(D) The comprehensive plan must include recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor on the modification, consolidation, initiation, or elimination of workforce development programs in this State. (E) The comprehensive plan must identify the strategic industry sectors targeted by the workforce development system. (F) The council shall report to the Senate Finance Committee, the Senate Education Committee, the House Ways and Means Committee, and the House Education and Public Works Committee by December first of each year on its progress in implementing the comprehensive plan and on the progress of the operating agencies in meeting their obligations under the plan. Section 1312060. (A) The council shall specify, by December 31, 2016, the core data to be collected by the operating agencies of the state training system and the standards for data collection and maintenance required in Section 1312040(B)(8) and (9). Operating agencies shall execute such security and privacy agreements necessary to enable the exchange of participant and employer information identified in this section by March 1, 2017 and renew annually thereafter. (B) The minimum standards for program evaluation by operating agencies required in Section 1312040(B)(10) must include at least biennial program evaluations. The first of the evaluations must be completed by the operating agencies by July 1, 2018. (C) The council shall complete, by January 1, 2018, its first outcomebased evaluation and, by September 1, 2018, its nonexperimental netimpact and costbenefit evaluations of the training system. The outcome, netimpact, and costbenefit evaluations for the first evaluations, must include evaluations of each of the following programs: (1) secondary career and technical education; (2) workrelated adult basic skills education; (3) postsecondary workforce training; and (4) the system as a whole. (D) The council shall use the results of its outcome, netimpact, and costbenefit evaluations to develop and make recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor for the modification, consolidation, initiation, or elimination of workforce development programs in the State. (E) The council shall perform the requirements of this section in cooperation with the operating agencies.
(D) The comprehensive plan must include recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor on the modification, consolidation, initiation, or elimination of workforce development programs in this State. (E) The comprehensive plan must identify the strategic industry sectors targeted by the workforce development system. (F) The council shall report to the Senate Finance Committee, the Senate Education Committee, the House Ways and Means Committee, and the House Education and Public Works Committee by December first of each year on its progress in implementing the comprehensive plan and on the progress of the operating agencies in meeting their obligations under the plan. Section 1312060. (A) The council shall specify, by December 31, 2016, the core data to be collected by the operating agencies of the state training system and the standards for data collection and maintenance required in Section 1312040(B)(8) and (9). Operating agencies shall execute such security and privacy agreements necessary to enable the exchange of participant and employer information identified in this section by March 1, 2017 and renew annually thereafter. (B) The minimum standards for program evaluation by operating agencies required in Section 1312040(B)(10) must include at least biennial program evaluations. The first of the evaluations must be completed by the operating agencies by July 1, 2018. (C) The council shall complete, by January 1, 2018, its first outcomebased evaluation and, by September 1, 2018, its nonexperimental netimpact and costbenefit evaluations of the training system. The outcome, netimpact, and costbenefit evaluations for the first evaluations, must include evaluations of each of the following programs: (1) secondary career and technical education; (2) workrelated adult basic skills education; (3) postsecondary workforce training; and (4) the system as a whole. (D) The council shall use the results of its outcome, netimpact, and costbenefit evaluations to develop and make recommendations to the General Assembly and the Governor for the modification, consolidation, initiation, or elimination of workforce development programs in the State. (E) The council shall perform the requirements of this section in cooperation with the operating agencies.
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