661.290—Under what circumstances may States require Local Boards to take part in regional planning activities?
(a)
The State may require Local Boards within a designated region (as defined at 20 CFR 660.300) to:
(1)
Participate in a regional planning process that results in regional performance measures for workforce investment activities under title I of WIA. Regions that meet or exceed the regional performance measures may receive regional incentive grants;
(2)
Share, where feasible, employment and other types of information that will assist in improving the performance of all local areas in the designated region on local performance measures; and
(3)
Coordinate the provision of WIA title I services, including supportive services such as transportation, across the boundaries of local areas within the designated region.
(b)
Two or more States may designate a labor market area, economic development region, or other appropriate contiguous subarea of the States as an interstate region. In such cases, the States may jointly exercise the State's functions described in this section.
(c)
Designation of intrastate regions and interstate regions and their corresponding performance measures must be described in the respective State Plan(s). For interstate regions, the roles of the respective Governors, State Boards and Local Boards must be described in the respective State Plans.
(d)
Unless agreed to by all affected chief elected officials and the Governor, these regional planning activities may not substitute for or replace the requirements applicable to each local area under other provisions of the WIA. (WIA sec. 116(a).)