§73. Comprehensive labor market information system
A.(1) The council shall advise and direct on the development and content of a
comprehensive labor market information system. The information provided, to the extent
practicable, shall reflect the state's overall training and education effort. The system shall
contain the following major components:
(a) A comprehensive system of consumer information on employment and training
opportunities, continually updated and readily available in a user-friendly format.
(b) A report card or objective factual performance information about existing
workforce development activities, continually updated and readily available in a user-friendly
format.
(c) An information system on projected workforce growth and job growth and
demand statewide and by geographic regions, periodically updated and readily available in
a user-friendly format.
(d) An automated job-matching information system that is accessible to employers,
job seekers, and other users via the Internet, and that includes at a minimum the following:
(i) Skill match information, including skill gap analysis; resume creations; job order
creation; skill tests; job search by area, employer type, and employer name; and training
provider linkage.
(ii) Job market information based on surveys, including local, state, regional,
national, and international occupational and job availability information.
(iii) Service provider information, including education and training providers, child
care facilities and related information, health and social service agencies, and other providers
of services that would be useful to job seekers.
(2) The council, in consultation with affected departments and offices, shall require
modification of existing general purpose and program data systems to ensure that an
appropriate workforce development component is included in the design, implementation,
and reporting of such systems in order to fulfill the information requirements of this Part.
B. The council shall supervise and control the system. It shall provide by rule for
uniform definitions to be used in the system, for comparative information elements to be
contained in the system, for procedures for record linkages, for elements of information
required to be reported, for requirements on aggregation for data release, and for any other
matter necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Part.
C. The council shall designate the commission as the agency to coordinate the
development and implementation of the system and to maintain the system. In the
development and maintenance of the system, the commission may use existing data
collection systems operated by it, and to the extent appropriate, establish electronic linkages
to access data in the management information systems operated by other departments or
offices of state government. It shall be readily available for public access through a variety
of media, including the Internet.
D. The system shall provide the council and commission with information relevant
to policymaking and to provide other agencies and policymakers and citizens with
information relevant to program management, administration, and effectiveness with respect
to employment opportunities and training. To accomplish such purpose, the system may
have several application layers giving a different kind of user access to the same database.
Each application layer shall be tailored to the special needs and abilities of the category of
persons to whom it was designed to provide information.
E.(1) All public officers, departments, agencies, offices, and authorities of the state
and its political subdivisions shall provide such assistance and data as will enable such
system to fulfill its purpose.
NOTE: Paragraph (2) eff. until one or more of the 20 depts. of the executive
branch is abolished or if a const. amend. is adopted authorizing the creation
of an additional dept. See Acts 2013, No. 384, §§1 and 9.
(2) The public entities whose data and assistance shall be considered necessary for
the system to fulfill its purpose shall include the commission, Louisiana Economic
Development, and the Departments of Education, Health, Public Safety and Corrections,
Social Services, and Veterans Affairs, and in the governor's office, the Offices of Elderly
Affairs, Lifelong Learning, Women's Services, and Workforce Development, and the State
Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the Board of Regents and any other
public entity that the commission deems necessary.
NOTE: Paragraph (2) as amended by Acts 2013, No. 384, §1, eff. if one or
more of the 20 depts. of the executive branch is abolished or if a const.
amend. is adopted authorizing the creation of an additional dept.
(2) The public entities whose data and assistance shall be considered necessary for
the system to fulfill its purpose shall include the commission, Louisiana Economic
Development, and the Departments of Education, Elderly Affairs, Health, Public Safety and
Corrections, Social Services, and Veterans Affairs, and in the governor's office, the Offices
of Lifelong Learning, Women's Services, and Workforce Development, and the State Board
of Elementary and Secondary Education, and the Board of Regents and any other public
entity that the commission deems necessary.
Acts 1997, No. 1, §1, eff. April 30, 1997; Acts 2008, No. 743, §2, eff. July 1, 2008;
Acts 2013, No. 384, §1, eff. if one of the 20 depts. is abolished or an additional dept. is
authorized by the electorate.