Effective: September 29, 2017
Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) In administering the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the former "Workforce Investment Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, Pub. L. No. 105-220, as amended, and the "Wagner-Peyser Act," 48 Stat. 113 (1933), 29 U.S.C.A. 49, as amended, the funds received pursuant to those acts, and the workforce development system, the director of job and family services may, in consultation with the state board, make allocations and payment of funds for the local administration of the workforce development activities established under this chapter.
(B) The director shall allocate to local areas all funds required to be allocated to local areas pursuant to the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, and the former "Workforce Investment Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, Pub. L. No. 105-220, as amended. The director shall make allocations only with funds available. Local areas, as defined by either section 101 of the former "Workforce Investment Act of 1998," 112 Stat. 936, Pub. L. No. 105-220, as amended, or section 6301.01 of the Revised Code, and subrecipients of a local area shall establish a workforce development fund and the entity receiving funds shall deposit all funds received under this section into the workforce development fund. All expenditures for activities funded under this section shall be made from the workforce development fund, including reimbursements to a county public assistance fund for expenditures made for activities funded under this section.
(C) The use of funds, reporting requirements, and other administrative and operational requirements governing the use of funds received by the director pursuant to this section shall be governed by internal management rules adopted by the director pursuant to section 111.15 of the Revised Code.
(1) A local area described in division (B) of this section shall use the OhioMeansJobs web site as the labor exchange and job placement system for the area.
(2) No additional federal or state workforce funds shall be used to build or maintain any labor exchange and job placement system that is duplicative to the OhioMeansJobs web site.
(D) To the extent permitted by state or federal law, the director and local areas authorized to administer workforce development activities may assess a fee for specialized services requested by an employer. The director shall adopt rules pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the nature and amount of those types of fees.