While the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) plays a role in workforce development, state policymakers actively seek ways beyond WIOA requirements to connect education with workforce development. In compliance with WIOA, all states have a statewide workforce development board or council. However, some states have gone beyond the requirements in federal policy to expand the board's membership to include additional members within the education system, such as state superintendents of education and chancellors of postsecondary institutions. This comparison identifies each state's workforce board and council, education representatives and entities identified in state policy that are required members of the board or council and additional charges of the board outlined in state policy that connect education and workforce development. [View the full "50-State Comparison: Education and Workforce Development Connections" here: https://www.ecs.org/50-state-comparison-education-and-workforce-development-connections/.]