WHEREAS, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-270) mandates that in order to receive a grant under Section 118 of the Act the Idaho Division of Professional-Technical Education and the Governor of the State of Idaho shall jointly designate an entity in the state to:

        1. Provide support for career guidance and academic counseling programs designed to promote
            improved career and education decision making by students (and parents, as appropriate)
            regarding education (including postsecondary education) and training options and preparations for
            high skill, high wage, or high demand occupations and non-traditional fields;

        2. Make available to students, parents, teachers, administrators, faculty, and career guidance and
            academic counselors, and to improve accessibility with respect to, information and planning
            resources that relate academic and career and technical educational preparation to career goals
            and expectations;

        3. Provide academic and career and technical education teachers, faculty, administrators, and
            career guidance and academic counselors with the knowledge, skills, and occupational
            information needed to assist parents and students, especially special populations, with career
            exploration, educational opportunities, education financing, and exposure to high skill, high wage,
            or high demand occupations and non-traditional fields, including occupations and fields requiring
            a baccalaureate degree;

        4. Assist appropriate State entities in tailoring career related educational resources and training for
            use by such entities, including information on high skill, high wage, or high demand occupations in
            current or emerging professions and on career ladder information;

        5. Improve coordination and communication among administrators and planners of programs
            authorized by this Act and by section 15 of the Wagner-Peyser Act at the Federal, State, and local
            levels to ensure nonduplication of efforts and the appropriate use of shared information and data;

        6. Provide ongoing means for customers, such as students and parents, to provide comments and
            feedback on products and services and to update resources, as appropriate, to better meet
            customer requirements; and

        7. Provide readily available occupational information such as information relative to employment
            sectors; information on occupation supply and demand; and other information provided pursuant
            to section 15 of the Wagner-Peyser Act as the jointly designated State entity considers relevant;

        WHEREAS, career information is critical in helping people make successful career decisions, understand the link between educational preparation and work, explore education and career alternatives, and successfully seek work;

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, by the authority vested in me under the Constitution and laws of the State of Idaho, do hereby:

        1. Designate the Department of Labor as the entity responsible for oversight and management of
            Idaho’s comprehensive, computer-based system of career information known as the Idaho Career
            Information System; and

        2. Designate the Idaho Workforce Development Council to support and assist the Department of
            Labor in the development and implementation of the Idaho Career Information System; and

        3. Direct the Division of Professional-Technical Education to enter into an agreement with the
            Department of Labor for the period of July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008, to immediately
            implement Paragraph 1 of this Executive Order.

This Executive Order shall cease to be effective one (1) year after its entry into force.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho in Boise on this 27th day of September in the year of our Lord two thousand and seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-second and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred eighteenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE