BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Both the state House and Senate are on record supporting Governor Bobby Jindal's proposal to make the state labor department the coordinating agency for worker training programs.
The House unanimously approved the measure on Wednesday. The full Senate agreed to it a day earlier. Lawmakers will have to agree to a final version before it heads to the governor's desk.
Supporters say the state's work force training efforts are woefully uncoordinated, and they say the Jindal proposal will help streamline efforts to better match workers with jobs.
The bill would replace the Department of Labor with a reorganized Louisiana Workforce Commission, giving it new duties that include overseeing and coordinating many of the state's worker training programs and services needed by those seeking employment.
