§ 974. Special coordinating functions of the council. 1. The council
shall have the responsibility to:

a. encourage the efficient and effective use of the entire range of
workforce preparation programs in operation in the state by (i) emphasis
of this objective as it carries out its responsibilities for the
development of the governor's coordination and the special services
plan, the review of service delivery area plans, and the establishment
of coordination criteria; (ii) serving as a focal point for state
efforts to overcome coordination obstacles and to settle interagency
disagreements that harm or interfere with a comprehensive approach;
(iii) fostering the development of information sharing, communication
among interested parties, and effective means for the measurement and
publicizing of coordination performance.

b. review and comment on the coordination mechanisms presented in
service delivery area plans and in the administrative arrangements
employed by state and local agencies administering workforce preparation
program;

c. identify barriers to coordination and work to overcome them by such
means as recommending coordinative measures to service delivery areas,
the governor and, when appropriate, the legislature;

d. identify exemplary coordination practices and successful program
models among the service delivery areas and encourage the use of those
in other service delivery areas.

2. On or before March first, nineteen hundred eighty-four, the
committee shall report to the governor and the legislature on the
operation of workforce preparation programs funded under the act. Such
report shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

a. an analysis of opportunities for improving the effectiveness of
workforce preparation programs in the state;

b. an analysis of the performance of workforce preparation programs in
the state including comparisons of the effectiveness and efficiency of
programs of various types, programs in the various service delivery
areas in the state and comparisons of the effectivness and efficiency of
New York state programs with those of other states;

c. an analysis of administrative arrangements and coordinative
mechanisms currently being utilized in the management of workforce
preparation programs in New York state and recommendations for enhancing
linkages among business, labor, educational institutions, social
services agencies and other service providers;

d. recommendations for statutory or regulatory changes necessary for
achieving a coordinated and consolidated statewide vocational,
occupational and job skills training program;

e. recommendations for changes in the program performance standards
used in evaluating programs funded under the act and suggested
performance standards for other workforce preparation program components
including methodologies for dealing with difficulties such as the higher
costs of serving clients with special placement problems and the
different economic conditions in the various regions of the state;

f. recommendations for better utilization of educational resources in
the workforce preparation field with specific attention to eliminating
duplicative efforts and coordinating programming efforts between boards
of cooperative educational services and community colleges;

g. an evaluation of the labor market information system including an
assessment of the effectiveness of the state occupational information
coordinating committee and the possibility of alternative means of
gathering and disseminating labor market information; and

h. a discussion of opportunities for improving the labor exchange
mechanisms, including the job service, that are used in workforce
preparation programs.