29 U.S.C. § 3204 — Workforce councils

(a) Each Job Corps center must have a workforce council. The center's director appoints it under procedures established by the Secretary. (b)(1) A workforce council must have— (A) a majority of members who are business owners, chief executives or chief operating officers of nongovernmental employers, or other private-sector employers. These members must— (i) have substantial management, hiring, or policy responsibility; and (ii) represent businesses whose job opportunities reflect the job opportunities in the applicable local areas where enrollees will seek work; (B) representatives of labor organizations, where those organizations are present, and representatives of employees; and (C) Job Corps enrollees and graduates. (2) The council may include members of the applicable local boards who meet paragraph (1)'s requirements. (3) The council may include employers from outside the local area, or otherwise arrange to consult with them, if they are likely to hire a significant number of enrollees from the center. (4) If the applicable local area is a single-State local area designated under section 3121(d), the council must include a representative of the State Board. (c) The workforce council must— (1) work closely with all applicable local boards to determine and recommend to the Secretary appropriate career and technical education and training for the center; (2) review all relevant labor-market information, including related information in the State or local plan, to— (A) recommend the in-demand industry sectors or occupations in the area where the center operates; (B) determine the job opportunities in the local areas where enrollees intend to seek work after graduation; (C) determine the skills and education needed to obtain those job opportunities; and (D) recommend to the Secretary the type of career and technical education and training that should be implemented at the center so enrollees can obtain those job opportunities; and (3) meet at least once every six months to reevaluate the labor-market information and other relevant information, determine any necessary changes in the career and technical education and training provided at the center, and recommend those changes to the Secretary. (d) A workforce council for a Job Corps center that is not yet operating must carry out subsection (c)'s responsibilities at least three months before the date on which the center accepts its first enrollee. The section does not define terms such as "workforce council", "local board", or "in-demand industry sectors".