Ch. 281

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(4)  Review the operation of programs conducted in
each service delivery area, and the availability, responsiveness,
and adequacy of State services, and make recommendations to the
Governor, appropriate chief elected officials and private
industry councils, service providers, the General Assembly, and
the general public with respect to ways to improve the
effectiveness of such programs or services;

(5)  Review and comment on the State plan developed
for the State Employment Service Agency;

(6)  Make an annual report, which shall be a public
document, to the Governor and General Assembly, and issue such
other studies, reports, or documents as it deems advisable to
assist service delivery areas in carrying out the purposes of the
federal act including proposals or recommendations for State
programs such as pilot or demonstration projects;

(7)  (i) Identify, in coordination with the
appropriate State agencies, the employment and training and
vocational education needs throughout the State, and assess the
extent to which employment and training, vocational education,
rehabilitation services, public assistance, economic development,
trade adjustment assistance, and other federal, State, and local
programs and services represent a consistent, integrated, and
coordinated approach to meeting such needs; and

(ii) Comment at least once annually on the
reports required pursuant to § 105(d)(3) of the Vocational
Education Act of 1963; and

(8)  Review plans of all State agencies providing
employment, training, and related services, and provide comments
and recommendations to the Governor, the General Assembly, the
State agencies, and the appropriate federal agencies on the
relevancy and effectiveness of employment and training and
related service delivery systems in the State and on labor market
information programs and systems.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 5, 1989.

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