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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 256.19A TECHNICAL EDUCATION
1 2 PARTNERSHIP PILOT PROGRAM.
1 3 1. The department shall establish a pilot project to
1 4 facilitate the development of technical education partnership
1 5 programs between community colleges and school districts. The
1 6 purpose of a partnership program is to prepare students for
1 7 careers in technical, trade, vocational, and industrial
1 8 occupations. Under a partnership program, students enrolled
1 9 in a secondary school vocational program shall have access to
1 10 programs, courses of instruction, and faculty at a community
1 11 college.
1 12 2. The department shall approve for participation in the
1 13 pilot project a partnership program between a community
1 14 college that existed as an area vocational school until
1 15 January 1, 1992, and a school district located within the
1 16 merged area of that community college that has a certified
1 17 enrollment of at least ten thousand students.
1 18 3. Annually, for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1996,
1 19 and for each of the next following four fiscal years, there is
1 20 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
1 21 department of education, the amount of seven hundred fifty
1 22 thousand dollars to be distributed to the community college
1 23 and school district approved for participation in the pilot
1 24 project for a technical education partnership program.
1 25 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
1 26 section remaining unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall
1 27 not revert to the general fund of the state, but shall carry
1 28 over and may be expended for program purposes during the next
1 29 fiscal year.
1 30 4. No later than October 1, 1996, the boards of directors
1 31 of the community college and the school district approved for
1 32 participation in the pilot project shall submit to the
1 33 department of education, a plan for administration of the
1 34 pilot project for each of the five years of the program, and
1 35 by August 15 following each fiscal year, shall also provide an
2 1 annual accounting of program expenditures for the previous
2 2 fiscal year. The annual plan shall address the potential for
2 3 accessing the community college apprenticeship program
2 4 pursuant to section 260C.44, the quality instruction center
2 5 program, with a focus on vocational, technical, and
2 6 occupational program development pursuant to section 260C.45,
2 7 and program sharing pursuant to section 260C.46.
2 8 Sec. 2. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance,
2 9 shall take effect upon enactment for the purpose of budget
2 10 computations for the school budget year beginning July 1,
2 11 1996.
2 12 EXPLANATION
2 13 This bill directs the department of education to establish
2 14 a pilot project to facilitate the development of technical
2 15 education partnership programs between community colleges and
2 16 school districts. A community college that existed as an area
2 17 vocational school until January 1, 1992, and a school district
2 18 located within the merged area of that community college that
2 19 has a certified enrollment of at least 10,000 students shall
2 20 be approved for participation in the pilot project.
2 21 For each of the next five fiscal years, $750,000 is
2 22 appropriated to be distributed to the community college and
2 23 the school district for the pilot project. Moneys
2 24 appropriated will not revert at the end of a fiscal year, but
2 25 may be expended for program purposes during the next fiscal
2 26 year.
2 27 The bill requires that the boards of directors submit a
2 28 plan for the administration of the program to the department
2 29 of education by October 1, 1996, and that they submit an
2 30 annual accounting of program expenditures each year after the
2 31 close of the fiscal year.
2 32 The bill takes effect upon its enactment.
2 33 LSB 3974YH 76
2 34 rn/cf/24
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