{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-438.11","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-438.11","heading":"Local Workforce Development Boards.","body":"(a)\tDuties. - Local Workforce Development Boards shall have the following powers and duties:\n(1)\tTo develop policy and act as the governing body for local workforce development.\n(2)\tTo provide planning, oversight, and evaluation of local workforce development programs, including the local One-Stop Delivery System.\n(3)\tTo provide advice regarding workforce policy and programs to local elected officials, employers, education and employment training agencies, and citizens.\n(4)\tTo develop a local plan in coordination with the appropriate community partners to address the workforce development needs of the service area.\n(5)\tTo develop linkages with economic development efforts and activities in the service area and promote cooperation and coordination among public organizations, education agencies, and private businesses.\n(6)\tTo review local agency plans and grant applications for workforce development programs for coordination and achievement of local goals and needs.\n(7)\tTo serve as the Workforce Investment Board for the designated substate area for the purpose of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.\n(7a)\tTo designate through a competitive selection process, by no later than July 1, 2014, the providers of adult and dislocated worker services authorized in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.\n(8)\tTo provide the appropriate guidance and information to Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act consumers to ensure that they are prepared and positioned to make informed choices in selecting a training provider. Each local Workforce Development Board shall ensure that consumer choice is properly maintained in the one-stop centers and that consumers are provided the full array of public and private training provider information.\n(9)\tTo provide coordinated regional workforce development planning and labor market data sharing.\n(10)\tTo comply with the performance accountability measures established by the NCWorks Commission pursuant to section 116 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.\n(11)\tTo comply with the fiscal control and fund accounting procedures established by the NCWorks Commission pursuant to section 184 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.\n(b)\tMembers. - Members of local Workforce Development Boards shall be appointed by local elected officials in accordance with criteria established by the Governor and with provisions of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The local Workforce Development Boards shall have a majority of business members and shall also include representation of workforce and education providers, labor organizations, community-based organizations, and economic development boards as determined by local elected officials. The Chairs of the local Workforce Development Boards shall be selected from among the business members.\n(c)\tAssistance. - The NCWorks Commission and the Department of Commerce shall provide programmatic, technical, and other assistance to any local Workforce Development Board that realigns its service area with the boundaries of a local regional council of governments established pursuant to G.S. 160A-470. (1999-237, s. 16.15(b); 2010-31, s. 14.4; 2012-131, s. 3(a); 2013-330, s. 1; 2015-241, s. 15.11(c).)","path":["Chapter 143B. Executive Organization Act of 1973.","Article 10. Department of Commerce.","Part 3B. Workforce Development."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143B/GS_143B-438.11.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:43Z","sha256":"143f1f82c7c628882c406efa8ddc4cbf2fc183a53011a4366c93663a033e500d","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-438.10","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-438.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}