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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 565, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows: 1 3 #1. By striking everything after the enacting 1 4 clause and inserting the following: 1 5 "Section 1. NEW SECTION. 256.17 CAREER PATHWAYS 1 6 PROGRAM. 1 7 1. If the general assembly appropriates moneys for 1 8 the establishment of a career pathways program, the 1 9 department of education shall develop a career 1 10 pathways grant program, criteria for the formation of 1 11 ongoing career pathways consortia in each merged area, 1 12 and guidelines and a process to be used in selecting 1 13 career pathways consortium grant recipients, including 1 14 a requirement that grant recipients shall provide 1 15 matching funds or match grant funds with in-kind 1 16 resources on a dollar-for-dollar basis. A consortium 1 17 shall include one or more school districts and may 1 18 include, but is not limited to, parents and parent 1 19 organizations, representatives from elementary, 1 20 secondary, postsecondary, and vocational education 1 21 institutions, appropriate state agencies and 1 22 departments, and business, labor, community service, 1 23 and nonprofit organizations. Regional school-to-work 1 24 partnerships may participate wherever possible. The 1 25 department shall provide assistance to consortia in 1 26 planning and implementing career pathways program 1 27 efforts. 1 28 2. To be eligible for a career pathways grant, a 1 29 career pathways consortium shall develop a career 1 30 pathways program that may include, but is not limited 1 31 to, the following: 1 32 a. Provision for an employability skills 1 33 assessment to public or nonpublic school students at 1 34 the eighth and twelfth grade levels. The 1 35 employability skills assessment shall measure 1 36 employability skills that include, but are not limited 1 37 to, reading for information, applied mathematics, 1 38 listening, and writing. 1 39 b. Commitment to develop and implement, 1 40 strengthen, and enhance a relevant curriculum for the 1 41 world of work, which includes career paths leading to 1 42 baccalaureate or associate degrees, apprenticeships, 1 43 or employment. The completed set of courses for the 1 44 career path should articulate with postsecondary 1 45 institutions. This curriculum shall be based on the 1 46 results of the employability skills assessment to 1 47 ensure student success in achieving basic skills for 1 48 the workplace. The commitment shall include a plan to 1 49 alter the curriculum in order to address deficiencies 1 50 in the basic skills for the workplace identified by 2 1 the employability skills assessment. 2 2 c. Curricula designed to integrate academic and 2 3 work-based learning to achieve high employability 2 4 skills by all students related to career pathways. 2 5 The curricula shall be designed through the 2 6 cooperative efforts of members of the consortia. 2 7 d. Involvement and recognition of local business, 2 8 labor, and community organizations as partners in the 2 9 career pathways program. 2 10 e. Provision for program accountability. 2 11 f. Provision for career guidance and exploration 2 12 by the tenth grade level. 2 13 g. Encouragement of team teaching within the 2 14 school or in partnership with postsecondary schools, 2 15 and business, labor, community, and nonprofit 2 16 organizations. 2 17 h. Service learning opportunities for students. 2 18 2. Business, labor, and community organizations 2 19 are encouraged to market the career pathways program 2 20 to the local community and provide students with 2 21 mentors, shadow professionals, speakers, field trip 2 22 sites, summer jobs, internships, and job offers for 2 23 students who graduate with high performance records. 2 24 Students are encouraged to volunteer their time to 2 25 community organizations in exchange for workplace 2 26 learning opportunities that do not displace current 2 27 employees. 2 28 3. In developing career pathways program efforts, 2 29 each consortium shall make every effort to cooperate 2 30 with the juvenile courts, the department of economic 2 31 development, the department of employment services, 2 32 the department of human services, and the new Iowa 2 33 schools development corporation. 2 34 4. The area education agency and community college 2 35 within each merged area shall provide support services 2 36 to assist the planning and implementation of career 2 37 pathways programs. 2 38 5. Not later than August 1, for the school year 2 39 beginning the preceding July 1, the board of directors 2 40 of a school district, or the authorities in charge of 2 41 a nonpublic school, or the board of directors of a 2 42 community college may annually file a written request 2 43 with the department of education that the department 2 44 waive rules relating to vocational education that have 2 45 been adopted by the state board since the enactment of 2 46 the 1989 Iowa Acts, chapter 278. A request for a 2 47 waiver filed by the board of directors of a school 2 48 district, the authorities in charge of a nonpublic 2 49 school, or board of directors of a community college 2 50 shall describe actions being taken by the district, 3 1 school, or community college to meet the requirement 3 2 for which the district, school, or community college 3 3 has requested a waiver. 3 4 6. The department of education shall direct and 3 5 monitor the progress of each career pathways 3 6 consortium in developing career pathways programs. By 3 7 January 15, 1998, the department shall submit to the 3 8 general assembly any findings and recommendations of 3 9 the career pathways consortia, along with the 3 10 department's recommendations for specific career 3 11 pathways program efforts and for appropriate funding 3 12 levels to implement and sustain the recommended 3 13 programs. 3 14 7. Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or 3 15 unobligated funds remaining on June 30 of the fiscal 3 16 year for which the funds were appropriated shall not 3 17 revert but shall be available for expenditure for the 3 18 following fiscal year for the purposes of this 3 19 section. 3 20 8. A career pathways program is a comprehensive 3 21 school transformation program under section 294A.14. 3 22 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 256.17A SCHOOL-TO-WORK 3 23 TRANSITION SYSTEM. 3 24 The departments of education, employment services, 3 25 and economic development shall develop a statewide 3 26 school-to-work transition system in consultation with 3 27 local school districts, community colleges, and labor, 3 28 business, and industry interests. The system shall be 3 29 designed to attain the following objectives: 3 30 1. Motivate youths to stay in school and become 3 31 productive citizens. 3 32 2. Set high standards by promoting higher academic 3 33 performance levels. 3 34 3. Connect work and learning so that the classroom 3 35 is linked to worksite learning and experience. 3 36 4. Ready students for work in order to improve 3 37 their prospects for immediate employment after leaving 3 38 school on paths that provide significant opportunity 3 39 to continued education and career development. 3 40 5. Engage employers and workers by promoting their 3 41 participation in the education of youth in order to 3 42 ensure the development of a skilled, flexible, entry- 3 43 level workforce. 3 44 6. Provide a framework to position the state to 3 45 access federal resources for state youth 3 46 apprenticeship systems and local programs. 3 47 Sec. 3. REPEAL. Section 258.18, Code 1995, is 3 48 repealed." 3 49 #2. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and 3 50 inserting the following: "An Act relating to a 4 1 school-to-work transition system and the establishment 4 2 of a career pathways program." 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 4 7 LARRY MURPHY, Chairperson 4 8 HF 565.304 76 4 9 kh/cf
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