(A) The governor's office of workforce transformation, in collaboration with the departments of higher education and job and family services, shall create and publish on the OhioMeansJobs web site a workforce supply tool that uses real-time demand and supply data. The office shall provide all of the following through the tool:

(1) Businesses with historical information on graduates from high demand fields;

(2) Businesses with projections on future graduates;

(3) The number of skilled workers available for work in occupations included in the list of in-demand jobs created under section 6301.11 of the Revised Code.

(B) Not later than January 1, 2018, the governor's office of workforce transformation, in collaboration with the departments of higher education and job and family services, shall include in the workforce supply tool created under division (A) of this section all in-demand jobs included in the list of in-demand jobs created under section 6301.11 of the Revised Code.

(C) Not later than December 31, 2018, the governor's office of workforce transformation, in collaboration with the departments of higher education and education shall establish design teams. The design teams shall do both of the following:

(1) Identify emerging skill needs based on predictive analytics and analysis of the data from the workforce supply tool created under division (A) of this section;

(2) Periodically recommend innovations for responding to emerging in-demand jobs and skills.

Added by 132nd General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 49, §101.01, eff. 9/29/2017.