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PAG LIN 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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