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620.523. 1. There is hereby established the "Missouri Training and Employment Council".

2. The Missouri training and employment council shall study and make recommendations regarding the improvement of the state's job training service delivery network. Such recommendations will consider improved federal and state resource use and expanded coordination of state job training and employment activities with other related activities. Using the results of interdepartmental collaboration at early stages of policy formation, the council shall propose a statewide training and employment policy and a periodically updated plan of services for achieving Missouri's objective of full employment. The council shall serve as a forum for public and private sector representation to encourage cooperative uses of training and employment funding, facilities and staff resources for a more comprehensive and coordinated statewide system.

3. The Missouri training and employment council shall consist of thirty members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor shall designate one nongovernmental member to be chairman. The council shall be composed as follows:

(1) Thirty percent of the membership shall be representatives of business, industry and agriculture, including individuals who are representatives of business, industry, and agriculture on private industry councils, job service employer committees or local education advisory committees within the state;

(2) Thirty percent of the membership shall be:

(a) Members of the general assembly and state agencies and organizations. One representative each from the department of economic development, the department of elementary and secondary education, the department of labor and industrial relations and the department of social services shall be appointed;

(b) Representatives of the units or consortia of units of general local government which shall be nominated by the chief elected officials of the units or consortia of units of local government and the representatives of local educational agencies who shall be nominated by local educational agencies. One community college president or chancellor, one representative of the state council on vocational education and one director of an area vocational school shall be appointed to the council. To the extent feasible, such appointees shall have knowledge of or experience with economic development, job training, education or related areas;

(3) Thirty percent of the membership shall be representatives of organized labor and representatives of community-based organizations in the state;

(4) Ten percent of the membership shall be representatives of the general public.

The composition and the roles and responsibilities of the Missouri training and employment council membership may be amended to comply with any succeeding federal or state legislative or regulatory requirements governing training and employment programs, except that the procedure for such change shall be outlined in state rules and regulations and adopted in the bylaws of the council.

4. Each member of the council shall serve for a term of four years and until a successor is duly appointed; except that, of the members first appointed, six members shall serve for a term of four years, eight members shall serve for a term of three years, eight members shall serve for a term of two years and eight members shall serve for a term of one year. Each member shall continue to serve until a successor is duly appointed. The council shall meet at least four times each year at the call of the chairman.

5. The members of the council shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their official duties.

(L. 1991 H.B. 294 & 405 § 3, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1248 & 1048)