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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.
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