Title 32, Labor.

Should a court of competent jurisdiction declare any provision of this chapter to be unconstitutional or beyond the authority of the Council of the District of Columbia, such declaration shall have no effect upon any other provision of this chapter.

This chapter shall take effect on 60 days after the expiration of the District of Columbia Workers’ Compensation Act Emergency Amendment Act of 1982, after a 30-day period of Congressional review following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the…

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For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) Repealed.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Any individual who receives an Individual Training Account as provided in Chapter 5, section 134 [29 U.S.C. § 2864, repealed] of the Federal Act shall be a bona fide resident of the District.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…

(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…

(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…

(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.

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (a)(1) "Adult education program" means a program, other than a program that is part of the conventional kindergarten through grade 12 educational system funded by the Uniform Per Student Funding Formula, that offers services or instr…

(a) The WIC shall develop a Workforce Development System Expenditure Guide. (b)(1) By February 1, 2019, and annually by February 1 thereafter, the WIC shall transmit the guide to the Council and post it online. (2)(A) The WIC shall make the guide available in the form of a manipu…

District agencies that manage, administer, oversee, or fund workforce development or adult education programs covered pursuant to § 32-1622(c) shall transmit to the WIC the information necessary to create the guide no later than 60 days after receiving a request from the WIC for …

(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…

(a)(1) "HWI grant" means the grant awarded to the Intermediary pursuant to § 32-1682. (2) "Intermediary" means the entity selected to be the Healthcare Workforce Intermediary pursuant to § 32-1682. (3) "Partnership" means the Healthcare Workforce Partnership established pursuant …

(a)(1) By December 1, 2020, the WIC shall select, through award of a grant, the Healthcare Workforce Intermediary to establish, convene, and assist the Healthcare Workforce Partnership. (2) Consistent with part B of subchapter XII-A of Chapter 3 of Title 1, the WIC shall issue mu…

(a) The Intermediary shall: (1) By July 1, 2021: (A) Appoint members to the Partnership consistent with the criteria specified in § 32-1684(b)(3); (B) Convene at least 4 Partnership meetings; (C) Compose and transmit to the WIC the Partnership's first Healthcare Occupations Repor…

(a) The Intermediary shall establish the Healthcare Workforce Partnership, which shall work to increase the number of District residents employed in the healthcare sector and to meet the staffing needs of District healthcare employers, particularly of hospitals that receive Distr…

(a) By September 1, 2021, the WIC shall establish a healthcare training program ("program") to fund or arrange for training of District residents in a minimum of 2 healthcare occupations identified in the Partnership's first Healthcare Occupations Report, issued pursuant to § 32-…

By August 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the WIC shall transmit to the Mayor and the Council the Healthcare Occupation Report developed by the Partnership pursuant to § 32-1684(e).

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter: (1) "Community training provider" means an entity in the District that has received an IT training grant awarded pursuant to § 32-1691.06. (2) "Dual-enrollment" means enrollment at both a WIC-approved community-based IT training program an…

(a) The WIC, in collaboration with UDC, the University of the District of Columbia Foundation, Inc., and community training providers, shall establish the Information Technology Investment Program to provide financial assistance to District residents who seek to obtain IT occupat…

(a) To be eligible for Program assistance to pursue a UDC-CC degree, an individual shall: (1) Meet the relevant enrollment requirements for a UDC-CC degree; (2) Be a resident of the District; (3) Have a stated interest in working in IT occupations; (4) Not have already completed …

(a) To maintain eligibility for Program assistance, an individual shall: (1) Maintain satisfactory academic progress; (2) Be a resident of the District throughout enrollment in Program training; and (3) Meet any other requirements determined by the WIC to be necessary or appropri…

(a)(1) No later than November 1, 2021, and by November 1 annually thereafter, the WIC shall execute Memoranda of Understanding ("MOUs") with UDC and the University of the District of Columbia Foundation, Inc. ("Foundation") for the purpose of implementing the Program through UDC-…

(a) Pursuant to § 32-1603(c), no later than January 31, 2022, and by November 1 annually thereafter, the WIC shall issue IT training grants ("grants") to eligible providers of IT training in the District. (b) Grant recipients shall use funds received pursuant to this section to s…

(a) At the termination of each semester, UDC shall furnish to the WIC a statement of: (1) The disaggregated number of Program participants by course who, during that semester, participated in one or more Program training courses; (2) The total number of Program training course en…

The WIC shall make best efforts to use federal WIOA Title I Adult and Dislocated Worker funds to supplement funds appropriated for the purposes of implementing this subchapter.

(a) The WIC shall establish an Information Technology Occupational Advisory Board, which shall work to advise UDC-CC, WDLL, and community training providers on their IT training courses to ensure a high quality of training, to maximize the employability of graduates of IT trainin…

(a) No later than September 30, 2022, the WIC shall submit to the Mayor, Council, UDC-CC, WDLL, and community training providers, an IT Advisory Report, which shall contain the following: (1) The number of District residents needed to meet hiring demands of District employers hir…

This subchapter shall expire on September 30, 2024.

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter: (1) "BON" means the Board of Nursing established pursuant [to] § 3-1202.04. (2) "CNA" means a Certified Nursing Aide. (3) "Community training provider" means an entity that has been approved by the BON to provide training to individuals to…

(a) The WIC shall establish, in collaboration with the University, the University of the District of Columbia Foundation, Inc., and direct care worker training grantees, the DC Nurse Education Enhancement Program for the purpose of training District residents to obtain an occupat…

(a) Beginning in Academic Year 2021-2022, to be eligible for Program assistance while pursuing an RN to BSN degree through UDC, an individual shall: (1) Have met the enrollment requirements of UDC; (2) Be a resident of the District; (3) Have a stated interest in employment in a n…