Membership of each LWIB shall be comprised of or meet the following requirements:

1. Business representatives that:
   1. Reflect a majority of all board members. (This is defined as greater than fifty percent (50%) of all board membership);
   2. Are owners of businesses, chief executives, operating officers, or other business executives or employers with optimum policy-making or hiring authority;
   3. Include at least two (2) representatives of small businesses as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration.  Refer to the Small Business Administration Table of Small Business Size Standards listed on the References tab;
   4. Represent businesses that provide employment opportunities that, at a minimum, include high-quality and work-relevant training and development in in-demand industry sectors or occupations in the local area;
      1. Key industry sectors;
      2. Labor Market Information (LMI) provided by the state to each area that reflects current employment and future projections by industry sector and tallies of establishments by employment size by major industry sectors; and
      3. Additional sources of labor market information to help demonstrate the appropriate business composition of the board as indicated by the Chief Elected Officials (CEOs); and
   5. Are appointed from among individuals nominated by local business organizations and business trade associations.
2. Not less than twenty percent (20%) of the members of the local board shall be representatives of the workforce within the local area, which:  
   1. Shall include two (2) or more representatives of labor organizations where such organizations exist in the local area and who have been nominated by local labor federations.  Where labor organizations do not exist in the local area, representatives must be selected from other employee representatives. 
   2. Shall include a representative of a joint labor-management or union-affiliated, registered apprenticeship program within the area who must be a training director or a member of a labor organization.  If no union-affiliated registered apprenticeship program exists in an area, then a representative of a registered apprenticeship program with no union affiliation must be appointed if such program exists.   
   3. May include representatives of community-based organizations (private, nonprofit organizations) that have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the employment needs of individuals with barriers to employment as defined in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), including organizations that serve veterans or provide or support competitive integrated employment for individuals with disabilities; and
   4. May include representatives of organizations that have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the employment, training, or education needs of eligible youth, including out-of-school youth.  
   5. A representative with “demonstrated experience and expertise” means an individual who:
      1. Is a workplace learning advisor as defined in WIOA;
      2. Contributes to the field of workforce development, human resources, training and development, or a core program function; or
      3. The local board recognizes for valuable contributions in education or workforce development-related fields.  
3. Entities administering education and training activities in the local area which:
   1. Shall include an eligible provider administering adult education and literacy activities under WIOA Title II; and
   2. Shall include a representative of institutions of higher education providing workforce investment activities (including community colleges). 
   3. If the local area includes multiple providers of adult education and literacy programs and multiple institutions of higher education, each representative described in a. and b. shall be appointed from among individuals nominated by each respective group.  
   4. May also include representatives of local education agencies and community-based organizations (private, non-profit organizations) with demonstrated expertise addressing the education or training needs of individuals with barriers to employment as defined in WIOA.  
4. Each local board shall have representatives of governmental and economic and community development entities serving the local area, which:
   1. Shall include a representative of economic and community development entities defined in WIOA;
   2. Shall include an appropriate representative of the state employment service office under Wagner-Peyser serving the local area;
   3. Shall include an appropriate representative of programs in the area providing services under Title I of the Rehabilitation Services Act of 1973, other than Sec. 112 or Part C of the Title, serving the local area; 
   4. May include representatives of agencies that administer programs providing transportation, housing, or public assistance in the local area; and
   5. May include representatives of philanthropic organizations serving the local area.
5. Each local board may also have representatives of agencies or entities the chief elected official(s) in the local area may deem appropriate.
6. An LWIB member may represent multiple programs under WIOA in certain circumstances:
   1. With the exception noted in c. below, an individual may be appointed as a representative of more than one (1) program if that individual meets all criteria for representation, including the criteria described in the Final Rules.
      1. A labor representative could also serve as the required apprenticeship representative if the individual meets the criteria for representing both membership categories.  
   2. Individuals representing more than one (1) program must have optimum policy-making authority within each of the programs they are representing.
   3. A representative of higher education may not simultaneously represent adult education and literacy activities under WIOA Title II. The Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) approved Adult Education and Family Literacy representative, preferably the Project Director or the Project Coordinator, must have direct oversight of the adult education program.
7. All required board members must have voting privileges.  The CEO may convey voting privileges to non-required members.