Iowa Admin. Code r. 877-6.4

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, December 11, 2024

Rule 877-6.4 - Nomination process for voting members

The following procedures shall be used in soliciting nominations for voting members.

(1) All nominations for members which represent business shall be made by local or regional business organizations or trade associations. Business representatives should be owners of businesses, chief executive or operating officers of business and other business executives or employers with optimum policymaking or hiring authority and represent businesses with employment opportunities that reflect the employment opportunities of the region.

(2) All nominations for members which represent labor shall be made by appropriate local federations of labor, union councils, or state federations of labor.

(3) All nominations for members representing an eligible provider of adult education and literacy where there is more than one such eligible provider in the local workforce development area shall be made by such eligible providers.

(4) All nominations for members representing a vocational rehabilitation program shall be made by Iowa vocational rehabilitation services or the Iowa department for the blind.

(5) All nominations shall be made in writing with the signed approval of the required nominating organization.

(6) The overall membership of the board shall be balanced by gender and political affiliation consistent with Iowa Code sections 69.16 and 69.16A. To the extent possible, the members should represent all counties within a region served by the board and both voting and nonvoting members should represent persons with disabilities, minorities and older workers of the region.

(7) All nominations for members representing the employment service program under the Wagner-Peyser Act shall be made by the department.

(8) Nominations are valid for an unlimited time period unless the local elected officials of a region set a specific time limit in the local annual plan.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 877-6.4

Amended by IAB January 31, 2018/Volume XL, Number 16, effective 3/7/2018