vice-chairman, who shall serve
two-year terms, from among the 14 nonlegislative citizen members representing
the business community appointed in accordance with subdivision B 7. The Board
shall meet at least every three months or upon the call of the chair or the
Governor as stipulated by the Board’s bylaws. The chairman and the
vice-chairman shall select at least five members of the Board to serve as an
executive committee of the Board, which shall have the limited purpose of
establishing meeting agendas, reviewing bylaws and other documents pertaining to
Board governance and operations, approving reports to the Governor, and
responding to urgent federal, state, and local issues between scheduled Board
meetings.

D. Compensation and reimbursement of expenses of the members shall be as
follows:

   1.  Legislative members appointed in accordance with subdivision B 1 shall
   receive such compensation and reimbursement of expenses incurred in the
   performance of their duties as provided in §§ 2.2-2813, 2.2-2825, and
   30-19.12.

   2.  Members of the Board appointed in accordance with subdivision B 2, B 3, or
   B 4 shall not receive compensation but shall be reimbursed for all reasonable
   and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided
   in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825.

   3.  Members of the Board appointed in accordance with subdivision B 5, B 6, or
   B 7 shall not receive compensation but shall be reimbursed for all reasonable
   and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided
   in §§ 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825.Funding for the costs of compensation and
   expenses of the members shall be provided from federal funds received under
   the WIOA.

HISTORY: 2014, c. 815; 2015, cc. 275, 292.