Section 52-08.1-01 - North Dakota workforce 20/20 policy and goals1. The legislative assembly finds that a highly skilled workforce is critical to the present and future competitiveness of North Dakota's economy. The legislative assembly, therefore, declares that it is the policy of the state to support and promote skill training, retraining, and upgrade training for North Dakota workers. It is the goal of the state to: a. Improve the skills of North Dakota workers;b. Promote and sponsor effective and responsive training programs for employed and unemployed North Dakotans who need job-related training;c. Promote programs that lead to family wage jobs;d. Secure the active participation and full cooperation of North Dakota industry leaders, business owners, and employee representatives in developing programs to increase and improve worker skill training;e. Promote the coordination of North Dakota's education and job training systems to more fully respond to the increasingly complex training needs of workers; andf. Promote access to education and job training programs for all North Dakotans regardless of their economic status or geographic location within the state.2. The legislative assembly declares that it is the policy of this state to integrate skill training and development programs into its economic development strategies.