§ 972. Job training and special services plan. 1. In developing the job training and special services plan required by section one hundred twenty-one of the act, the governor shall provide guidelines and criteria for coordinating the activities to be funded with moneys under the act with related activities of the state education department, local school districts including the boards of cooperative educational services, the state vocational education advisory council, the department of social services and the local social services districts, the department of labor including the job service, the office of vocational rehabilitation, the department of commerce, the division for youth, post-secondary institutions in the state particularly community colleges and other institutions providing technical training opportunities, the department of commerce and other state and local agencies and authorities involved in economic development activities.

2. All such agencies shall provide the governor with such assistance and information as he may need in preparing, implementing, and evaluating the implementation of the plan.

3. The plan shall set forth performance goals for programs funded under the act and criteria to be used in awarding the incentive grants available under the act. Such goals and criteria shall be designed to foster greater coordination among the workforce preparation programs funded under the act and among these and other workforce preparation programs.