                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA BOARD OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT; PURPOSE; MEMBERSHIP; TERMS;
COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES; STAFF (§ 2.2-2471)

A. The Virginia Board of Workforce Development (the Board) is established as a
policy board, within the meaning of &#xA7; 2.2-2100, in the executive branch of
state government. The purpose of the Board shall be to assist and advise the
Governor, the General Assembly, and the Secretary of Labor in meeting workforce
development needs in the Commonwealth through recommendation of policies and
strategies to increase coordination and thus efficiencies of operation between
all education and workforce programs with responsibilities and resources for
employment, occupational training, and support connected to workforce credential
and job attainment.

B. The Board shall consist of the following:

   1. Two members of the House of Delegates to be appointed by the Speaker of the
   House of Delegates and two members of the Senate to be appointed by the Senate
   Committee on Rules. Legislative members shall serve terms coincident with
   their terms of office and may be reappointed for successive terms;

   2. The Governor and his designee who shall be the Secretary of Labor or
   another cabinet-level official appointed to the Board;

   3. The Secretaries of Commerce and Trade, Education, Health and Human
   Resources, Public Safety and Homeland Security, and Veterans and Defense
   Affairs, or their designees, each of whom shall serve ex officio;

   4. The Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System or his designee,
   who shall serve ex officio; and

   5. Additional members appointed by the Governor as are required to ensure that
   the composition of the Board satisfies the requirements of the WIOA. The
   additional members shall include:
   				a. Two local elected officials;
   				b. Eight members who shall be representatives of the workforce, to include
   (i) three representatives nominated by state labor federations, of which one
   shall be a representative of a joint-labor apprenticeship program, and (ii) at
   least one representative of a private career college; and
   				c. Nonlegislative citizen members representing businesses in the
   Commonwealth, the total number of whom shall constitute a majority of the
   members of the Board and who shall include the presidents of the Virginia
   Chamber of Commerce and the Virginia Manufacturers Association or their
   designees as well as business owners, chief executive officers, chief
   operating officers, chief financial officers, senior managers, or other
   business executives or employers with optimum policy-making or hiring
   authority who represent the Commonwealth&#8217;s economic development
   priorities. Business members shall represent diverse regions of the state, to
   include urban, suburban, and rural areas, and at least two members shall also
   be members of local workforce development boards.
   				Nonlegislative citizen members may be nonresidents of the Commonwealth.
   Members appointed in accordance with this subdivision shall serve four-year
   terms, subject to the pleasure of the Governor, and may be reappointed.

C. The Governor shall select a chairman and vice-chairman, who shall serve
two-year terms, from among nonlegislative citizen members representing the
business community appointed in accordance with subdivision B 5 c. The Board
shall meet at least every three months or upon the call of the chair or the
Governor as stipulated by the Board&#8217;s bylaws. The chairman and the
vice-chairman shall select at least five members of the Board to serve as an
executive committee of the Board, which shall have the limited purpose of
establishing meeting agendas, reviewing bylaws and other documents pertaining to
Board governance and operations, approving reports to the Governor, and
responding to urgent federal, state, and local issues between scheduled Board
meetings.

D. Compensation and reimbursement of expenses of the members shall be as
follows:

   1. Legislative members appointed in accordance with subdivision B 1 shall
   receive such compensation and reimbursement of expenses incurred in the
   performance of their duties as provided in &#xA7;&#xA7; 2.2-2813, 2.2-2825,
   and 30-19.12.

   2. Ex officio members of the Board shall not receive compensation but shall be
   reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in the
   performance of their duties as provided in &#xA7;&#xA7; 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825.

   3. Members of the Board appointed in accordance with subdivision B 5 shall not
   receive compensation but shall be reimbursed for all reasonable and necessary
   expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as provided in
   &#xA7;&#xA7; 2.2-2813 and 2.2-2825.
   				Funding for the costs of compensation and expenses of the members shall be
   provided from federal funds received under the WIOA.

HISTORY: 2014, c. 815; 2015, cc. 275, 292; 2017, c. 265; 2020, c. 58; 2021, Sp.
Sess. I, c. 453.