Rapid Digital Upskilling for Displaced Workers Grant Program.

Existing law, the California Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, establishes the California Workforce Development Board as the body responsible for assisting the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California's workforce investment system and the alignment of the education and workforce investment systems to the needs of the 21st century economy and workforce. Under the act, the board administers a number of programs and initiatives relating to education, training, and the workforce. This bill would establish the Rapid Digital Upskilling for Displaced Workers Grant Program, to be administered by the board. The bill would require the board to award grants to 5 counties for Rapid Digital Upskilling for Displaced Workers training programs to provide specified skills to individuals to empower them for careers in growth industries, as prescribed. The bill would establish eligible uses of training program funds and requirements for grant applications and grant awards. The bill would require the board to prepare and submit to the Legislature, by March 1, 2023, a report regarding the uses and outcomes of funds appropriated for purposes of the bill, to include, at a minimum, prescribed information relating to program participation and effectiveness. The bill would define terms for its purposes. The bill would make implementation of the grant program contingent on appropriation by the Legislature of funds for the purposes of the bill.