N.Y. Executive Law § 974: Special coordinating functions of the council

§ 974. Special coordinating functions of the council. 1. The council

shall have the responsibility to:

a. encourage the efficient and effective use of the entire range of

workforce preparation programs in operation in the state by (i) emphasis

of this objective as it carries out its responsibilities for the

development of the governor's coordination and the special services

plan, the review of service delivery area plans, and the establishment

of coordination criteria; (ii) serving as a focal point for state

efforts to overcome coordination obstacles and to settle interagency

disagreements that harm or interfere with a comprehensive approach;

(iii) fostering the development of information sharing, communication

among interested parties, and effective means for the measurement and

publicizing of coordination performance.

b. review and comment on the coordination mechanisms presented in

service delivery area plans and in the administrative arrangements

employed by state and local agencies administering workforce preparation

program;

c. identify barriers to coordination and work to overcome them by such

means as recommending coordinative measures to service delivery areas,

the governor and, when appropriate, the legislature;

d. identify exemplary coordination practices and successful program

models among the service delivery areas and encourage the use of those

in other service delivery areas.

2. On or before March first, nineteen hundred eighty-four, the

committee shall report to the governor and the legislature on the

operation of workforce preparation programs funded under the act. Such

report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

a. an analysis of opportunities for improving the effectiveness of

workforce preparation programs in the state;

b. an analysis of the performance of workforce preparation programs in

the state including comparisons of the effectiveness and efficiency of

programs of various types, programs in the various service delivery

areas in the state and comparisons of the effectivness and efficiency of

New York state programs with those of other states;

c. an analysis of administrative arrangements and coordinative

mechanisms currently being utilized in the management of workforce

preparation programs in New York state and recommendations for enhancing

linkages among business, labor, educational institutions, social

services agencies and other service providers;

d. recommendations for statutory or regulatory changes necessary for

achieving a coordinated and consolidated statewide vocational,

occupational and job skills training program;

e. recommendations for changes in the program performance standards

used in evaluating programs funded under the act and suggested

performance standards for other workforce preparation program components

including methodologies for dealing with difficulties such as the higher

costs of serving clients with special placement problems and the

different economic conditions in the various regions of the state;

f. recommendations for better utilization of educational resources in

the workforce preparation field with specific attention to eliminating

duplicative efforts and coordinating programming efforts between boards

of cooperative educational services and community colleges;

g. an evaluation of the labor market information system including an

assessment of the effectiveness of the state occupational information

coordinating committee and the possibility of alternative means of

gathering and disseminating labor market information; and

h. a discussion of opportunities for improving the labor exchange

mechanisms, including the job service, that are used in workforce

preparation programs.