Workforce development: High road training partnerships: scoring preference

The law formally rewards joint employer-worker training efforts in grant competition while preserving the board’s discretion to select the strongest applications.

What the law does ​

• Requires a scoring preference for qualifying labor-management cooperation committees applying for High Road Training Partnership grants.
• Extends the preference to applicants applying for or partnering with a qualifying committee when they provide written authorization.
• Requires the California Workforce Development Board to set the preference’s value and include it in program guidelines and grant solicitations.
• Clarifies that the preference alone does not require a grant award.

Who it affects ​

• Labor-management cooperation committees jointly run by employers and labor organizations.
• Employers, unions, and partner organizations seeking High Road Training Partnership funding.
• The California Workforce Development Board.