2007 Minnesota Statutes

13.47 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING DATA.
    Subdivision 1. Definition. (a) "Employment and training data" means data on individuals
collected, maintained, used, or disseminated because an individual applies for, is currently
enrolled in, or has been enrolled in employment and training programs funded with federal, state,
or local resources, including those provided under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, United
States Code, title 29, section 2801.
(b) "Employment and training service provider" means an entity certified, or seeking to be
certified, by the commissioner of employment and economic development to deliver employment
and training services under section 116J.401, subdivision 2, or an organization that contracts
with a certified entity or the Department of Employment and Economic Development to deliver
employment and training services.
(c) "Provider of training services" means an organization or entity that provides training
under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, United States Code, title 29, section 2801.
    Subd. 2. Classification. Employment and training data are private data on individuals.
    Subd. 3. Dissemination. Employment and training data may be disseminated by employment
and training service providers:
(a) to other employment and training service providers to coordinate the employment and
training services for the data subject or to determine eligibility or suitability for services from
other programs;
(b) to local and state welfare agencies for monitoring the eligibility of the participant for
assistance programs, or for any employment or training program administered by those agencies;
and
(c) to the commissioner of employment and economic development.
    Subd. 4. Data preparation. To produce data required to certify the eligibility of training
service providers under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, United States Code, title 29,
section 2801, or other studies required by law, the commissioner of employment and economic
development may enter into a data exchange agreement with a training service provider whereby
the commissioner of employment and economic development shall furnish to the provider wage
information under section 268.044 on individuals who have received training services from the
provider. The provider shall use this wage information to prepare summary data determined
necessary by the commissioner. The provider may use this wage information for conducting
studies to improve instruction.
    Subd. 5. Summary data. The commissioner of employment and economic development
shall provide the training service providers, as well as make available to the public, summary data
on the performance of the training services.
History: 1988 c 598 s 2; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1999 c 227 s 7; 2004 c 206 s 52; 2004 c 290 s 11;
2005 c 10 art 1 s 7