LouisianaLouisiana law allows awards for eligible employers’ worker training
Louisiana Works offers eligible employers competitive awards for worker training when program money is appropriated and other funding is not available.
What it does
Eligible Louisiana employers can seek competitive awards for worker training that builds skills, improves productivity, or helps workers stay in their jobs. Awards depend on money appropriated for the program.
Awards are capped at $2,000 per worker or apprentice and cannot cover several costs, including equipment and travel. Louisiana Works reports program results to lawmakers each year.
Argument forAwards could help eligible employers pay for short training that builds workers’ skills and leads to an industry-recognized credential.
Argument againstThe spending cap and excluded costs could leave employers paying for equipment, licenses, travel, or online training themselves.
More detail
Louisiana Works operates a program offering competitive awards to eligible employers for worker training. Employers must have a physical presence in Louisiana and follow state employment and tax laws. Covered workers must be authorized to work in the United States, work mainly in Louisiana, be permanent and full time, and work for the employer when training begins. The department can use program money only if it is appropriated for awards or program administration. Before helping with an application, workforce board staff must identify federal or other funding that could pay for the training instead. Training plans may last up to six months and must finish within a year after the award is approved, unless the department allows an extension.
Award recipients may use the money only for allowed training costs, and Louisiana Works reports program results to lawmakers. Spending is capped at $2,000 per covered worker or apprentice. Reports include award and application totals, training types, and the number of workers who completed training. Allowed costs include classroom instruction, on-the-job training, and other costs the department finds relevant. Money cannot pay for equipment, licenses, curriculum development, worker travel, online subscriptions, or tuition reimbursement. Training that starts before an award is made is excluded unless the department approves it. Award criteria are due by July 1, 2028. Annual reports begin March 1, 2029, and cover the previous fiscal year.
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
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- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jun 8Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 811.Became Law
- Jun 8Effective date: 06/08/2026.
- Jun 1Signed by the President of the Senate.
- Jun 1Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- May 31Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- May 29Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.
- Vote recorded CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1687). Result: pass.Lower
- May 27Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- May 26Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1262). Result: pass.Upper
- May 26Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 20Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 19Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 18Reported favorably.Minor
- Apr 29Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.Minor
- Apr 28Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#796). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 28Called from the calendar.
- Apr 28Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 91, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Apr 28Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- Apr 23Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 23Scheduled for floor debate on 04/28/2026.
- Apr 22Reported with amendments (19-0).Minor
- Apr 13Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.
- Apr 9Reported with amendments (10-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Appropriations.Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 26Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 26Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.Introduced
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