A. A board may employ professional, technical, and support staff to carry out its planning, oversight, and evaluation functions.B. A board's staff shall be separate from and independent of any workforce training provider providing workforce education in the workforce development area.C. The requirement for separate staffing does not preclude a board from designating a qualified organization to provide staff services to the board if the board does all of the following: (1) Arranges for independent evaluation of any other workforce services provided by the staffing organization.(2) Requests and obtains from the commission a waiver of the separate staffing requirement.D. A request for a waiver under Paragraph (2) of Subsection C of this Section shall contain a detailed justification for the waiver, including the following: (3) Geographic or budgetary consideration.(4) Availability of qualified applicants.Acts 2008, No. 743, §2, eff. 7/1/2008.