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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 15.361 TITLE. 1 2 This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Certified 1 3 School to Career Program". 1 4 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 15.362 DEFINITIONS. 1 5 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise 1 6 requires: 1 7 1. "Certified school to career program" or "certified 1 8 program" means a sequenced and articulated secondary and 1 9 postsecondary program registered as an apprenticeship program 1 10 under 29 C.F.R. subtit. A, pt. 29, which is conducted 1 11 pursuant to an agreement as provided in section 15.364 or a 1 12 program approved by the state board of education, in 1 13 conjunction with the department of economic development, as 1 14 meeting the standards enumerated in section 15.363, that 1 15 integrates a secondary school curriculum with private sector 1 16 job training which places students in job internships, and 1 17 which is designed to continue into postsecondary education and 1 18 that will result in teaching new skills and adding value to 1 19 the wage-earning potential of participants and increase their 1 20 long-term employability in the state and which is conducted 1 21 pursuant to an agreement as provided in section 15.364. 1 22 2. "Participant" means an individual between the ages of 1 23 sixteen and twenty-four who is enrolled in a public or private 1 24 secondary or postsecondary school and who initiated 1 25 participation in a certified school to career program as part 1 26 of secondary school education. 1 27 3. "Payroll expenditures" means the base wages actually 1 28 paid by an employer to a participant plus the amount held in 1 29 trust to be applied toward the participant's postsecondary 1 30 education. 1 31 4. "Sponsor" means any person, association, committee, or 1 32 organization operating a school to career program and in whose 1 33 name the program is or will be registered or approved. 1 34 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 15.363 CERTIFICATION STANDARDS. 1 35 The state board of education, in consultation with the 2 1 department of economic development, shall adopt rules pursuant 2 2 to chapter 17A to guide the board and department in 2 3 determining whether a potential school to career program 2 4 should be approved. 2 5 A school to career program which is approved by the state 2 6 board of education in conjunction with the department of 2 7 economic development shall comply with all of the following 2 8 standards: 2 9 1. The program is conducted pursuant to an organized, 2 10 written plan embodying the terms and conditions of employment, 2 11 job training, classroom instruction, and supervision of one or 2 12 more participants, subscribed to by a sponsor who has 2 13 undertaken to carry out the school to career program. 2 14 2. The program complies with all state and federal laws 2 15 pertaining to the workplace. 2 16 3. The employer agrees to assign an employee to serve as a 2 17 mentor for a participant. The mentor's occupation shall be in 2 18 the same career pathway as the career interests of the 2 19 participant. 2 20 4. The program involves an eligible postsecondary 2 21 institution as defined in section 261C.3. 2 22 5. Other standards adopted by rule by the state board of 2 23 education after consultation with the department of economic 2 24 development. 2 25 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 15.364 CERTIFIED PROGRAM AGREEMENT. 2 26 The certified program shall be conducted pursuant to a 2 27 signed written agreement between each participant and the 2 28 employer which contains at least the following provisions: 2 29 1. The names and signatures of the participant and the 2 30 sponsor or employer and the signature of a parent or guardian 2 31 if the participant is a minor. 2 32 2. A description of the career field in which the 2 33 participant is to be trained, and the beginning date and 2 34 duration of the training. 2 35 3. The employer's agreement to provide paid employment, at 3 1 a base wage, for the participant during the summer months 3 2 after the participant's junior and senior years in high school 3 3 and after the participant's first year of postsecondary 3 4 education. 3 5 4. The participant and employer shall agree upon set 3 6 minimum academic standards which must be maintained through 3 7 the participant's secondary and postsecondary education. 3 8 5. This base wage paid to the participant shall not be 3 9 less than the minimum wage prescribed by Iowa law or the 3 10 federal Fair Labor Standards Act, whichever is applicable. 3 11 6. That in addition to the base wage paid to the 3 12 participant, the employer shall pay an additional sum to be 3 13 held in trust to be applied toward the participant's 3 14 postsecondary education required for completion of the 3 15 certified program. The additional amount must be not less 3 16 than an amount determined by the department of economic 3 17 development to be sufficient to provide payment of tuition 3 18 expenses toward completion of not more than two academic years 3 19 of the required postsecondary education component of the 3 20 certified program at an Iowa community college or an Iowa 3 21 public or private college or university. This amount shall be 3 22 held in trust for the benefit of the participant pursuant to 3 23 rules adopted by the department of economic development. 3 24 Payment into an ERISA-approved fund for the benefit of the 3 25 participant shall satisfy this requirement. The specific fund 3 26 shall be specified in the agreement. 3 27 7. The participant's agreement to work for the employer 3 28 for at least two years following the completion of the 3 29 participant's postsecondary education required by the 3 30 certified program. However, the agreement may provide for 3 31 additional education and work commitments beyond the two 3 32 years. 3 33 8. If the participant does not complete the two-year 3 34 employment obligation, the participant's agreement to repay to 3 35 the employer the amount paid by the employer toward the 4 1 participant's postsecondary education expenses pursuant to 4 2 subsection 6. 4 3 9. That if a participant does not complete the certified 4 4 program contemplated by the agreement, any unexpended funds 4 5 being held in trust for the participant's postsecondary 4 6 education shall be paid back to the employer. In addition the 4 7 participant must repay to the employer amounts paid from the 4 8 trust which were expended on the participant's behalf for 4 9 postsecondary education. 4 10 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 15.365 PAYROLL EXPENDITURE REFUND. 4 11 1. An employer who employs a participant in a certified 4 12 school to career program may claim a refund of twenty percent 4 13 of the employer's payroll expenditures for each participant in 4 14 the certified program. The refund is limited to the first 4 15 four hundred hours of payroll expenditures per participant for 4 16 each calendar year the participant is in the certified 4 17 program, not to exceed three years per participant. 4 18 2. To receive a refund under subsection 1 for a calendar 4 19 year, the employer shall file the claim by July 1 of the 4 20 following calendar year. The claim shall be filed on forms 4 21 provided by the department of economic development and the 4 22 employer shall provide such information regarding the 4 23 employer's participation in a certified school to career 4 24 program as the department may require. Forms should be 4 25 designed such that claims for refunds for more than one 4 26 participant may be made on a single form. 4 27 3. For each fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning 4 28 July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2004, there is appropriated 4 29 up to five hundred thousand dollars annually from the general 4 30 fund of the state to the department of economic development to 4 31 pay refunds under this section. If the amount appropriated in 4 32 a fiscal year is insufficient to pay all refund claims for the 4 33 calendar year in full, each claimant shall receive a 4 34 proportion of the claimant's refund claim equal to the ratio 4 35 of the amount appropriated to the total amount of refund 5 1 claims. Any unpaid portion of a claim shall not be paid from 5 2 a subsequent fiscal year appropriation. 5 3 4. The department of economic development shall consult 5 4 with the department of revenue and finance for purposes of 5 5 this section. The department of economic development shall 5 6 adopt rules as deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of 5 7 the certified school to career program. 5 8 Sec. 6. NEW SECTION. 15.366 REPEAL. 5 9 This part of chapter 15 is repealed June 30, 2004. 5 10 However, any contracts in existence on June 30, 2004, shall 5 11 continue to be valid and each party to such contract is 5 12 obligated to perform as required under such contract. 5 13 However, no employer is entitled to any payroll expenditure 5 14 refund for payroll expenditures incurred after December 31, 5 15 2002. 5 16 Sec. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 5 17 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 5 18 HF 2548 5 19 mg/pk/25
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