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ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL NO. 1358 By: Pugh of the Senate
and
Moore of the House
[ workforce development - Revolving Fund - workforce
needs - codification ]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 905 of Title 40, unless there is
created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a revolving
fund for the Oklahoma Workforce Commission to be designated the
“Workforce Development Revolving Fund ”. The fund shall be a
continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and sha ll
consist of all monies received by the Oklahoma Workforce Commission
from state appropriati ons provided for the purpose of increasing the
number of degrees, licenses, certificates, and other credentials
granted to fulfill workforce needs identified pursuant to subsection
B of this section. All monies accruing to the credit of the fund
are hereby appropriated and may be budgeted and expended by the
Oklahoma Workforce Commission for the purpose provided for in this
subsection. Expenditures from the fund s hall be made upon warrants
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issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed b y
law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
Services for approval and payment.
B. The Oklahoma Workforce Commission shall identify workforce
needs in critical occupation areas that are in high demand and are
projected to have positi ve future growth.
SECTION 2. There is hereby appropriated to the Workforce
Development Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 1 of this act
from any monies not otherwise appropriated from the General Revenue
Fund of the State Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023,
the sum of One Hundred Million Dollars ($ 100,000,000.00) or so much
thereof as may be necessary for the purpose provided for in Section
1 of this act.
SECTION 3. AMENDATORY Section 5, Chapte r 361, O.S.L.
2023 (40 O.S. Supp. 2023, Section 904), is amended to read as
follows:
Section 904. The Oklahoma Workforce Commission shall have the
following powers, duties, and responsibilities:
1. To administer the provisions of this act the Oklahoma
Workforce Transformation Act or any duty as directed by statute;
2. To establish an office for the Commission within this state;
3. To elect whatever other officers may be necessary to direct
operations of the Commission;
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4. To employ or contract for pers onnel and administrative
support as the Commission deems appropriate to carry out the purpose
and provisions of this act the Oklahoma Workforce Transformation
Act, including but not limited to a nonprofit corporation to carry
out the Commission’s objective s, an Executive Director or other
chief executive officer and any other employees or contractors the
Commission deems appropriate, and to prescribe their duties and fix
their compensation;
5. To administer the Workforce Coordination Revolving Fund
created in Section 255.4 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes and
the Workforce Development Revolving Fund created in Section 1 of
this act;
6. To approve or disapprove the budget of the Commission;
7. To promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this act
the Oklahoma Workforce Transformation Act ;
8. To enter into contracts or agreements for studies,
professional services, grant administration and procurement,
research projects, supplies, or any other services the Commission
deems necessary to carry out i ts purpose, and to incur those
expenses necessary to carry out those purposes;
9. To cooperate with any private, local, state, or national
commission, organizatio n, agency, or group and to make contracts and
agreements for joint programs beneficial to Okl ahoma’s workforce
development efforts;
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10. To accept donations, grants, contributions, and gifts from
any public or private source and deposit such in the Workforce
Coordination Revolving Fund, created in Section 255.4 of Title 62 of
the Oklahoma Statutes ;
11. To oversee and direct to the extent permitted by law the
activities and administration of the Governor’s Council for
Workforce and Economic Development, inc luding but not limited to the
creation and submission of state plans to the federal governmen t
pursuant to the provisions of the federal Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act;
12. To collect data from federal, state, and local agencies,
departments, educational institutions, boards, commissions, or any
other entities including, but not limited to:
a. number of participants in workforce development
programming,
b. cost per participant,
c. wages before and after participation in programs,
d. degree or certificate conferred on each participant,
e. number of jobs open needing degrees or certificate s,
f. labor force and economic information, and
g. any other information the Commission deems appropriate
to guide funding decisions, facilitate its work or the
work of workforce development entities in the state,
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or to understand the impact of the state’s workforce
efforts and programming;
13. To create and maintain a public dashboard and create
reports with data concerning workforce development efforts in the
state. All state and local agencies, departments, educational
institutions, boards, commissions , and other public entities shall
cooperate with information and data requests from the Commission or
its designees. It is the intent of the Legislature that the
Oklahoma Workforce Commission serve as the centralized data and
information repository for wo rkforce development activities for the
state; and
14. To make recommendations to the Legislature to improve
workforce development programs in the state.
Passed the Senate the 12th day of March, 2024.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
2024.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives