(1) STATE PLAN.—CareerSource Florida, Inc., in conjunction with state and local partners in the workforce system, shall develop a state plan that produces an educated and skilled workforce. The state plan must consist of strategic and operational planning elements. The state plan shall be submitted by the Governor to the United States Department of Labor pursuant to the requirements of Pub. L. No. 113-128.

(2) STRATEGIC PLANNING ELEMENTS.—CareerSource Florida, Inc., in conjunction with state and local partners in the workforce system, shall develop strategic planning elements, pursuant to Pub. L. No. 113-128, Title I, s. 102, for the state plan.

(a) The strategic planning elements of the state plan must include, but need not be limited to, strategies for:

1. Fulfilling the workforce system goals and strategies prescribed in s. 445.004;

2. Aggregating, integrating, and leveraging workforce system resources;

3. Coordinating the activities of federal, state, and local workforce system partners;

4. Addressing the workforce needs of small businesses; and

5. Fostering the participation of rural communities and distressed urban cores in the workforce system.

(b) The strategic planning elements must include criteria for allocating workforce resources to local workforce development boards. With respect to allocating funds to serve customers of the welfare transition program, such criteria may include weighting factors that indicate the relative degree of difficulty associated with securing and retaining employment placements for specific subsets of the welfare transition caseload.

(3) OPERATIONAL PLANNING ELEMENTS.—CareerSource Florida, Inc., in conjunction with state and local partners in the workforce system, shall develop operational planning elements, pursuant to Pub. L. No. 113-128, Title I, s. 102, for the state plan.

History.—s. 6, ch. 2000-165; s. 4, ch. 2005-255; ss. 145, 197, ch. 2010-102; s. 29, ch. 2015-98; s. 28, ch. 2016-216.