Senate backs restructuring of workforce governance, creating Office of Workforce Strategy and Development
May 07, 2024 | SENATE, Committees, Legislative , Vermont
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The Senate moved forward with H707, a package of governance changes intended to centralize and strengthen Vermont's workforce-development efforts.
Senator from Windsor, reporting the Economic Development Committee's work, said the bill would create an Office of Workforce Strategy and Development in the Executive Branch, with an Executive Director reporting to the Governor; it would reduce the State Workforce Development Board from 63 members to 26 and create an Executive Committee to streamline decisionmaking. "We have plenty of jobs and not enough workers," the reporter said, summarizing the policy rationale for reorganizing governance.
The bill reauthorizes the Special Oversight Committee on Workforce Expansion and Development (SACWED), directs the Executive Director to consult on a data-trust and return a report by December 2025, and avoids new line-item appropriations by repurposing existing Department of Labor positions for the new office. The Appropriations Committee reported favorably and the measure was ordered for third reading.
Next steps: the bill is in the Senate's third-reading queue and will advance to final floor action after any remaining technical amendments and appropriations review.
Senator from Windsor, reporting the Economic Development Committee's work, said the bill would create an Office of Workforce Strategy and Development in the Executive Branch, with an Executive Director reporting to the Governor; it would reduce the State Workforce Development Board from 63 members to 26 and create an Executive Committee to streamline decisionmaking. "We have plenty of jobs and not enough workers," the reporter said, summarizing the policy rationale for reorganizing governance.
The bill reauthorizes the Special Oversight Committee on Workforce Expansion and Development (SACWED), directs the Executive Director to consult on a data-trust and return a report by December 2025, and avoids new line-item appropriations by repurposing existing Department of Labor positions for the new office. The Appropriations Committee reported favorably and the measure was ordered for third reading.
Next steps: the bill is in the Senate's third-reading queue and will advance to final floor action after any remaining technical amendments and appropriations review.
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