N.J. Admin. Code § 12:42-4.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024

Section 12:42-4.4 - Recertification required

(a) Following certification of a local board under 12:42-4.3, the chief elected official of the local area shall once every two years thereafter apply to the Commission for recertification of the local board.

(b) The application for recertification submitted for review by the Commission under (a) above shall include:

1. A current list of local board members appointed by the chief elected official in a local area in accordance with N.J.S.A. 34:15C-15b and c;

2. The local board's budgets (required under N.J.S.A. 34:15C-15e(4)) for the extant and two preceding program years;

3. The local board's annual reports (required under N.J.S.A. 34:15C-15e(5)) for the extant and two preceding program years; and

4. Any other documentation and/or information as may be required by the Commission.

(c) Not later than 30 days following receipt by the Commission of the documentation and/or information required under (b) above, the Commission shall either grant or deny the chief elected official's application for recertification of the local board.

(d) Where the Commission determines that the local board has during the preceding two years ensured that the workforce investment activities carried out in the local area have enabled the local area to meet the local performance measures, that the local board has satisfactorily carried out its functions under N.J.S.A. 34:15C-15e and 20 CFR 661.305, that neither the local board, nor any of its members, has engaged in fraud or abuse, as those terms are used within 29 U.S.C. § 2832(c)(3)(A), and that neither the local board, nor any of its members, has engaged in any of the prohibited conduct listed as cause for corrective actions and penalties under 12:42-3.6, the Commission shall grant the elected official's application for recertification of the local board.

(e) Where the Commission determines that the local board has during the preceding two years failed to ensure that the workforce investment activities carried out in the local area have enabled the local area to meet the local performance measures, that the local board has failed to satisfactorily carry out its functions under N.J.S.A. 34:15C-15e and 20 CFR 661.305, that either the local board, or any of its members, has engaged in fraud or abuse, as those terms are used within 29 U.S.C. § 2832(c)(3)(A), or that either the local board, or any of its members, has engaged in any of the prohibited conduct listed as cause for corrective actions and penalties under 12:42-3.6, the Commission shall deny the chief elected official's application for recertification of the local board.

N.J. Admin. Code § 12:42-4.4