2019-02-20                     Senate Journal                      Page 0344
                  Introduction and Reference of Senate Bills                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SB 65                                                                                                                         
SENATE BILL NO. 65 BY THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                                                
BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR, entitled:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
             "An Act relating to the duties of the Department of                                                               
                Labor and Workforce Development; and providing                                                                 
          for an effective date."                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Labor and Commerce and                                                              
Finance Committees.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Education and Early                                                                     
          Development                                                                                                           
 Fiscal Note No. 2, Department of Labor and Workforce                                                                           
          Development                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
Governor's transmittal letter dated February 19:                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Dear President Giessel:                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Under the authority of Article III, Section 18, of the Alaska                                                                   
Constitution, I am transmitting a bill relating to the duties of the                                                            
Department of Labor and Workforce Development.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
The bill adds a new duty for the Department of Labor and Workforce                                                              
Development to coordinate and monitor state career and technical                                                                
education (CTE) programs by cooperating with the Department of                                                                  
Education and Early Development, the University of Alaska, and any                                                              
other entities that provide or fund these programs. The bill formalizes                                                         
the Department’s role in promoting CTE programs, leverages existing                                                             
workforce planning efforts, and directly utilizes the department’s                                                              
direct knowledge of Alaska’s labor market to help inform CTE                                                                    
programs in the state.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
I urge your prompt and favorable action on this measure.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Sincerely,                                                                                                                      
/s/                                                                                                                             
Michael J. Dunleavy                                                                                                             
Governor