Rethinking job training: State looks for balance; Today a governor's task force unveils its overhaul plan, which struggles to weigh the needs of workers vs. the market.(NEWS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: February 18, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Minnesota is preparing to revamp its job-training system, to make it more useful to workers, employers and the state economy.

It's been a controversial process, pitting officials who think job training should feed the labor needs of fast-growing industries, against advocates for more coordinated training of all workers, including the disadvantaged.

State officials have spent nearly a year wrestling with a plan to focus and coordinate the training system, now scattered across more than a dozen departments. The governor's office is expected to release its recommendations ...

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