Small Business Employee Training Program

 

The IWTP Small Business Employee Training Program (SBET) is designed to benefit business' and industries by assisting with individual skill development, of existing employees, through standardized (off-the shelf) training.

Employers are reimbursed for tuition and required textbooks and manuals once the training has been completed and proper documentation has been submitted to the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC). Training costs cannot exceed $3,000 per trainee per state fiscal year (July 1 – June30). Funding is provided through the Incumbent Worker Training Account.

 

Training Can Consist of:

1. Instructional classes either non-credit or credit based at an educational institution under the policy or direct     management authority of the Board of Regents.

2. Training from a manufacturer or their representative within one year of the purchase of equipment valued at     more than $3,000 where the training is not otherwise incorporated into the purchase price of the equipment.

3. Training from a manufacturer or their representative to upgrade computer skills.

4. Training from a national, regional, or state trade association (organizations recognized as tax exempt
    Under IRC 501 (c) (6)) that offers an independently certified training curricula and testing, which can     demonstrate a successful training history of at least five years.

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Eligibility Criteria:

Employers must have been in business in the state for at least three years, contributing to the Incumbent Worker Training account, must be in full compliance with Louisiana’s Unemployment Insurance laws, have 50 or fewer employees and cannot receive customized training and SBET concurrently.

Trainees must be incumbent workers for whom the employer incurs a UI tax liability for the state of Louisiana.

Training providers under the policy or direct management authority of the Board of Regents must be domiciled in Louisiana and show a demonstrated history of successful training in the particular instruction that will be given. National, regional, or state trade associations that offer independently certified training curricula and testing must demonstrate a successful training history of at least five years.

Training requests must be in a labor demand occupation(s) as defined for Workforce Investment
Act (WIA) purposes. Regional demand occupations are listed on the LWC website at Demand Occupations List– Louisiana Workforce Commission.