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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 662 By: Pugh
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to workforce development; amending
7 Section 5, Chapter 361, O.S.L. 2023 (40 O.S. Supp.
8 2024, Section 904), which relates to the powers,
8 duties, and responsibilities of the Oklahoma
9 Workforce Commission; expanding duties; authorizing
9 the Commission to implement certain programs to
10 address certain needs; allowing Commission to utilize
10 certain funds; providing for promulgation of rules;
11 updating statutory references; updating statutory
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 5, Chapter 361, O.S.L.
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16 2023 (40 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 904), is amended to read as
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17 follows:
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18 Section 904. The Oklahoma Workforce Commission shall have the
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19 following powers, duties, and responsibilities:
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20 1. To administer the provisions of this act the Oklahoma
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21 Workforce Transformation Act or any duty as directed by statute;
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22 2. To establish an office for the Commission within this state;
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23 3. To elect whatever other officers may be necessary to direct
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24 operations of the Commission;
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1 4. To employ or contract for personnel and administrative
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2 support as the Commission deems appropriate to carry out the purpose
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3 and provisions of this act the Oklahoma Workforce Transformation
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4 Act, including, but not limited to, a nonprofit corporation to carry
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5 out the Commission's objectives, an Executive Director executive
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6 director or other chief executive officer, and any other employees
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7 or contractors the Commission deems appropriate, and to prescribe
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8 their duties and fix their compensation;
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9 5. To administer the Workforce Coordination Revolving Fund
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10 created in Section 255.4 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
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11 6. To approve or disapprove the budget of the Commission;
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12 7. To promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this act
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13 the Oklahoma Workforce Transformation Act;
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14 8. To enter into contracts or agreements for studies,
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15 professional services, grant administration and procurement,
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16 research projects, supplies, or any other services the Commission
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17 deems necessary to carry out its purpose, and to incur those
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18 expenses necessary to carry out those purposes;
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19 9. To cooperate with any private, local, state, or national
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20 commission, organization, agency, or group and to make contracts and
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21 agreements for joint programs beneficial to Oklahoma's workforce
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22 development efforts;
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23 10. To accept donations, grants, contributions, and gifts from
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24 any public or private source and deposit such in the Workforce
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1 Coordination Revolving Fund, created in Section 255.4 of Title 62 of
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2 the Oklahoma Statutes;
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3 11. To oversee and direct to the extent permitted by law the
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4 activities and administration of the Governor's Council for
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5 Workforce and Economic Development, including, but not limited to,
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6 the creation and submission of state plans to the federal government
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7 pursuant to the provisions of the Workforce Innovation and
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8 Opportunity Act;
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9 12. To collect data from federal, state, and local agencies,
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10 departments, educational institutions, boards, commissions, or any
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11 other entities including, but not limited to:
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12 a. number of participants in workforce development
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13 programming,
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14 b. cost per participant,
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15 c. wages before and after participation in programs,
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16 d. degree or certificate conferred on each participant,
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17 e. number of jobs open needing degrees or certificates,
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18 f. labor force and economic information, and
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19 g. any other information the Commission deems appropriate
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20 to guide funding decisions, facilitate its work or the
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21 work of workforce development entities in the state,
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22 or to understand the impact of the state's workforce
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23 efforts and programming;
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1 13. To create and maintain a public dashboard and create
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2 reports with data concerning workforce development efforts in the
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3 state. All state and local agencies, departments, educational
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4 institutions, boards, commissions, and other public entities shall
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5 cooperate with information and data requests from the Commission or
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6 its designees. It is the intent of the Legislature that the
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7 Oklahoma Workforce Commission serve as the centralized data and
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8 information repository for workforce development activities for the
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9 state; and
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10 14. To make recommendations to the Legislature to improve
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11 workforce development programs in the state; and
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12 15. To implement programs designed to expand workforce
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13 development.
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14 SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 905 of Title 40, unless there is
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16 created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 904 of Title 40 of the
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18 Oklahoma Statutes, the Oklahoma Workforce Commission shall implement
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19 programs in this state to address the following:
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20 1. High demand and critical occupation workforce development,
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21 which may:
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22 a. identify the needs of institutions of higher education
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23 suited for certain critical workforce areas,
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24 b. identify outcomes based on funding,
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1 c. scholarship match, and
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2 d. improve program capacity development;
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3 2. Work-based learning opportunities, which may include, but
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4 not be limited to, internships, apprenticeships, and other career
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5 exploration and exposure; and
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6 3. K-12 district innovation for workforce success, which may:
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7 a. enhance pathway development,
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8 b. utilize development grants for basic skills
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9 development,
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10 c. utilize regulatory innovation grants, and
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11 d. develop career-connected high schools.
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12 B. The Commission may administer these programs through funds
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13 in the Workforce Coordination Revolving Fund created in Section
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14 255.4 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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15 C. The Commission shall promulgate rules necessary to implement
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16 the provisions of this section.
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17 SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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