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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 207
BY SENATOR JOHN SMITH
WORKFORCE COMMISSION. Provides relative to the Incumbent Worker Training
Program. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 23:1514(D)(1), relative to the Incumbent Worker Training2
Program; to provide for certain third-party training providers; and to provide for3
related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 23:1514(D)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง1514. Worker training fund; purpose; training programs; eligibility criteria;7
program administration8
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D.(1)(a) Training shall be done by a third-party training provider selected10
by the applicants. The training provider selected by an applicant must have a11
demonstrated history of successful training through its replacement, retention, and12
satisfaction rates; show collaboration with regard to industry in the development of13
customized training; and use current industry standards as the basis for programs14
utilized to train individuals in a targeted industry. Training may be provided by the15
applicant's employees under limited circumstances as permitted by duly promulgated16
rules and regulations. Third-party training providers must have a demonstrated17 SB NO. 207
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history of successful training. No third-party training provider may be an entity1
whose principal owner is an immediate family member, as defined by the Code of2
Governmental Ethics, of an individual in a management position with the applicant3
who has the authority to make decisions regarding a training grant or a business4
related to the applicant, such as a parent, subsidiary, or partner of the applicant.5
(b) Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit a Louisiana college or6
university from acting as a third-party training provider. Nothing herein shall7
prohibit a Louisiana college or university from subcontracting with an out-of-8
state college or university to provide the actual training pursuant to this Section9
so long as the training takes place on the campus of a Louisiana college or10
university.11
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Carla S. Roberts.
DIGEST
John Smith (SB 207)
Present law provides for a special fund within the Employment Security Administration
Fund (i.e., the fund in which employers deposit their unemployment insurance taxes).
Present law provides that monies from the special fund are to be used only for the purpose
of upgrading employee job skills through training.
Present law provides that training is to be done by a third-party training provider selected
by the applicant and approved pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the
Louisiana Workforce Commission.
Proposed law provides that third-party training may be provided by a Louisiana college or
university.
Proposed law provides that a Louisiana college or university may subcontract with an out-of-
state college or university to provide third-party training so long as the training takes place
on the campus of a Louisiana college or university.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 23:1514(D)(1))