This text of Tennessee § 49-7-1203 (Coordination of efforts in developing, administering and implementing a LEAP - Priorities) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Tennessee primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
The higher education commission shall coordinate efforts with the department of labor and workforce development and the department of economic and community development in developing, administering, and implementing a LEAP pursuant to this part. The higher education commission shall make specific efforts to encourage colleges of applied technology and community colleges in this state to offer a LEAP under this part, in an effort to train students in needed high-skill and high-technology industries in this state. The higher education commission shall coordinate the following priorities to the extent possible:
(1)Creating a LEAP at community colleges and colleges of applied technology in this state with students having the opportunity to participate;
(2)Planning and partnership with busine
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The higher education commission shall coordinate efforts with the department of labor and workforce development and the department of economic and community development in developing, administering, and implementing a LEAP pursuant to this part. The higher education commission shall make specific efforts to encourage colleges of applied technology and community colleges in this state to offer a LEAP under this part, in an effort to train students in needed high-skill and high-technology industries in this state. The higher education commission shall coordinate the following priorities to the extent possible: (1) Creating a LEAP at community colleges and colleges of applied technology in this state with students having the opportunity to participate; (2) Planning and partnership with business, labor, education, government, community-based organizations, employers, and students; (3) [Deleted by 2021 amendment.] (4) Career preparation and guidance incorporated in the curriculum and materials; (5) Job placement and job retention support services; (6) Applied learning experiences, including prior learning assessments; (7) Integration of basic skills and work-readiness training with occupational skills training; (8) Performance assessment of the programs created under this initiative; (9) Actual or simulated learning at the worksite; (10) Curriculum and employment training for industries that promote high-skill jobs in high-technology areas, emerging occupations, or skilled manufacturing jobs, including, but not limited to, the following: (A) Advanced manufacturing; (B) Electronics; (C) Information technology; (D) Infrastructure engineering; and (E) Transportation and logistics.