2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes Article 4 - Job Training, Education, and Placement Information Management.

Article 4.

Job Training, Education, and Placement Information Management.

§ 96‑30.� Findings and purpose.

The General Assembly finds it in the best interests of this State that the establishment, maintenance, and funding of State job training, education, and placement programs be based on current, comprehensive information on the effectiveness of these programs in securing employment for North Carolina citizens and providing a well‑trained workforce for business and industry in this State. To this end, it is the purpose of this Article to require the establishment of an information system that maintains up‑to‑date job‑related information on current and former participants in State job training and education programs. (1995, c. 507, s. 25.6(a).)

 

§ 96‑31.� Definitions.

As used in this Article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the term:

(1)������ "CFS" means the common follow‑up information management system developed by the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina as authorized under this Article.

(2)������ "ESC" means the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina.

(3)������ Repealed by Session Laws 2000, c. 140, s. 93.1(d).

(4)������ "State job training, education, and placement program" or "State‑funded program" means a program operated by a State or local government agency or entity and supported in whole or in part by State or federal funds, that provides job training and education or job placement services to program participants. The term does not include on‑the‑job training provided to current employees of the agency or entity for the purposes of professional development. (1995, c. 507, s. 25.6(a); 2000‑140, s. 93.1(d).)

 

§ 96‑32.� Common follow‑up information management system created.

(a)������ The Employment Security Commission of North Carolina shall develop, implement, and maintain a common follow‑up information management system for tracking the employment status of current and former participants in State job training, education, and placement programs. The system shall provide for the automated collection, organization, dissemination, and analysis of data obtained from State‑funded programs that provide job training and education and job placement services to program participants. In developing the system, the ESC shall ensure that data and information collected from State agencies is confidential, not open for general public inspection, and maintained and disseminated in a manner that protects the identity of individual persons from general public disclosure.

(b)������ The ESC shall adopt procedures and guidelines for the development and implementation of the CFS authorized under this section.

(c)������ Based on data collected under the CFS, the ESC shall evaluate the effectiveness of job training, education, and placement programs to determine if specific program goals and objectives are attained, to determine placement and completion rates for each program, and to make recommendations regarding the continuation of State funding for programs evaluated. (1995, c. 507, s. 25.6(a); 2000‑140, s. 93.1(e); 2001‑424, ss. 12.2(b), 20.17(a).)

 

§ 96‑33.� State agencies required to provide information and data.

(a)������ Every State agency and local government agency or entity that receives State or federal funds for the direct or indirect support of State job training, education, and placement programs shall provide to the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina all data and information available to or within the agency or entity's possession requested by the ESC for input into the common follow‑up information management system authorized under this Article.

(b)������ Each agency or entity required to report information and data to the ESC under this Article shall maintain true and accurate records of the information and data requested by the ESC. The records shall be open to ESC inspection and copying at reasonable times and as often as necessary. Each agency or entity shall further provide, upon request by ESC, sworn or unsworn reports with respect to persons employed or trained by the agency or entity, as deemed necessary by the ESC to carry out the purposes of this Article. Information obtained by the ESC from the agency or entity shall be held by ESC as confidential and shall not be published or open to public inspection other than in a manner that protects the identity of individual persons and employers. (1995, c. 507, s. 25.6(a).)

 

§ 96‑34.� Prohibitions on use of information collected.

Data and information reported, collected, maintained, disseminated, and analyzed may not be used by any State or local government agency or entity for purposes of making personal contacts with current or former students or their employers or trainers. (1995, c. 507, s. 25.6(a).)

 

§ 96‑35.� Reports on common follow‑up system activities.

(a)������ The Employment Security Commission of North Carolina shall present annually by May 1 to the General Assembly and to the Governor a report of CFS activities for the preceding calendar year. The report shall include information on and evaluation of job training, education, and placement programs for which data was reported by State and local agencies subject to this Article. Evaluation of the programs shall be on the basis of fiscal year data.

(b)������ The ESC shall report to the Governor and to the General Assembly upon the convening of each biennial session, its evaluation of and recommendations regarding job training, education, and placement programs for which data was provided to the CFS. (1995, c. 507, s. 25.6(a); 2000‑140, s. 93.1(a); 2001‑424, ss. 12.2(b), 20.17(b).)