2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 23 - Labor and Worker's Compensation
RS 23:1823 - Definitions

§1823. Definitions

For the purposes of this Chapter:

(1) The term "administrative entity" for any workforce investment area means the entity selected to administer the job training plan for that workforce investment area pursuant to Section 103(b)(1)(B) of the Workforce Investment Act.

(2) The term "appropriate chief elected official or officials" has the meaning provided such term by Section 103(c) of the Workforce Investment Act.

(3) The term "community-based organization" has the meaning provided such term by Section 4(5) of the Workforce Investment Act.

(4) The term "economically disadvantaged" means an individual who:

(a) Receives or is a member of a family which receives cash welfare payments under a federal, state, or local welfare program;

(b) Has received or is a member of a family which has received a total family income during the six-month period prior to certification exclusive of unemployment compensation, child support payments, and welfare payments which, in relation to family size, was not in excess of the higher of:

(i) The poverty level determined in accordance with criteria established by the director of the office of management and budget, or

(ii) Seventy percent of the lower living standard income level;

(c) Receives or is a member of a family which receives food stamps pursuant to the Food Stamp Act of 1977;

(d) Is a foster child on behalf of whom state or local government payments are made; or

(e) Is a person with a disability and has income that meets the requirements of Subparagraph (a) or (b) of this Paragraph, but who is a member of a family whose income does not meet such requirements.

(5) The term "grant recipient" means, for any workforce investment area, the entity selected as the grant recipient pursuant to Section 103(b)(1)(B) of the Workforce Investment Act.

(6) The term "local educational agency" has the meaning provided such term by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act.

(7) The term "Native American eligible entity" means any Native American Indian tribe, band, or group on a federal or state reservation, the Oklahoma Indians, and any Alaska Native village or group as defined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, having a governing body.

(8) The term "local workforce investment board" means any council established in accordance with Section 102(a) of the Workforce Investment Act.

(9) The term "qualifying employment" means employment which meets the requirements of Section 1825 of this Chapter.

(10) The term executive director means the executive director of the Louisiana Workforce Commission.

(11) The term "workforce investment area" means any workforce investment area established in accordance with Section 101 of the Workforce Investment Act.

(12) The term "state job training coordinating council" means any council established pursuant to Section 122 of the Workforce Investment Act.

(13) The term "state" has the meaning provided such term by Section 3(22) of the Workforce Investment Act.

(14) The term "youths who are educationally at risk" means those youths who perform at least two full grades below their expected level of performance on state or locally approved standardized tests.

Acts 1986, No. 612, §1; Acts 1989, No. 512, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 447, §1, eff. June 20, 1992; Acts 1999, No. 386, §1; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2014, No. 811, §12, eff. June 23, 2014.