Title 32 — Labor.

The Council of the District of Columbia finds that: (1) Many District workers need an integrated workforce investment system to help them assume responsibility for building a better future for themselves and their families. (2) A workforce investment system should be consumer-dri…

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) Repealed. (1A) “Eligible training provider” means an organization that is approved to receive funds for individual training accounts for employment and training services, in accordance with criteria and procedures established by …

Any individual who receives an Individual Training Account as provided in Chapter 5, section 134 [29 U.S.C. § 2864, repealed] of the Federal Act shall be a bona fide resident of the District.

(a) There is created a Workforce Investment Council that shall serve as the District’s state workforce investment board pursuant to section 111 of the Federal Act, which shall carry out the functions of a local workforce investment board as assigned by the Mayor pursuant to secti…

The Mayor shall designate an agency to serve as the WIA administrative entity, which shall: (1) In cooperation with the WIC: (A) Develop the District’s state plan; (B) Negotiate the District’s state performance measures as required under section 136(b) of the Federal Act; (C) Dev…

Upon the Mayor’s approval of the state plan described in § 32-1603(f)(2)(A), or any modification of such plan, the Mayor shall transmit the state plan to the Council for a 10-day period of review. If the Council does not approve or disapprove the state plan or modification, by re…

Repealed Repealed.

(a) Beginning in Fiscal Year 2017, and pursuant to § 32-1603(c), the Council shall issue Career Pathways Innovation grants to design, pilot, and scale best practices in the implementation of adult career pathways and improve district performance as mandated by the Workforce Innov…

Repealed Repealed.

(a)(1)(A) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, training services funded under section 133 of the Federal Act shall be provided through the use of individual training accounts. ITA funds may only be used to pay for employment and training services that are provide…

Participants in training activities funded pursuant to § 32-1607 shall not be assigned or placed to work for any employer or worksite where: (1) Any other individual is laid off from the same or substantially equivalent job; (2) An employer has terminated a regular employee and f…

The Mayor shall direct the Workforce Investment Council to establish and maintain a procedure to receive grievances or complaints alleging violations of the Federal Act from participants and other interested or affected parties. The procedure shall be in accordance with section 1…

(a) The District’s state workforce investment board shall develop policies and procedures pertaining to the use of funds pursuant to section 134 [29 U.S.C. § 2864] of the Federal Act. (b) Repealed. (b-1) The WIC shall establish policies and procedures for the development of a one…

(a) The WIC shall develop policies and procedures for the selection of providers of youth employment and training services consistent with the requirements of section 123 of the Federal Act. (b) The policies and procedures required by subsection (a) of this section shall ensure t…

Repealed Repealed.

(a) With the approval of the Mayor, WIC shall develop and enter into a memorandum of agreement with mandatory partner programs consistent with the requirements of section 121(c) of the Federal Act. (b) To the extent that they are available in the District, the mandatory partner p…

This subchapter encourages the Council to work with its Maryland and Virginia counterparts to develop a regional information sharing system that allows one-stops and welfare agencies in the District and surrounding jurisdictions to access information regarding regional employment…

(a) Except as otherwise specified, a reference in this subchapter to a section or provision of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, approved August 7, 1998 (112 Stat. 936; 29 U.S.C. § 2822), shall be deemed to be a reference to the corresponding provision of the Workforce Innova…

The Council shall not withhold information from the public regarding its operations, procedures, and decisions that would otherwise be subject to disclosure under subchapter II of Chapter 5 of Title 2.

(a) Beginning January 1, 2015, or upon the effective date of [D.C. Law 20-263, effective May 2, 2015], whichever occurs first, no eligible training provider shall be eligible to receive funding for more than 5 individual training accounts in a calendar year unless at least 25% of…

(a) There is established an Educational Stepladder program. The Educational Stepladder program shall provide funding for undertrained and unemployed District residents to enroll in certain certificate courses that are, in consultation with the Department of Employment Services (“…

(a) The DOES shall make individual training account (“ITA”) funds received by the District pursuant to the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, approved August 7, 1998 (112 Stat. 936; 29 U.S.C. § 2801 et seq.), available to pay for a student’s enrollment in a certificate cou…

Pursuant to § 51-109.01, a student enrolled in an Educational Stepladder program approved course and who maintains a satisfactory level of attendance and achievement in the program and who is: (1) Receiving unemployment insurance compensation shall be eligible for an extension of…

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Basic skills program” means a secondary, post-secondary, or alternative education or training program that helps individuals enhance the reading, writing, math, English language, digital literacy, or problem-solving skills t…

Repealed Repealed.