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House Study Bill 693

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 15.108, subsection 6, Code 1995, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    6.  JOB EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ASSISTANCE
  1  4 RETRAINING.  To develop job employee training and retraining
  1  5 strategies in coordination with the department of education
  1  6 and department of workforce development as tools for business
  1  7 development, business expansion, and enhanced competitiveness
  1  8 of Iowa industry, which will promote economic growth and the
  1  9 creation of new job opportunities and to administer related
  1 10 programs including the federal Job Training Partnership Act.
  1 11 To carry out this responsibility, the department shall:
  1 12    a.  Coordinate and perform the duties specified under the
  1 13 job training partnership program in chapter 7B, the Iowa
  1 14 industrial new jobs training Act in chapter 260E, and the Iowa
  1 15 small business new jobs training Act in chapter 260F, the
  1 16 workforce development fund in section 15.341, and the loan
  1 17 loss reserve account in section 15.345.  In performing these
  1 18 duties, the department shall:
  1 19    (1)  Develop a job training delivery system which will
  1 20 minimize administrative costs through a single delivery
  1 21 system, maximize the use of public and private resources for
  1 22 job training initiatives, and assume the coordination of ser-
  1 23 vices and activities with other related programs at both the
  1 24 state and local level.
  1 25    (2)  Manage a job training program reporting and evaluation
  1 26 system which will measure program performance, identify
  1 27 program accomplishments and service levels, evaluate how well
  1 28 job training programs are being coordinated among themselves
  1 29 and with other related programs, and show areas where job
  1 30 training efforts need to be improved.
  1 31    (3)  Maintain a financial management system, file
  1 32 appropriate administrative rules, and monitor the performance
  1 33 of agencies and organizations involved with the administration
  1 34 of job training programs assigned to the department.
  1 35    b.  Develop job training strategies which will promote
  2  1 economic growth and the creation of new job opportunities.
  2  2 Specifically, the department shall:
  2  3    (1)  Work closely with representatives of business and
  2  4 industry, labor organizations, the council on human
  2  5 investment, the department of education, and the department of
  2  6 workforce development, and educational institutions to
  2  7 determine the job employee training needs of Iowa employers,
  2  8 and where possible, provide for the development of industry-
  2  9 specific training programs.
  2 10    (2)  Promote Iowa job employee training programs to
  2 11 potential and existing Iowa employers and to employer
  2 12 associations.
  2 13    (3)  Develop annual goals and objectives which will
  2 14 identify both short-term and long-term methods to improve
  2 15 program performance, create employment opportunities for
  2 16 residents, and enhance the delivery of services.
  2 17    (4)  Develop job training and technical assistance programs
  2 18 which will promote entrepreneurial activities, assist small
  2 19 businesses, and help generate off-farm employment
  2 20 opportunities for persons engaged in farming.  Stimulate the
  2 21 creation of innovative employee training and skills
  2 22 development activities, including business consortium and
  2 23 supplier network training programs, and new employee
  2 24 development training models.
  2 25    (5)  Coordinate job employee training activities with other
  2 26 economic development finance programs to stimulate job growth.
  2 27    (6)  Develop policies and plans under the youth program
  2 28 provisions of appropriate programs which will emphasize
  2 29 employing Iowa youth on projects designed to improve Iowa
  2 30 parks and recreation areas, restore historical sites, and
  2 31 promote tourism.  The department shall coordinate its youth
  2 32 program efforts with representatives of educational
  2 33 institutions to promote the understanding by youth of career
  2 34 opportunities in business and industry.  Review workforce
  2 35 development initiatives as they relate to the state's economic
  3  1 development agenda, recommending action as necessary to meet
  3  2 the needs of Iowa's communities and businesses.
  3  3    (7)  Incorporate workforce development as a component of
  3  4 community-based economic development activities.
  3  5    c.  To the extent feasible, develop from available state
  3  6 and federal job training program resources an entrepreneurship
  3  7 training program to help encourage the promotion of small
  3  8 businesses within the state.  The department of education and
  3  9 the state board of regents shall cooperate with the department
  3 10 on this program.  The entrepreneurship training program shall
  3 11 coordinate its activities with other financial and technical
  3 12 assistance efforts within the department.
  3 13    d.  Administer the Iowa "self-employment loan program"
  3 14 under section 15.241.
  3 15    e.  To the extent feasible, provide assistance to the
  3 16 department of human services in obtaining a waiver to provide
  3 17 self-employment opportunities to recipients of assistance
  3 18 under the family investment program.
  3 19    f.  Provide assistance to workers seeking economic
  3 20 conversion of closed or economically distressed plants located
  3 21 in the state including, but not limited to, the following:
  3 22    (1)  Evaluating the feasibility and economic viability of
  3 23 proposed employee-owned businesses.
  3 24    (2)  Working with the small business development centers to
  3 25 provide technical assistance and counseling services
  3 26 including, but not limited to, legal, tax, management,
  3 27 marketing, labor, and contract assistance to persons who seek
  3 28 to form employee-owned businesses.
  3 29    (3)  Assisting persons in obtaining financing for the
  3 30 purchase and operation of employee-owned businesses.
  3 31    Sec. 2.  Section 15.108, subsection 7, Code 1995, is
  3 32 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  3 33    NEW PARAGRAPH.  k.  Administer the Iowa "self-employment
  3 34 loan program" under section 15.241.
  3 35    Sec. 3.  Section 15.108, subsection 9, paragraph a, Code
  4  1 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  4  2    a.  Collect and assemble, or cause to have collected and
  4  3 assembled, all pertinent information available regarding the
  4  4 industrial, agricultural, and public and private recreation
  4  5 and tourism opportunities and possibilities of the state of
  4  6 Iowa, including raw materials and products that may be
  4  7 produced from them; power and water resources; transportation
  4  8 facilities; available markets; the availability of labor; the
  4  9 banking and financing facilities; the availability of
  4 10 industrial sites; the advantages of the state as a whole, and
  4 11 the particular sections of the state, as industrial locations;
  4 12 the development of a grain alcohol motor fuel industry and its
  4 13 related products; and other fields of research and study as
  4 14 the board deems necessary.  This information, as far as
  4 15 possible, shall consider both the encouragement of new
  4 16 industrial enterprises in the state and the expansion of
  4 17 industries now existing within the state, and allied fields to
  4 18 those industries.  The information shall also consider the
  4 19 changing composition of the Iowa family, and the level of
  4 20 poverty among different age groups and different family
  4 21 structures in Iowa society, and the changing composition of
  4 22 the Iowa work force and the their impact of those changes on
  4 23 Iowa families.
  4 24    Sec. 4.  Section 15.108, subsection 9, Code 1995, is
  4 25 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  4 26    NEW PARAGRAPH.  f.  Provide technical assistance to
  4 27 individuals who are pursuing the purchase and operation of
  4 28 employee-owned businesses.
  4 29    Sec. 5.  Section 15.343, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
  4 30 Supplement 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  4 31    a.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, all unencumbered and
  4 32 unobligated funds from 1994 Iowa Acts, chapter 1201, section
  4 33 1, subsection 6, except paragraph "d", section 3, subsections
  4 34 1 and 3, and section 10, remaining on July 1, 1995, and all
  4 35 unencumbered and unobligated funds in the Iowa conservation
  5  1 corps escrow account established in section 15.229 84A.4 and
  5  2 the job training fund established in section 260F.6.
  5  3    Sec. 6.  Section 15.343, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
  5  4 Supplement 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  5  5    a.  The Iowa conservation corps created in sections 15.224
  5  6 through 15.230 section 84A.4.
  5  7    Sec. 7.  Section 15.343, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
  5  8 Supplement 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  5  9    e.  For the workforce investment program under section
  5 10 15.348 84A.5.
  5 11    Sec. 8.  Section 84A.1, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  5 12 follows:
  5 13    84A.1  DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES WORKFORCE
  5 14 DEVELOPMENT – DIRECTOR – DIVISIONS.
  5 15    1.  The department of employment services workforce
  5 16 development is created to administer the laws of this state
  5 17 relating to unemployment compensation insurance, job placement
  5 18 and training, employment safety, labor standards, and workers'
  5 19 compensation.
  5 20    2.  The chief executive officer of the department is the
  5 21 director who shall be appointed by the governor, subject to
  5 22 confirmation by the senate under the confirmation procedures
  5 23 of section 2.32.  The director shall serve at the pleasure of
  5 24 the governor.  The director shall be subject to reconfirmation
  5 25 by the senate, under the confirmation procedures of section
  5 26 2.32, during the regular session of the general assembly
  5 27 convening in January if the director will complete the
  5 28 director's fourth year in office on or before the following
  5 29 April 30.  The governor shall set the salary of the director
  5 30 within the applicable salary range established by the general
  5 31 assembly.  The director shall be selected solely on the
  5 32 ability to administer the duties and functions granted to the
  5 33 director and the department and shall devote full time to the
  5 34 duties of the director.  If the office of director becomes
  5 35 vacant, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the
  6  1 original appointment was made.
  6  2    The director of the department of employment services shall
  6  3 serve as job service commissioner and shall prepare,
  6  4 administer, and control the budget of the department and its
  6  5 divisions and shall approve the employment of all personnel of
  6  6 the department and its divisions.  The director shall employ
  6  7 personnel as necessary to carry out the duties and
  6  8 responsibilities of the department, consistent with the merit
  6  9 system provisions of chapter 19A for employees other than
  6 10 professional and technical employees.  Professional and
  6 11 technical employees of the department are exempt from the
  6 12 merit system provisions of chapter 19A, except as otherwise
  6 13 required by federal law and regulation, and except for
  6 14 employees in the divisions of labor services and industrial
  6 15 services.
  6 16    The director shall direct the administrative and compliance
  6 17 functions and control the docket of the division of industrial
  6 18 services.
  6 19    3.  The department shall include the division of job
  6 20 service, the division of labor services, and the division of
  6 21 industrial services, and other divisions as appropriate.
  6 22    Sec. 9.  Section 84A.2, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  6 23 follows:
  6 24    84A.2  DEPARTMENT AND DIVISION DEPARTMENT'S PRIMARY
  6 25 RESPONSIBILITIES.
  6 26    The department of workforce development has the primary
  6 27 responsibilities set out in this section.
  6 28    1.  The department shall develop and implement a workforce
  6 29 development system which increases the skills of the Iowa
  6 30 workforce, fosters economic growth and the creation of new
  6 31 high skill and high wage jobs through job placement and
  6 32 training services, increases the competitiveness of Iowa
  6 33 businesses by promoting high performance workplaces, and
  6 34 encourages investment in workers.
  6 35    The workforce development system shall strive to provide
  7  1 high quality services to its customers including workers,
  7  2 families, and businesses.  The department shall maintain a
  7  3 common intake, assessment, and customer tracking system and to
  7  4 the extent practical provide one-stop services to customers at
  7  5 workforce development centers and other service access points.
  7  6    The system shall include an accountability system to
  7  7 measure program performance, identify accomplishments,
  7  8 evaluate programs to ensure goals and standards are met.  The
  7  9 accountability system shall use information obtained from the
  7 10 customer tracking system, the department of economic
  7 11 development, the department of education, and training
  7 12 providers to evaluate the effectiveness of programs
  7 13 administered by the department.  The accountability system
  7 14 shall evaluate all of the following:
  7 15    a.  The impact of services on wages earned by individuals.
  7 16    b.  The effectiveness of training services providers in
  7 17 raising the skills of the Iowa workforce.
  7 18    c.  The impact of placement and training services on Iowa's
  7 19 families, communities, and economy.
  7 20    The department shall make information from the customer
  7 21 tracking and accountability system available to the department
  7 22 of economic development, the department of education, and
  7 23 other appropriate public agencies for the purpose of assisting
  7 24 with the evaluation of programs administered by those
  7 25 departments and agencies and for planning and researching
  7 26 public policies relating to education and economic
  7 27 development.
  7 28    1. 2.  The division of job service department is
  7 29 responsible for the administration of unemployment
  7 30 compensation benefits and for the collection of employer
  7 31 contributions under chapter 96,.  The division is responsible
  7 32 for the administration of providing for the delivery of free
  7 33 public employment offices services established pursuant to
  7 34 chapter 96, other job placement and training programs
  7 35 established pursuant to section 84A.3, and the administration
  8  1 of the offices of the division delivery of services located
  8  2 throughout the state and for the personnel attached to those
  8  3 offices.  The executive head of the division is the job
  8  4 service commissioner, appointed pursuant to section 96.10.
  8  5    2. 3.  The division of labor services is responsible for
  8  6 the administration of the laws of this state relating to
  8  7 occupational health and safety, the inspection of amusement
  8  8 rides, the removal and encapsulation of asbestos, the
  8  9 inspection of boilers, wage payment collection, registration
  8 10 of construction contractors, the minimum wage, non-English
  8 11 speaking employees, child labor, employment agency licensing,
  8 12 boxing and wrestling, inspection of elevators, and hazardous
  8 13 chemical risks under chapters 88, 88A, 88B, 89, 89A, 89B, 90A,
  8 14 91, 91A, 91C, 91D, 91E, 92, 94, and 95.  The executive head of
  8 15 the division is the labor commissioner, appointed pursuant to
  8 16 section 91.2.
  8 17    3. 4.  The division of industrial services is responsible
  8 18 for the administration of the laws of this state relating to
  8 19 workers' compensation under chapters 85, 85A, 85B, 86, and 87.
  8 20 The executive head of the division is the industrial
  8 21 commissioner, appointed pursuant to section 86.1.
  8 22    4. 5.  The director shall form a coordinating committee
  8 23 composed of the job service commissioner director, the labor
  8 24 commissioner, and the industrial commissioner, and other
  8 25 administrators.  The committee shall monitor federal
  8 26 compliance issues relating to coordination of functions among
  8 27 the divisions.
  8 28    6.  The department shall administer the following programs:
  8 29    a.  The Iowa conservation corps established under section
  8 30 84A.4.
  8 31    b.  The workforce investment program established under
  8 32 section 84A.5.
  8 33    c.  The statewide mentoring program established under
  8 34 section 84A.6.
  8 35    d.  The workforce development centers established under
  9  1 chapter 84B.
  9  2    e.  Apprenticeship programs under section 260C.44.
  9  3    f.  Job training partnership programs under chapter 7B.
  9  4    7.  The department shall work with the department of
  9  5 economic development to incorporate workforce development as a
  9  6 component of community-based economic development.
  9  7    Sec. 10.  Section 84A.3, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  9  8 follows:
  9  9    84A.3  JOB PLACEMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS.
  9 10    1.  The job service commissioner, in coordination with the
  9 11 department of economic development, may provide, with or
  9 12 without reimbursement, intake, client eligibility, and a
  9 13 significant portion of job placement services to individuals
  9 14 participating in the job training partnership program
  9 15 established under chapter 7B.  The department of employment
  9 16 services workforce development, the department of education,
  9 17 and the department of economic development shall work together
  9 18 to develop policies encouraging coordination between job
  9 19 training skill development, labor exchange, and economic
  9 20 development activities.
  9 21    2.  The job service commissioner, in cooperation with the
  9 22 department of elder affairs, shall establish an experimental
  9 23 retired Iowan employment program.  The program shall encourage
  9 24 and promote the meaningful employment of retired citizens of
  9 25 the state.
  9 26    2.  The director, in cooperation with the department of
  9 27 human services, shall provide job placement and training to
  9 28 persons referred by the department of human services under the
  9 29 PROMISE JOBS program established pursuant to chapter 249C and
  9 30 the food stamp employment and training program.
  9 31    3.  The job service commissioner director, in cooperation
  9 32 with the department of human rights and the vocational
  9 33 rehabilitation division of the department of education, shall
  9 34 establish a program to provide job placement and training to
  9 35 persons with disabilities.
 10  1    Sec. 11.  NEW SECTION.  84A.4  IOWA CONSERVATION CORPS.
 10  2    1.  DEFINITIONS.  As used in this section, unless the
 10  3 context otherwise requires:
 10  4    a.  "Account" means the Iowa conservation corps account.
 10  5    b.  "Corps" means the Iowa conservation corps.
 10  6    2.  IOWA CONSERVATION CORPS ESTABLISHED.  The Iowa
 10  7 conservation corps is established in this state to provide
 10  8 meaningful and productive public service jobs for the youth,
 10  9 the unemployed, the disabled, the disadvantaged, and the
 10 10 elderly, and to provide participants with an opportunity to
 10 11 explore careers, gain work experience, and contribute to the
 10 12 general welfare of their communities and the state.  The corps
 10 13 shall provide opportunities in the areas of natural resource
 10 14 and wildlife conservation, park maintenance and restoration,
 10 15 land management, energy savings, community improvement
 10 16 projects, tourism, economic development, and work benefiting
 10 17 human services programs.  The department of workforce
 10 18 development shall administer the corps and shall adopt rules
 10 19 governing its operation, eligibility for participation, cash
 10 20 contributions, and implementation of an incentive program.
 10 21    3.  FUNDING.  Corps projects shall be funded by
 10 22 appropriations to the Iowa conservation corps account and by
 10 23 cash, services, and material contributions made by other state
 10 24 agencies or local public and private agencies.  Public and
 10 25 private entities who benefit from a corps project shall
 10 26 contribute at least thirty-five percent of the total project
 10 27 budget.  The contributions may be in the form of cash,
 10 28 materials, or services.  Materials and services shall be
 10 29 intended for the project and acceptable to the department.
 10 30 Minimum levels of contributions shall be prescribed in rules
 10 31 adopted by the department.
 10 32    4.  ACCOUNT CREATED.  The Iowa conservation corps account
 10 33 is established within and administered by the department.  The
 10 34 account shall include all appropriations made to programs
 10 35 administered by the corps, and may also include moneys
 11  1 contributed by a private individual or organization, or a
 11  2 public entity for the purpose of implementing corps programs
 11  3 and projects.  The department may establish an escrow account
 11  4 within the department and obligate moneys within that escrow
 11  5 account for tuition payments to be made beyond the term of any
 11  6 fiscal year.  Interest earned on moneys in the Iowa
 11  7 conservation corps account shall be credited to the account.
 11  8    Sec. 12.  NEW SECTION.  84A.5  WORKFORCE INVESTMENT
 11  9 PROGRAM.
 11 10    A workforce investment program is established to enable
 11 11 more Iowans to enter or reenter the workforce.  The workforce
 11 12 investment program shall provide training and support services
 11 13 to population groups that have historically faced barriers to
 11 14 employment.  The department of workforce development shall
 11 15 administer the workforce investment program and shall adopt
 11 16 rules governing its operation and eligibility guidelines for
 11 17 participation.
 11 18    Sec. 13.  NEW SECTION.  84A.6  STATEWIDE MENTORING PROGRAM.
 11 19    A statewide mentoring program is established to recruit,
 11 20 screen, train, and match individuals in a mentoring
 11 21 relationship.  The department of workforce development shall
 11 22 administer the program in collaboration with the departments
 11 23 of human services, education, and human rights.  The
 11 24 availability of the program is subject to the funding
 11 25 appropriated for the purposes of the program.
 11 26    Sec. 14.  Section 84B.1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1995,
 11 27 is amended to read as follows:
 11 28    The departments department of employment services and
 11 29 economic workforce development, in consultation with the
 11 30 departments of economic development, education, elder affairs,
 11 31 human services, and human rights, and the department for the
 11 32 blind, shall establish guidelines for colocating state and
 11 33 federal employment and training programs in centers providing
 11 34 services at the local level.  The centers shall be known as
 11 35 workforce development centers.  The departments shall also
 12  1 jointly establish an integrated management information system
 12  2 for linking the programs within a local center to the same
 12  3 programs within other local centers and to the state.  The
 12  4 guidelines shall provide for local design and operation within
 12  5 the guidelines.  The core services available at a center shall
 12  6 include but are not limited to all of the following:
 12  7    Sec. 15.  Section 96.12, subsection 1, Code 1995, is
 12  8 amended to read as follows:
 12  9    1.  DUTIES OF DIVISION DEPARTMENT.  The division of job
 12 10 service department shall establish and maintain free public
 12 11 employment offices in such number and in such places as may be
 12 12 necessary for the proper administration of this chapter
 12 13 services accessible to all Iowans for the purposes of this
 12 14 chapter, and for the purpose of performing such the duties as
 12 15 are within the purview of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act
 12 16 to provide for the establishment of a national employment
 12 17 system and for co-operation with the states in the promotion
 12 18 of such system, and for other purposes", approved June 6,
 12 19 1933, as amended, and known as required by federal and state
 12 20 laws relating to employment and training including the Wagner-
 12 21 Peyser Act, [48 Stat. L. 113;, 29 U.S.C. } 49].  All duties
 12 22 and powers conferred upon any other department, agency, or
 12 23 officer of this state relating to the establishment,
 12 24 maintenance, and operation of free employment offices services
 12 25 shall be vested in the division department.  The This state
 12 26 accepts and shall comply with the provisions of the said
 12 27 Wagner-Peyser Act of Congress, as amended, are hereby accepted
 12 28 by this state, in conformity with section 4 of said Act, and
 12 29 this state will observe and comply with the requirements
 12 30 thereof.  The division department is designated and
 12 31 constituted the agency of this state for the purpose of said
 12 32 the Wagner-Peyser Act.  The division department may co-operate
 12 33 with the railroad retirement board with respect to the
 12 34 establishment, maintenance, and use of employment service
 12 35 department facilities.  The railroad retirement board shall
 13  1 compensate the division department for such the services or
 13  2 facilities in the amount determined by the division department
 13  3 to be fair and reasonable.
 13  4    Sec. 16.  Section 96.19, subsection 7, Code Supplement
 13  5 1995, is amended by striking the subsection.
 13  6    Sec. 17.  Section 96.19, Code Supplement 1995, is amended
 13  7 by adding the following new subsection:
 13  8    NEW SUBSECTION.  11A.  "Director" means the director of the
 13  9 department of workforce development created in section 84A.1.
 13 10    Sec. 18.  Section 96.19, subsection 12, Code Supplement
 13 11 1995, is amended by striking the subsection.
 13 12    Sec. 19.  AMENDMENTS CHANGING TERMINOLOGY – DIRECTIVE TO
 13 13 CODE EDITOR.
 13 14    1.  Sections 7B.2, 7B.5, 7E.5, 8.36, 11.5B, 13.7, 15.108,
 13 15 15.241, 15E.111, 30.2, 30.5, 30.7, 68B.2, 85.31, 85.34, 85.37,
 13 16 85.59, 86.8, 86.9, 88.2, 88A.1, 88B.1, 89A.1, 89B.3, 91.1,
 13 17 91.4, 91C.2, 91C.7, 91C.8, 91E.1, 91E.2, 92.11, 92.12, 231.51,
 13 18 231.52, 231.53, 239A.1, 239A.2, 239A.3, 241.3, 249C.3,
 13 19 249C.14, 252B.7A, 252G.2, 260F.3, 260F.7, 626.29, and 912.3,
 13 20 Code 1995, are amended by striking from the sections the words
 13 21 "department of employment services" and inserting in lieu
 13 22 thereof the words "department of workforce development".
 13 23    2.  Sections 96.3, 96.19, 225C.4, 256.38, 256.39, 279.51,
 13 24 331.602, 331.653, 331.756, and 422.7, Code Supplement 1995,
 13 25 are amended by striking from the sections the words "depart-
 13 26 ment of employment services" and inserting in lieu thereof the
 13 27 words "department of workforce development".
 13 28    3.  Sections 96.4, 96.9, 96.11, and 96.14, Code 1995, are
 13 29 amended by striking from the sections the word "commissioner"
 13 30 and inserting in lieu thereof the word "director".
 13 31    4.  Sections 96.3 and 96.6, Code Supplement 1995, are
 13 32 amended by striking from the sections the word "commissioner"
 13 33 and inserting in lieu thereof the word "director".
 13 34    5.  The Code editor is directed to substitute the words
 13 35 "department of workforce development" for the words
 14  1 "department of employment services" when there appears to be
 14  2 no doubt as to the intent to refer to the department of
 14  3 employment services.
 14  4    6.  The Code editor is directed to substitute the words
 14  5 "director of the department of workforce development" for the
 14  6 words "job service commissioner" elsewhere in the Code.
 14  7    7.  The Code editor is directed to substitute the word
 14  8 "department" for the word "division" or "division of job
 14  9 service" or "division of job service of the department of
 14 10 employment services", in chapter 96, when there appears to be
 14 11 no doubt as to the intent, to refer to the "division of job
 14 12 service".
 14 13    8.  The Code editor is directed to substitute the words
 14 14 "department of workforce development" for the words "division
 14 15 of job service", or "division of job service of the department
 14 16 of employment services", except for chapter 96, elsewhere in
 14 17 the Code.
 14 18    Sec. 20.  The director of the department of workforce
 14 19 development shall, in cooperation with the department of
 14 20 personnel, make recommendations to the department of personnel
 14 21 concerning the development and implementation of a new
 14 22 position classification plan for the department.  The position
 14 23 classification plan shall reflect the expanded
 14 24 responsibilities of the department, facilitate the integration
 14 25 of job training and job placement programs, foster a
 14 26 professional, innovative, and high performance working
 14 27 environment, and provide flexibility in designing and
 14 28 implementing local and regional workforce development delivery
 14 29 systems.
 14 30    The new position classification plan shall be adopted by
 14 31 the department of personnel and implemented by the department
 14 32 of workforce development not later than January 1, 1997.
 14 33 Employees of the department of employment services and
 14 34 employees who were assigned to the department of economic
 14 35 development prior to July 1, 1996, shall have an equal
 15  1 opportunity to apply for the positions established in the new
 15  2 position classification plan.
 15  3    The department of personnel shall assist the department of
 15  4 workforce development with the implementation of this section.
 15  5    In designing the local, regional, and state service
 15  6 delivery system for Iowa, the director of the department of
 15  7 workforce development shall minimize administrative costs,
 15  8 encourage federal, state, and local government collaboration,
 15  9 maximize the use of public and private resources, and provide
 15 10 opportunities to respond to locally determined needs and
 15 11 priorities while ensuring equal access to core or common
 15 12 employment and training services, as defined by federal law
 15 13 and regulation.
 15 14    Sec. 21.  Any personnel who are mandatorily transferred due
 15 15 to the effect of this Act shall be so transferred without any
 15 16 loss in salary, benefits, or accrued years of service.
 15 17    Sec. 22.  REPEALS.
 15 18    1.  Sections 15.224 through 15.230, section 96.10, and
 15 19 section 239.22, Code 1995, are repealed.
 15 20    2.  Sections 15.347 and 15.348, Code Supplement 1995, are
 15 21 repealed.  
 15 22                           EXPLANATION
 15 23    This bill creates the department of workforce development.
 15 24 This new department replaces the current department of
 15 25 employment services.  In addition, the bill transfers certain
 15 26 responsibilities from the department of economic development
 15 27 to the new department of workforce development.  The bill also
 15 28 provides that the merit system provisions of chapter 19A do
 15 29 not apply to professional and technical employees of the new
 15 30 department unless otherwise required by federal law or if the
 15 31 employees are in the division of labor services or the
 15 32 division of industrial services.  The bill also provides that
 15 33 a new position classification plan be adopted for the new
 15 34 department.  In addition, the bill eliminates the division of
 15 35 job service and job service commissioner with the director of
 16  1 the department of workforce development and the new department
 16  2 being given these duties.
 16  3    The bill provides that the department of economic
 16  4 development is responsible for incorporating workforce
 16  5 development as a component of community-based economic
 16  6 development planning activities and for reviewing workforce
 16  7 development as it relates to the state's economic development
 16  8 agenda.
 16  9    The bill provides that the new department of workforce
 16 10 development undertake several additional duties previously
 16 11 administered by other departments.  The new department is
 16 12 responsible for developing a job training delivery system,
 16 13 managing job training program reporting, and administering the
 16 14 Iowa conservation corps, workforce development centers, the
 16 15 workforce investment program, and the statewide mentoring
 16 16 program.  
 16 17 LSB 3683XL 76
 16 18 ec/cf/24.1

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