Title 28C — Title 28C VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
4 chapters · 71 sections in this title.
RCW 28C.18.005 Findings.
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The legislature finds that the state's system of workforce training and education is inadequate for meeting the needs of the state's workers, employers, and economy. A growing shortage of skilled workers is already hurting the state's economy. There is a shortage of available wor…
RCW 28C.18.010 Definitions.
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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this title.(1) "Adult basic education" means instruction designed to achieve mastery of skills in reading, writing, oral communication, and computation at a level sufficient to allow t…
RCW 28C.18.020 Workforce training and education coordinating board.
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(1) There is hereby created the workforce training and education coordinating board as a state agency and as the successor agency to the state board for vocational education. Once the coordinating board has convened, all references to the state board for vocational education in t…
RCW 28C.18.030 Purpose of the board.
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The purpose of the board is to provide planning, coordination, evaluation, monitoring, and policy analysis for the state training system as a whole, and advice to the governor and legislature concerning the state training system, in cooperation with the state training system and …
RCW 28C.18.040 Director's duties.
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(1) The director shall serve as chief executive officer of the board who shall administer the provisions of this chapter, employ such personnel as may be necessary to implement the purposes of this chapter, and utilize staff of existing operating agencies to the fullest extent po…
RCW 28C.18.050 Board designation and functions for federal purposes—Monitoring state plans for consistency.
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(1) The board shall be designated as the state board of vocational education as provided for in P.L. 98-524, as amended, and shall perform such functions as is necessary to comply with federal directives pertaining to the provisions of such law.(2) The board shall perform the fun…
RCW 28C.18.060 Board's duties.
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The board, in cooperation with the operating agencies of the state training system and private career schools and colleges, shall:(1) Concentrate its major efforts on planning, coordination evaluation, policy analysis, and recommending improvements to the state's training system;…
RCW 28C.18.068 Policies to accommodate student absences for reasons of faith or conscience or for activities conducted under the auspices of a religious organization.
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State-funded workforce training programs must develop policies to accommodate student absences for up to two days per academic year, to allow students to take holidays for reasons of faith or conscience or for organized activities conducted under the auspices of a religious denom…
RCW 28C.18.070 Intent—"Program" clarified.
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(1) The legislature continues to recognize the vital role that workforce development efforts play in equipping the state's workers with the skills they need to succeed in an economy that requires higher levels of skill and knowledge. The legislature also recognizes that businesse…
RCW 28C.18.080 Comprehensive plan—Contents—Updates—Agency operating plans—Reports to the legislature.
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(1) The board shall develop a state comprehensive plan for workforce training and education for a ten-year time period. The board shall submit the ten-year state comprehensive plan to the governor and the appropriate legislative policy committees. Every four years by December 1st…
RCW 28C.18.090 Additional board duties—Program evaluation by operating agencies.
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(1) The board shall specify, by December 31, 1995, the common core data to be collected by the operating agencies of the state training system and the standards for data collection and maintenance required in RCW 28C.18.060(8).(2) The minimum standards for program evaluation by o…
RCW 28C.18.100 Assessments by board—Biennial report to legislature and governor.
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The board shall, by January 1, 1996, and biennially thereafter: (1) Assess the total demand for training from the perspective of workers, and from the perspective of employers; (2) assess the available supply of publicly and privately provided training which workers and employers…
RCW 28C.18.110 Identification of policies and methods to promote efficiency and sharing of resources—Report to governor and legislature.
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The board shall, in cooperation with the operating agencies, by January 1, 1996:(1) Identify policies to reduce administrative and other barriers to efficient operation of the state's workforce development system and barriers to improved coordination of workforce development in t…
RCW 28C.18.120 State strategic plan for supply of health care personnel—Reports.
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The board shall:(1) Facilitate ongoing collaboration among stakeholders in order to address the health care personnel shortage;(2) In collaboration with stakeholders, establish and maintain a state strategic plan for ensuring an adequate supply of health care personnel that safeg…
RCW 28C.18.130 Industry skill panels—Grants—Role.
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(1) Subject to funding provided for the purposes of this section, the board, in consultation with the state board for community and technical colleges, the department of commerce, and the employment security department, shall allocate grants on a competitive basis to establish an…
RCW 28C.18.140 Industry skill panels—Standards—Report.
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The board shall establish industry skill panel standards that identify the expectations for industry skill panel products and services. The board shall establish the standards in consultation with labor, the state board for community and technical colleges, the employment securit…
RCW 28C.18.150 Local unified plan for the workforce development system—Strategic plan.
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(1) Workforce development councils, in partnership with local elected officials, shall develop and maintain a local unified plan for the workforce development system including, but not limited to, the local plan required by P.L. 113-128 Sec. 108. The unified plan shall include a …
RCW 28C.18.160 Opportunity internship program—Purpose—Program incentives—Rules.
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(1) The opportunity internship program is created under this section and RCW 28C.18.162 through 28C.18.168. The purpose of the program is to provide incentives for opportunity internship consortia to use existing resources to build educational and employment pipelines to high-dem…
RCW 28C.18.162 Opportunity internship program—Definitions.
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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this section and RCW 28C.18.160 and 28C.18.164 through 28C.18.168.(1) "High-demand occupation" means an occupation with a substantial number of current or projected employment opportun…
RCW 28C.18.164 Opportunity internship program—Opportunity internship consortia—Contracts—Federal funds.
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(1) Opportunity internship consortia may apply to the board to offer an opportunity internship program.(a) The board, in consultation with the Washington state apprenticeship and training council, may select those consortia that demonstrate the strongest commitment and readiness …
RCW 28C.18.166 Opportunity internship program—List of consortium graduates—Notifying office of student financial assistance of Washington college grant eligibility.
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On an annual basis, each opportunity internship consortium shall provide the board with a list of the opportunity internship graduates from the consortium. The board shall compile the lists from all consortia and shall notify the office of student financial assistance of the elig…
RCW 28C.18.168 Opportunity internship program—List of employed graduates—Verification—Incentive payments.
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(1) On an annual basis, each opportunity internship consortium shall provide the board with a list of the opportunity internship graduates from the consortium who have completed a postsecondary program of study, obtained employment in a high-demand occupation that pays a starting…
RCW 28C.18.180 Lifelong learning program.
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(1) A lifelong learning program is established within the workforce training and education coordinating board to provide the opportunity for employees, with the support of their employers, to create educational savings accounts that may be used to fund approved education and trai…
RCW 28C.18.190 Aerospace and advanced materials manufacturing—Program review—Analysis of training system.
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(1) By September 1, 2012, and each September 1st thereafter, the workforce training and education coordinating board, working with the state board for community and technical colleges, shall evaluate the programs recommended for review by the aerospace and advanced materials manu…
RCW 28C.18.210 Clean energy technology workforce advisory committee—Duties—Membership.
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(1) The board shall establish a clean energy technology workforce advisory committee. The goal of the clean energy technology workforce advisory committee is to advise policymakers on efforts to support the expansion of clean energy technology sectors and jobs by prioritizing tra…
RCW 28C.18.212 Clean energy technology—Evaluation of policies.
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(1) Each biennium, in consultation with the clean energy technology workforce advisory committee established in RCW 28C.18.210 and, at minimum, the department of commerce and the employment security department, the board shall evaluate the workforce impact of Washington's climate…
RCW 28C.18.214 Clean energy technology—Workforce training recommendations—Transition to retirement study.
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(1) Each biennium, the board shall develop recommendations for necessary steps to support workforce training required for clean energy technology occupations. The board shall consult with impacted postsecondary training partners, including higher education providers and apprentic…
RCW 28C.18.216 Clean energy technology—Report.
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Beginning November 1, 2023, and at least once every two years thereafter, the board shall report to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature with recommendations on how the state can support worker and employer needs in response to changing workforce require…
RCW 28C.18.220 Nursing professions—Marketing plan.
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Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the workforce training and education coordinating board shall contract with a firm that has expertise in public relations and marketing to develop and execute a marketing plan about available training …