Section 18-1842.2 - Workforce Development Program Clearinghouse.(a) The Pennsylvania Workforce Development Board shall, with assistance from the Department of Education, conduct a survey to determine the number and types of workforce development programs offered at secondary and postsecondary institutions. The Pennsylvania Workforce Development Board may, in consultation with the Department of Education, compile a clearinghouse of model programs discovered during the survey.(b) The Department of Education and the Department of Labor and Industry shall encourage the use of the model programs, which may include prioritizing available grant funding for applicants seeking funds to establish workforce development programs which are modeled after the programs included in the survey, by secondary career and technical education programs, postsecondary programs and business and industry to: (1) expand existing programs into areas of this Commonwealth where there is a need; and(2) foster business-education partnerships.(c) The Pennsylvania Workforce Development Board shall report its findings and actions under this section to the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate, the chairman and minority chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives, the chairman and minority chairman of the Education Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman of the Education Committee of the House of Representatives, no later than one year after the effective date of this section. Added by P.L. TBD 2019 No. 76, § 45, eff. 12/30/2019.