(1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission, in collaboration with the State Workforce and Talent Development Board, the Bureau of Labor and Industries and the Department of Education, shall review each of the programs established under ORS § 660.175, 660.350, 660.351, 660.380, 660.390, 660.400, 660.405 and 660.410 to assess performance and expenditure outcomes of the programs. In evaluating the programs, the commission shall compile the following information:

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(a) For the programs established under ORS § 660.175, 660.350, 660.380, 660.390, 660.400, 660.405 and 660.410:

(A) The number of individuals from priority populations who have registered for and who have completed a workforce program, including apprenticeship and preapprenticeship training programs;

(B) Data on job placement rates, wages and salary earnings and health and retirement benefits provided for individuals who participated in an established program;

(C) A description of any new or expanded workforce programs, including training programs, career pathway programs and apprenticeship and preapprenticeship training programs, established as a result of the programs described under ORS § 660.175, 660.350, 660.380, 660.390, 660.400, 660.405 and 660.410; and

(D) The types and amounts of any wraparound supports and services provided to individuals from priority populations.

(b) For the program established under ORS § 660.351:

(A) The number of youth or young adults from priority populations who have registered for or completed a youth workforce program;

(B) Data on job placement rates for youth or young adults from priority populations who have completed a youth workforce program; and

(C) A description of any new or expanded paid work experiences, workforce readiness training or job placement services created as a result of grants awarded under ORS § 660.351.

(2) In carrying out the duties described under subsection (1) of this section, the commission shall coordinate its activities with relevant state agencies and other workforce partners to:

(a) Identify opportunities for leveraging existing partnerships to align data collection standards and practices and to integrate data with any common data system among those partnerships;

(b) Support the commission’s assessment efforts and identify areas for future workforce development investments; and

(c) Facilitate communication with workforce stakeholders, including but not limited to job seekers, employers, community-based organizations and workforce service providers, in an inclusive manner and, when appropriate, provide stakeholders with access to the results and findings resulting from the commission’s review.

(3) By December 31 of each year, the commission shall prepare and submit a report that includes the information described in subsection (1) of this section, disaggregated by race, age, gender and geographical area, including any recommendations for future investments and opportunities to leverage private and federal funding to support investments, to the Governor and to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to workforce development, in the manner provided in ORS § 192.245. In addition to including the information described under subsection (1) of this section, the report shall:

(a) Provide baseline estimates of statewide labor force participation rates that include, at a minimum:

(A) Long-term employment projections for health care and manufacturing;

(B) The progress made toward achieving the statewide educational attainment goals established under ORS § 350.014 and 350.018; and

(C) Projections related to post-secondary educational attainment needs; and

(b) Describe how the programs established under ORS § 660.175, 660.350, 660.380, 660.390, 660.400, 660.405 and 660.410 contributed to statewide labor force participation by demonstrating, at a minimum, the following:

(A) The percentage of individuals who participated in an established program as compared to the share of the statewide labor force, by race;

(B) The percentage of individuals who participated in an established program as compared to the share of the statewide labor force, by gender;

(C) The percentage of individuals who participated in an established program and who received a post-secondary certificate, credential or degree as compared to the share of the statewide labor force, disaggregated by race, age, gender and geographical area;

(D) The number of individuals who participated in an established program and who received a post-secondary certificate, credential or degree as compared to the statewide educational attainment goals described under ORS § 350.014 and 350.018, disaggregated by race, age, gender and geographical area; and

(E) The job placement rates of individuals who participated in an established program as compared to long-term employment projections for health care and manufacturing, disaggregated by race, age, gender and geographical area.

(4) As used in this section:

(a) ‘Community-based organization’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 660.390.

(b) ‘Workforce service provider’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 660.400.

(c) ‘Youth workforce program’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 660.351. [2022 c.28 § 12]