HF 2189 (LSB 5486YH (2) 87)

HOUSE FILE 2189

BY  RUNNING-MARQUARDT

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to eligible programs for training approved by the director of the department of workforce development for individuals claiming unemployment insurance benefits. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 96.4, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  An otherwise eligible individual shall not be denied benefits for any week because the individual is in training with the approval of the director, nor shall the individual be denied benefits with respect to any week in which the individual is in training with the approval of the director by reason of the application of the provision in subsection 3 of this section relating to availability for work, and an active search for work or the provision of section 96.5, subsection 3, relating to failure to apply for or a refusal to accept suitable work. However, an employer’s account shall not be charged with benefits so paid.  Eligible programs for such training shall include but not be limited to apprenticeship programs registered with the United States department of labor, office of apprenticeship.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that eligible programs for training approved by the director of the department of workforce development for individuals claiming unemployment insurance benefits shall include but are not limited to apprenticeship programs registered with the United States department of labor, office of apprenticeship.