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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-1001 Definitions
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As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "International standard classification of education" or "ISCED" means a comprehensive framework for organizing education and training programs that applies uniform and internationally agreed-upon classifications …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-1002 Apprenticeship program alignment with international standards
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(1) Beginning January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, the office, in coordination with the department of education, the department of higher education, the department of labor and employment, and the career and technical education division within the Colorado community college …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-101 Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Department" means the department of labor and employment created in section 24-1-121, C.R.S. (2) "Director" means the director of the division. (3) "Division" means the division of employment and training in the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-102 Division of employment and training created - director

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There is hereby created a division of employment and training within the department of labor and employment, the head of which is the director of the division of employment and training. Source: L. 2012: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 12-1120), ch. 27, p. 79, § 6, eff…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-103 Powers, duties, and functions - acceptance of money

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(1) The functions of the division comprise all administrative functions of the state in relation to the administration of this article 83. The division and the director of the division are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercise their powers and perform thei…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-104 State employment service

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(1) The Colorado state employment service is established as a section in the division. The division, through the section, shall establish and maintain free public employment offices in the number and locations as may be necessary for the proper administration of this article and …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-105 Personnel

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Subject to other provisions of this article and the state personnel system regulations, the division is authorized to appoint, fix the compensation, and prescribe the duties and powers of such officers, accountants, attorneys, experts, and other persons as may be necessary in the…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-106 Division - offer waiver of confidentiality for employment purposes

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Notwithstanding the confidentiality requirements in section 8-72-107 (1), the division may offer veterans and other persons seeking employment the opportunity to waive the confidentiality of certain information including the person's name, address, telephone number, and email add…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-107 Workforce development enterprise - creation - powers and duties - enterprise fund - fee - legislative declaration - definitions

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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) Employers in Colorado pay unemployment insurance premiums pursuant to state law; (b) Unemployment insurance premiums fund unemployment insurance benefits paid to Colorado workers who have become unemployed through no fault of …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-201 Short title

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The short title of this part 2 is the "Colorado Career Advancement Act". Source: L. 2012: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 12-1120), ch. 27, p. 81, § 6, effective June 1. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (HB 16-1302), ch. 183, p. 627, § 3, effective May 19.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-202 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) Passage of the federal "Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act", 29 U.S.C. sec. 3101 et seq., gives the state a unique opportunity to develop a work force program and employment system designed to meet the needs of em…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-203 Definitions

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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Colorado work force development program" or "work force development program" means the program of work force development created in this part 2. (2) "Department" means the department of labor and employment creat…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-204 Work force development program - legislative declaration - purposes

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(1) The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that this part 2 is adopted pursuant to the requirements of the federal act and is intended to comply with the federal act's express requirements for participants in the operation of work force development programs. (2) The…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-205 Work force development program - creation - administration - merit system - Wagner-Peyser funded employment services

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(1) Under authority of the governor, the department shall cooperate with the state council to help establish and operate a network of work force development areas as set forth in this part 2. (2) Work force development areas may be established at a local government level or at a …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-206 Local elected officials - function - authority

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The local elected officials shall maintain a strong role in all phases and levels of implementation of the federal act. The local elected officials of a work force development area, upon favorable recommendation of the work force board, are authorized to award contracts for the a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-207 Local work force development boards - authority - functions

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Local work force development boards are subject to this part 2 and the federal act. Local work force development boards operate for a federally designated work force development area. Source: L. 2012: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 12-1120), ch. 27, p. 84, § 6, effect…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-208 Implementation - local plans

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(1) (a) The Colorado work force development program shall be administered according to the state four-year plan prepared in accordance with the local plans created pursuant to this section. Each local work force development area shall submit a plan that meets the requirements of …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-209 State work force development plan

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(1) In accordance with the federal act, the governor shall submit to the federal government a state plan that outlines a four-year strategy for the Colorado work force development program that meets the requirements of the federal act. In addition to the plan requirements specifi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-210 Work force boards - membership

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(1) There shall be established, in each local work force development area of the state, a work force board, which the local elected officials of the local work force development area shall appoint to oversee the one-stop operator, one-stop career center, or local work force devel…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-211 Functions of work force boards

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(1) Each work force board shall, in partnership with and subject to the approval of the local elected officials for the work force development area, conduct the following functions: (a) Develop the local plan; (b) Designate and certify one-stop operators and certify and oversee w…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-212.5 Work force development board standing committees

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(1) A work force development board may designate standing committees that include work force development board members and members of the public with appropriate experience, as follows: (a) A standing committee that includes representatives of one-stop partners to provide informa…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-213 Rural consortium work force development board

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(1) The rural consortium local elected officials board in the rural consortium work force development area shall establish and appoint a rural consortium work force development board. At a minimum, the membership of the rural consortium board must consist of representatives who a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-214 Rural consortium local elected officials board

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(1) In order to satisfy requirements under the federal act for the role of local elected officials in a work force area, there shall be a rural consortium local elected officials board for the rural consortium work force development board. The rural consortium local elected offic…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-215 Designation of local work force development areas

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(1) Subject to section 106 of chapter 2 of the federal act concerning designation of work force development areas, on an annual basis, any county, municipality, city and county, or combination may petition the governor to form a new work force development area. (2) (Deleted by am…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-215.5 Designation of planning regions

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(1) In accordance with 29 U.S.C. sec. 3121, every two years the state council, in consultation with local elected officials, shall conduct a process to identify planning regions. A local area must not be placed in a planning region without the support and agreement of the work fo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-216 Required and optional partners of work force boards

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(1) Required partners. Each work force board, with the agreement of the local elected officials, is authorized to designate or certify partners outlined in the federal act for purposes of participating in the delivery of services for the one-stop system or work force development …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-217 Memorandum of understanding - one-stop partners

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(1) (a) The work force board, with the agreement of the local elected officials, shall develop and enter into a memorandum of understanding between the work force board and the one-stop partners concerning the provision of services in the one-stop system in the local area. (b) Ea…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-218 Core services

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(1) The work force investment program, as implemented through one-stop career centers, shall provide a core set of services, as defined by the federal act, to individuals who are adults or dislocated workers, including, at a minimum, access for job seekers to a comprehensive arra…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-219 Intensive services - training services - individual training accounts

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(1) Access to intensive services, as specified in the federal act, must be available to individuals who are adults or dislocated workers who are unemployed, unable to obtain employment through core services, and have been determined by a one-stop operator to be in need of more in…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-220 Encouragement of in-demand programs - legislative declaration

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(1) The state work force development council shall encourage work force development programs and work force development areas to enroll individuals in educational programs related to industries that are in demand in that work force development area. The general assembly finds tha…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-221 Title I and Title III allocation

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The local elected officials or their designee shall serve as the local grant recipient for the Title I and Title III money allocated to the work force development area by the governor for the purposes of a work force development area's administration and implementation of the wor…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-222 County distribution formula - use of money

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Subject to available appropriations by the general assembly, the department shall allocate Title I and Title III money to each work force development area for the operation of the work force development program in that work force development area. Source: L. 2012: Entire article …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-223 Allocation process

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Subject to federal law and available appropriations, within thirty days after receipt of the federal appropriation from the United States department of labor, the local elected officials from each work force development area in the state shall recommend an allocation formula for …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-224 State council - duties

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(1) The state council shall function as, and is intended to meet the requirements for, the state work force development board referred to in the federal act. In addition to performing the functions set forth in subsection (2) of this section and the federal act, the state council…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-225 Colorado department of labor and employment - functions

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(1) The department shall serve as the administrative entity for Title I money received and money received pursuant to Title III of the federal act. The department also is responsible for: (a) Administering the statewide labor market information and fiscal systems to the extent su…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-226 Responsibilities of governor

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(1) The governor shall perform the following functions, as specified in the federal act: (a) Appoint members to the state council in accordance with section 24-46.3-101 (2), C.R.S.; (b) Establish criteria for local elected officials to use in appointing members of local work forc…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-227 Additional funding for workforce development activities - state funding not subject to federal law limitations

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(1) The department may receive and expend money from the general fund or any other state source appropriated by the general assembly or passed through another entity for purposes of distributing state funds to workforce development areas to implement workforce development activit…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-308 Colorado state apprenticeship resource directory - collection of apprenticeship program information - promotion of public awareness - definitions

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(1) The department shall maintain the Colorado state apprenticeship resource directory, referred to in this section as the "directory". The directory must include, for each apprenticeship program listed in the directory, the information collected by the department pursuant to thi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-501 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly hereby: (a) Finds that: (I) Coal provides more than half of Colorado's net power generation. There were approximately one thousand three hundred workers employed in Colorado coal mines at the end of 2018, and half of the domestic consumption of Colorado's…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-502 Definitions

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As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Coal transition community" means a Colorado municipality, county, or region where a coal transition facility or a center for the manufacturing or transportation supply chain of a coal transition facility was or i…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-503 Just transition office - advisory committee - repeal

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(1) The just transition office is created in the office of the executive director. The just transition office is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of labor and employment. (2) The e…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-504 Just transition cash fund - transfer from general fund - transfer from account - use of money - definition

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(1) (a) The just transition cash fund is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money credited to the fund in accordance with section 39-29-108 (2)(d) and any other money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund. Subject to annual appropriati…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-504.5 Additional coal transition workforce assistance program funding - coal transition workforce assistance program account

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(1) (a) (I) The coal transition workforce assistance program account is hereby created in the fund. (II) (A) On June 30, 2021, the state treasurer shall transfer seven million dollars from the general fund to the account. (B) On July 1, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer te…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-505 Utility workforce transition plans - reemployment of affected workers

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(1) Within thirty days after the approval to accelerate retirement of a generating unit by the utility's governing body and in no case less than six months before the retirement of an electric coal-fueled generating unit that has a nameplate capacity of at least fifty megawatts, …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-506 Report - recommendations

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(1) Repealed. (2) (a) Between September 1 and November 15, 2022, and between September 1 and November 15 of each year thereafter, the director shall present a report to the joint budget committee of the general assembly on the history of expenditures from the fund and the account…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-507 Hiring preference - coal transition workers - definitions

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Coal transition community" means a Colorado municipality, county, or region where a coal transition facility or a center for the manufacturing or transportation supply chain of a coal transition facility was…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-601 Definitions

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As used in this part 6: (1) "Commission" means the business experiential-learning commission in the department created by executive order B 2015 004, which works in partnership with the office of economic development and the work force development council, or a subsequent entity …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-602 Work-based learning incentive program - creation - rules - appropriation

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(1) Work-based learning incentive program. (a) On or before January 1, 2023, the department, in consultation with the commission, the office of economic development, the department of education, the department of higher education, the state board for community colleges and occupa…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-603 Statewide digital navigator program - office of future of work - rules - appropriation

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(1) On or before January 1, 2023, the office shall create a statewide digital navigator program. The purpose of the program is to address digital inequities that prevent youth and adults from securing employment. To address digital inequities, the program may provide services and…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-83-701 Construction registered apprenticeship grant program - created - reports - appropriation - definitions

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(1) (a) There is created in the office within the department of labor and employment the construction registered apprenticeship grant program to provide grants to registered apprenticeship programs in the building and construction trades that provide training at no cost to appren…