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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 260G.1 TITLE.
1 2 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Iowa
1 3 Industrial Jobs Retraining Act".
1 4 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 260G.2 DEFINITIONS.
1 5 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
1 6 requires:
1 7 1. "Board of directors" means the board of directors of a
1 8 community college.
1 9 2. "Community college" means a community college
1 10 established under chapter 260C.
1 11 3. "Employer" means a primary industry providing jobs in
1 12 the merged area served by the community college which are the
1 13 subject of the jobs retraining program and which have existed
1 14 in this state for at least five years.
1 15 4. "Jobs retraining program" or "program" means the
1 16 project or projects established by a community college for the
1 17 retention of jobs by providing education and retraining of
1 18 workers for existing jobs for the primary industry in the
1 19 merged area served by the community college.
1 20 5. "New jobs credit from withholding" means the credit as
1 21 provided in section 260E.5.
1 22 6. "Primary industry" means a business engaged in
1 23 interstate or intrastate commerce for the purpose of
1 24 manufacturing, processing, or assembling products, conducting
1 25 research and development, or providing services in interstate
1 26 commerce, but excludes retail, health, or professional
1 27 services. "Primary industry" does not include a business
1 28 which closes or substantially reduces its operation in one
1 29 area of the state of Iowa and relocates substantially the same
1 30 operation in another area of the state of Iowa. This
1 31 subsection does not prohibit a business from expanding its
1 32 operations in another area of the state provided that existing
1 33 operations of a similar nature are not closed or substantially
1 34 reduced.
1 35 7. "Program services" includes but is not limited to the
2 1 following:
2 2 a. Job retraining.
2 3 b. Adult basic education and job-related instruction.
2 4 c. Vocational and skill-assessment services and testing.
2 5 d. Training facilities, equipment, materials, and
2 6 supplies.
2 7 e. On-the-job retraining.
2 8 f. Administrative expenses for the jobs retraining
2 9 program.
2 10 g. Subcontracted services with institutions governed by
2 11 the state board of regents, private colleges or universities,
2 12 or other federal, state, or local agencies.
2 13 h. Contracted or professional services.
2 14 8. "Project" means a training arrangement which is the
2 15 subject of an agreement entered into between the community
2 16 college and an employer to provide program services.
2 17 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 260G.3 WITHHOLDING PAYMENTS
2 18 EXTENDED.
2 19 Upon payment in full of a certificate of participation or
2 20 other obligation issued to fund a new jobs training program
2 21 under chapter 260E, the community college providing the new
2 22 jobs training program and the employer may agree to extend the
2 23 new jobs credit from withholding being paid to the community
2 24 college under section 260E.5, subsection 2, for an additional
2 25 five years. Funds raised in this manner shall be deposited in
2 26 a special jobs retraining fund account at the community
2 27 college to be used as follows:
2 28 1. Providing program services to employers within the
2 29 merged area served by the community college pursuant to an
2 30 agreement between an employer and the community college for a
2 31 project.
2 32 2. Up to twenty-five percent of the funds raised annually
2 33 under this section may be used in lieu of a tax levied under
2 34 section 260E.6, subsection 4, for the payment of certificates
2 35 under chapter 260E.
3 1 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 260G.4 RETRAINING AND RETENTION
3 2 PLAN &endash; APPROVAL.
3 3 Each community college which intends to offer retraining
3 4 programs under this chapter shall develop a retraining and
3 5 retention plan for the merged area served by the community
3 6 college. The plan shall be developed in coordination with
3 7 local political subdivisions and approved by the governing
3 8 bodies of the cities and counties in the merged area and the
3 9 community college board of directors.
3 10 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 260G.5 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
3 11 The department of education shall coordinate the jobs
3 12 retraining program. The department of education shall adopt
3 13 rules pursuant to chapter 17A for the use of community
3 14 colleges in developing jobs retraining program projects. The
3 15 department may adopt administrative rules under section 17A.4,
3 16 subsection 2, and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph "b",
3 17 to implement the provisions and the rules shall become
3 18 effective immediately upon filing, unless a later effective
3 19 date is specified in the rules. Any rules adopted in
3 20 accordance with the provisions of this section shall also be
3 21 published as notice of intended action as provided in section
3 22 17A.4. The department shall prepare an annual report for the
3 23 governor and general assembly on the activities of the jobs
3 24 retraining program.
3 25 EXPLANATION
3 26 This bill establishes the Iowa industrial jobs retraining
3 27 Act. The bill provides that community colleges and employers
3 28 who have been receiving a new jobs credit from withholding
3 29 under chapter 260E (Iowa industrial new jobs training Act) to
3 30 pay off certificates of participation may agree to extend for
3 31 five years the payment of withholding moneys to the community
3 32 college for use to fund job retraining programs under the
3 33 bill. Twenty-five percent of the funds raised annually may
3 34 also be used in lieu of any standby taxes levied to pay for
3 35 repayment defaults under section 260E.6.
4 1 Also, the bill provides that a community college which
4 2 intends to offer retraining programs shall develop a
4 3 retraining and retention plan for the merged area in
4 4 coordination with local communities. The plan must be
4 5 approved by the governing bodies of the cities and counties
4 6 within the merged area and the board of directors of the
4 7 community college.
4 8 In addition, the bill provides that the department of
4 9 education shall coordinate retraining programs under the
4 10 retraining Act and provide an annual report to the governor
4 11 and general assembly regarding the retraining program.
4 12 LSB 3692YH 76
4 13 mk/sc/14
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