{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-49-7-1203","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-7-1203","heading":"Coordination of efforts in developing, administering and implementing a LEAP - Priorities","body":"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.\nThe 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:\n(1) Creating a LEAP at community colleges and colleges of applied technology in this state with students having the opportunity to participate;\n(2) Planning and partnership with business, labor, education, government, community-based organizations, employers, and students;\n(3) [Deleted by 2021 amendment.]\n(4) Career preparation and guidance incorporated in the curriculum and materials;\n(5) Job placement and job retention support services;\n(6) Applied learning experiences, including prior learning assessments;\n(7) Integration of basic skills and work-readiness training with occupational skills training;\n(8) Performance assessment of the programs created under this initiative;\n(9) Actual or simulated learning at the worksite;\n(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.\n(A) Advanced manufacturing;\n(B) Electronics;\n(C) Information technology;\n(D) Infrastructure engineering; and\n(E) Transportation and logistics.","path":["TN Code","Title 49","Chapter 7"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"cbb0065a436b1765cdd59d2d5db71eb844bd2bb77e87907ab81319dc5b5ab549","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-49-7-1202","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-49-7-1204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}