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 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.
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