Technical training focus of proposal by governor- March 26, 2008
The Times-Picyuane
Robert Travis Scott
BATON ROUGE -- Gov. Bobby Jindal on Tuesday announced his plan to refashion the way Louisiana prepares people for the job market, by addressing the needs of business with more emphasis on training at community and technical colleges and vocational schools.
Drawing on inspiration from workforce training programs in Texas and Georgia, the administration laid out a broad strategy for the upcoming legislative session to deal with Louisiana's wealth of job openings and insufficient labor force to fill them.
The plan calls for a wholesale replacement of the state's Department of Labor with a new agency, a mandate for two-year colleges to expand and focus on training skills that businesses demand and programs targeted at filling critical workforce shortages.
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