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11   pathways program efforts and for appropriate funding
12   levels to implement and sustain the recommended
13   programs.
14     8.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or
15   unobligated funds remaining on June 30 of the fiscal
16   year for which the funds were appropriated shall not
17   revert but shall be available for expenditure for the
18   following fiscal year for the purposes of this
19   section.
20     9.  A career pathways program is a comprehensive
21   school transformation program under section 294A.14.
22     Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  256.17A  SCHOOL-TO-WORK
23   TRANSITION SYSTEM.
24     The departments of education, employment services,
25   and economic development shall develop a statewide
26   school-to-work transition system in consultation with
27   local school districts, community colleges, and labor,
28   business, and industry interests.  The system shall be
29   designed to attain the following objectives:
30     1.  Motivate youths to stay in school and become
31   productive citizens.
32     2.  Set high standards by promoting higher academic
33   performance levels.
34     3.  Connect work and learning so that the classroom
35   is linked to worksite learning and experience.
36     4.  Ready students for work in order to improve
37   their prospects for immediate employment after leaving
38   school on paths that provide significant opportunity
39   to continued education and career development.
40     5.  Engage employers and workers by promoting their
41   participation in the education of youth in order to
42   ensure the development of a skilled, flexible, entry-
43   level workforce.
44     6.  Provide a framework to position the state to
45   access federal resources for state youth
46   apprenticeship systems and local programs.
47     Sec. 3.  REPEAL.  Section 258.18, Code 1995, is
48   repealed."
49     2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and
50   inserting the following:  "An Act relating to a

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 1   school-to-work transition system and the establishment
 2   of a career pathways program."
Wise of Lee offered the following amendment H-4196, to the
Senate amendment H-4116 filed by Wise, Gries, Hanson, Nelson of
Marshall and Cohoon from the floor and moved its adoption:
H-4196
 1     Amend the Senate amendment, H-4116, to House File
 2   565, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House,
 3   as follows:

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