Located in:
- III. Operational Planning Elements
The Unified or Combined State Plan must include an Operational Planning Elements section that supports the State’s strategy and the system-wide vision described in Section II(c) above. Unless otherwise noted, all Operational Planning Elements apply to Combined State Plan partner programs included in the plan as well as to core programs. This section must include—
- b. State Operating Systems and Policies
The Unified or Combined State Plan must include a description of the State operating systems and policies that will support the implementation of the State strategy described in section II Strategic Elements. This includes—
- b. State Operating Systems and Policies
III. b. 4. D. Evaluation
Describe how the State will conduct evaluations and research projects on activities under WIOA core programs; how such projects will be coordinated with, and designed in conjunction with, State and local boards and with State agencies responsible for the administration of all respective core programs; and, further, how the projects will be coordinated with the evaluations provided for by the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education under WIOA.
Current Narrative:
Kansas Department of Commerce has hired a Ph.D. – level researcher to conduct evaluation of programs. Through this staff person, and other consultants who may be available to partners, Kansas will continue to explore opportunities for collaborative evaluation and research functions within the scope of available resources. Such efforts will be designed and coordinated with core programs and their cognizant state agencies, and relevant boards. All human subject research will be reviewed and approved by a third-party Institutional Review Board.
Kansas assures that its evaluation and research functions will be coordinated with the evaluations provided by the U.S. Secretary of Labor and the U.S. Secretary of Education under WIOA. More information is needed from federal officials regarding their evaluation protocols before this strategy can be further defined.