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Senate Education Committee reviews governor—s workforce cabinet plan and proposed statewide portal
Summary
State workforce officials briefed the Senate Education Committee on a multi-agency workforce cabinet, a user-focused online portal for digital learning/employment records slated for public release in Q1 FY24, and ARPA-seeded focus-area proposals to expand training in manufacturing, broadband and health care.
At a meeting of the Senate Education Committee, state workforce leaders outlined a multi-agency plan to better align K–12, higher education and employer training through a governor-directed workforce cabinet and a public portal designed to connect jobseekers and employers.
Mike Rogers, the governor—s chief workforce officer, said the portal will collect learning and employment records to match candidates to jobs across seven agencies and is already in a proofing sandbox; "it'll be released to the public for, UI and for the schools January 1, so Q1 24," he said. Rogers framed the work as a way to "remove barriers for people that wanna get a job" and to produce measurable outcomes across the state.
Cody Waites, director of the Office of Skills Development, described…
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