Sec. 23.
(1) A local workforce development board shall appoint an education advisory group to operate in the Michigan works area and serve in an advisory capacity to the board on educational issues. The board shall appoint the chairperson of that group.
(2) An education advisory group appointed under this section shall include local workforce development board members and representatives of employers, labor representatives, local school districts, postsecondary institutions, intermediate school districts, career and technical educators, public school parents, and academic educators. An education advisory group member shall be employed in the sector he or she represents.
(3) The conflict of interest provisions in section 15 do not apply to the members of an education advisory group appointed under this section.
History: 2006, Act 491, Imd. Eff. Dec. 29, 2006