Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-7-1203: Coordination of efforts in developing, administering and implementing a LEAP - Priorities

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. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 183, s 6, eff. 7/1/2021. Added by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 338, s 4, eff. 1/1/2014.

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.

(A) Advanced manufacturing;

(B) Electronics;

(C) Information technology;

(D) Infrastructure engineering; and

(E) Transportation and logistics.