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2017 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 102
BY SENATOR JOHNS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
FUNDS/FUNDING. Creates and provides for Louisiana Educational Workforce Training
Fund to provide opportunities for educational training in the Louisiana Community and
Technical College System. (gov sig)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 17:1876, relative to the programs in the Louisiana Community and Technical
3 Colleges; to create the Louisiana Educational Workforce Training Fund; to provide
4 for the creation of a fund; to provide for purposes; to provide for sources of funding;
5 to provide for a private match; to provide for distribution of the fund; to provide for
6 the exclusion of certain funds; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for
7 related matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 17:1876 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง1876. Louisiana Educational Workforce Training Fund; purpose; program
11 administration
12 A. There is hereby created in the state treasury, as a special fund, the
13 "Louisiana Educational Workforce Training Fund", hereinafter referred to as
14 the "fund".
15 B.(1) The purpose of the fund shall be to provide funding for degree and
16 certificate production through workforce training programs offered by
17 Louisiana's public two-year, community, and technical colleges.
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1 (2) The fund shall be used to prepare Louisiana citizens, particularly
2 those who are underemployed or have no postsecondary training or credentials,
3 in high-wage, high-skill, and high-demand career fields.
4 C. After compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B)
5 of the Constitution of Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption
6 Fund, monies received from public or private grants, federal appropriation, or
7 state appropriation shall be deposited into the fund. Monies in the fund shall be
8 invested in the same manner as monies in the general fund. Interest earned on
9 investment of monies in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Unexpended and
10 unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in
11 the fund, following compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section
12 9(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
13 D.(1) Subject to an annual appropriation by the legislature, monies in the
14 fund shall be appropriated to the Board of Supervisors of Community and
15 Technical Colleges to be used for workforce training programs to prepare
16 individuals for high-demand careers as defined by the Louisiana Workforce
17 Investment Council. Distribution of the monies in the fund shall be based on an
18 outcome-based distribution model. The distribution model shall allocate funds
19 based on short-term, high-demand workforce training completer programs that
20 lead to industry-based certifications or other credentials of value to employers.
21 (2) Funding shall be distributed by the Board of Supervisors of
22 Community and Technical Colleges only upon receipt of certification that a
23 match of not less than twenty percent of the amount of funding to be distributed
24 has been guaranteed by a private entity. The certification shall detail the type
25 of private match to be provided, which may include but is not limited to: cash;
26 in-kind donations of technology, personnel, construction materials, facility
27 modification, or corporal property; internships; scholarships; sponsorship of
28 staff or faculty; or faculty endowment.
29 (3) The use of private matching funds shall comply with expressed donor
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1 intent. Any private matching funds shall remain with the institution as provided
2 for by the donor.
3 (4) Any funds distributed to an institution that remain unexpended or
4 unencumbered at the end of the fiscal year shall be available for use in the
5 subsequent fiscal year by the institution pursuant to its implementation plan.
6 E. The fund is in addition to, and separate from, any monies
7 appropriated or allocated to any postsecondary education management board.
8 Allocations from this fund shall not be included in the Board of Regents'
9 funding formula calculation, nor shall it supplant any state general fund
10 allocation provided to institutions. The availability of the fund shall not in any
11 way substitute, limit, or otherwise affect the allocation of any funds otherwise
12 available to those institutions under state or federal laws.
13 F. Notwithstanding the provisions herein and pursuant to the provisions
14 of R.S. 23:34 and R.S. 23:1514, all federal-appropriated Workforce Innovation
15 and Opportunity Act funding shall be excluded from the Louisiana Educational
16 Workforce Training Fund and shall be exclusively administered by the
17 Louisiana Workforce Commission.
18 G. Notwithstanding the provisions herein and pursuant to the provisions
19 of R.S. 23:1514, R.S. 23:1291.1, and R.S. 23:1377, all state-appropriated
20 Incumbent Working Training Account funds, workers' compensation funds,
21 and Workers' Compensation Second Injury Fund funds shall be excluded from
22 the Louisiana Educational Workforce Training Fund and shall be exclusively
23 administered by the Louisiana Workforce Commission.
24 H. The Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges
25 shall, not less than sixty days before the legislature convenes for each regular
26 session, submit an annual report to the House Committee on Education and the
27 Senate Committee on Education. The report shall include, at a minimum,
28 information on any and all private matches provided for in Subsection D of this
29 Section, training programs funded, the number of students enrolled, the
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1 number and type of credentials awarded, and the number and amount of
2 scholarships.
3 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
4 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
5 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
6 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
7 effective on the day following such approval.
The original instrument was prepared by Carla S. Roberts. The following
digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was
prepared by Cheryl M. Serrett.
DIGEST
SB 102 Reengrossed 2017 Regular Session Johns
Proposed law creates as a special fund in the state treasury, the "Louisiana Educational
Workforce Training Fund", hereinafter referred to as the "fund".
Proposed law provides that the purpose of the fund shall be to provide funding for degree
and certificate production through workforce training programs offered by Louisiana's public
two-year, community, and technical colleges.
Proposed law provides that the fund shall be used to prepare Louisiana citizens, particularly
those who are underemployed or have no postsecondary training or credentials in high-wage,
high-skill, and high-demand career fields.
Proposed law provides that after compliance with the requirements of the Bond Security and
Redemption Fund, monies received from public or private grants, federal appropriation, or
state appropriation, shall be deposited into the fund.
Proposed law requires that monies in the fund be invested in the same manner as monies in
the general fund. Interest earned on investment of monies in the fund shall be credited to the
fund, following compliance with the requirements of Art. VII, Sec. 9(B) of the La.
Constitution. Proposed law provides that unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund
at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund.
Proposed law provides that, subject to an annual appropriation by the legislature, monies in
the fund shall be appropriated to the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical
Colleges to be used for workforce training programs to prepare individuals for high-demand
careers as defined by the La. Workforce Investment Council. Distribution of monies in the
fund shall be based on an outcome-based funding distribution model. The distribution model
shall allocate funds based on short-term, high-demand workforce training completer
programs that lead to industry-based certifications or other credentials of value to employers.
Proposed law provides that funding shall be distributed by the Board of Supervisors of
Community and Technical Colleges only upon receipt of certification that a match of not less
than 20% of the amount of funding to be distributed has been guaranteed by a private entity.
The certification shall detail the type of private match to be provided, which may include but
is not limited to: cash; in-kind donations of technology, personnel, construction materials,
facility modification, or corporeal property; internships; scholarships; sponsorship of staff
or faculty; or faculty endowment.
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Proposed law provides that the use of private matching funds shall comply with expressed
donor intent and shall remain with the institution as provided by the donor.
Proposed law provides that any funds distributed to the institution that remain unexpended
or unencumbered at the end of the fiscal year shall be available for use in the subsequent
fiscal year by an institution pursuant to its implementation plan.
Proposed law provides that the fund is in addition to, and separate from, any monies
appropriated or allocated to any postsecondary education management board. Allocations
from this fund shall not be included in the Board of Regents' funding formula calculation,
nor shall it supplant any state general fund allocation provided to institutions. The
availability of the fund shall not in any way substitute, limit, or otherwise affect the
allocation of any funds otherwise available to those institutions under state or federal laws.
Proposed law provides that all federal-appropriated Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act funding shall be excluded from the fund and shall be exclusively administered by the
La. Workforce Commission.
Proposed law further provides that all state-appropriated Incumbent Working Training
Account funds, workers' compensation funds, and Workers' Compensation Second Injury
Fund funds shall be excluded from the fund and shall be exclusively administered by the La.
Workforce Commission.
Proposed law provides that the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges
shall, not less than 60 days before the legislature convenes for each regular session, submit
an annual report to the house and senate committees on Education. The report shall include,
at a minimum, information on any and all private matches, training programs funded, the
number of students enrolled, the number and type of credentials awarded, and the number
and amount of scholarships.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 17:1876)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Finance to the original
bill
1. Clarifies that the fund is created in the state treasury as a special fund.
2. Provides that distribution of the monies in the fund are to be based on an
outcome-based distribution model, which shall allocate funds based on
short-term, high-demand workforce training completer programs.
3. Excludes all federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funding
from the fund.
4. Excludes all state-appropriated Incumbent Working Training Account funds,
workers' compensation funds, and Workers' Compensation Second Injury
Fund funds from the fund.
5. Makes technical changes.
6. Provides the effective date of the Act shall be upon signature of the governor.
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Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill
1. Makes Legislative Bureau technical changes.
2. Provides donor intent shall guide the use of private matching funds and that
the funds shall remain with the institution as provided for by the donor.
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