§ 17:2930 — Collaboration with business and industry; coordination with workforce needs

§2930. Collaboration with business and industry; coordination with workforce needs
A. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Department of
Education, the Board of Regents, and the postsecondary education management boards shall
work with the designated representative from Louisiana Works to facilitate the identification
of regional and state workforce needs and work-based educational and training opportunities
and to ensure coordination in the delivery of career and technical education across all
educational agencies and institutions.
B. Every city, parish, and other local public school board shall convene biannual
public meetings with representatives of career and technical education advisory committees,
local workforce development boards, and colleges and universities in their region to discuss
regional workforce needs and the educational, training, and work-based learning
opportunities that should be provided to students to meet both individual and workforce
needs.
C. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall expand existing
programs that recruit and train individuals with experience and skills in business and
industry, but with no prior teaching experience, to teach courses in the public schools in their
specific area of expertise; provided that utilizing such instructional personnel does not
prevent the full articulation and transfer of credit for students who complete such courses.
D.(1) Louisiana Works shall update its website, at least annually, to include
information on high-demand, high-wage jobs pursuant to R.S. 23:76(C)(8)(b) and shall
provide a link to the updated information to the state Department of Education.
(2) The state Department of Education shall prominently display the link to the
information on its website and shall disseminate the link to each city, parish, and other local
public school board.
(3) Each city, parish, and other local public school board shall require each public
middle school and high school under its jurisdiction to prominently display the link on its
website.

Legislative History

Acts 2009, No. 257, §1, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 861, §8; Acts 2015, No. 426, §1; Acts 2020, No. 238, §1, eff. June 11, 2020.