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1 1 Amend Senate File 2414 as follows:
1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting
1 3 clause and inserting the following:
1 4 "Section 1. NEW SECTION. 15.361 TITLE.
1 5 This part shall be known and may be cited as the
1 6 "Certified School to Career Program".
1 7 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 15.362 DEFINITIONS.
1 8 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise
1 9 requires:
1 10 1. "Certified school to career program" or
1 11 "certified program" means a sequenced and articulated
1 12 secondary and postsecondary program registered as an
1 13 apprenticeship program under 29 C.F.R. subtit. A, pt.
1 14 29, which is conducted pursuant to an agreement as
1 15 provided in section 15.364 or a program approved by
1 16 the state board of education, in conjunction with the
1 17 department of economic development, as meeting the
1 18 standards enumerated in section 15.363, that
1 19 integrates a secondary school curriculum with private
1 20 sector job training which places students in job
1 21 internships, and which is designed to continue into
1 22 postsecondary education and that will result in
1 23 teaching new skills and adding value to the wage-
1 24 earning potential of participants and increase their
1 25 long-term employability in the state and which is
1 26 conducted pursuant to an agreement as provided in
1 27 section 15.364.
1 28 2. "Participant" means an individual between the
1 29 ages of sixteen and twenty-four who is enrolled in a
1 30 public or private secondary or postsecondary school
1 31 and who initiated participation in a certified school
1 32 to career program as part of secondary school
1 33 education.
1 34 3. "Payroll expenditures" means the base wages
1 35 actually paid by an employer to a participant plus the
1 36 amount held in trust to be applied toward the
1 37 participant's postsecondary education.
1 38 4. "Sponsor" means any person, association,
1 39 committee, or organization operating a school to
1 40 career program and in whose name the program is or
1 41 will be registered or approved.
1 42 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 15.363 CERTIFICATION
1 43 STANDARDS.
1 44 The state board of education, in consultation with
1 45 the department of economic development, shall adopt
1 46 rules pursuant to chapter 17A to guide the board and
1 47 department in determining whether a potential school
1 48 to career program should be approved.
1 49 A school to career program which is approved by the
1 50 state board of education in conjunction with the
2 1 department of economic development shall comply with
2 2 all of the following standards:
2 3 1. The program is conducted pursuant to an
2 4 organized, written plan embodying the terms and
2 5 conditions of employment, job training, classroom
2 6 instruction, and supervision of one or more
2 7 participants, subscribed to by a sponsor who has
2 8 undertaken to carry out the school to career program.
2 9 2. The program complies with all state and federal
2 10 laws pertaining to the workplace.
2 11 3. The employer agrees to assign an employee to
2 12 serve as a mentor for a participant. The mentor's
2 13 occupation shall be in the same career pathway as the
2 14 career interests of the participant.
2 15 4. The program involves an eligible postsecondary
2 16 institution as defined in section 261C.3.
2 17 5. Other standards adopted by rule by the state
2 18 board of education after consultation with the
2 19 department of economic development.
2 20 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 15.364 CERTIFIED PROGRAM
2 21 AGREEMENT.
2 22 The certified program shall be conducted pursuant
2 23 to a signed written agreement between each participant
2 24 and the employer which contains at least the following
2 25 provisions:
2 26 1. The names and signatures of the participant and
2 27 the sponsor or employer and the signature of a parent
2 28 or guardian if the participant is a minor.
2 29 2. A description of the career field in which the
2 30 participant is to be trained, and the beginning date
2 31 and duration of the training.
2 32 3. The employer's agreement to provide paid
2 33 employment, at a base wage, for the participant during
2 34 the summer months after the participant's junior and
2 35 senior years in high school and after the
2 36 participant's first year of postsecondary education.
2 37 4. The participant and employer shall agree upon
2 38 set minimum academic standards which must be
2 39 maintained through the participant's secondary and
2 40 postsecondary education.
2 41 5. This base wage paid to the participant shall
2 42 not be less than the minimum wage prescribed by Iowa
2 43 law or the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, whichever
2 44 is applicable.
2 45 6. That in addition to the base wage paid to the
2 46 participant, the employer shall pay an additional sum
2 47 to be held in trust to be applied toward the
2 48 participant's postsecondary education required for
2 49 completion of the certified program. The additional
2 50 amount must be not less than an amount determined by
3 1 the department of economic development to be
3 2 sufficient to provide payment of tuition expenses
3 3 toward completion of not more than two academic years
3 4 of the required postsecondary education component of
3 5 the certified program at an Iowa community college or
3 6 an Iowa public or private college or university. This
3 7 amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the
3 8 participant pursuant to rules adopted by the
3 9 department of economic development. Payment into an
3 10 ERISA-approved fund for the benefit of the participant
3 11 shall satisfy this requirement. The specific fund
3 12 shall be specified in the agreement.
3 13 7. The participant's agreement to work for the
3 14 employer for at least two years following the
3 15 completion of the participant's postsecondary
3 16 education required by the certified program and the
3 17 employer's agreement to both of the following:
3 18 a. To provide and pay at least eighty percent of
3 19 the cost of a standard medical and dental insurance
3 20 plan for the participant.
3 21 b. To pay a full-time hourly wage to the
3 22 participant of at least eleven dollars per hour
3 23 indexed to 1998 dollars based on the gross national
3 24 product implicit price deflator published by the
3 25 bureau of economic analysis of the United States
3 26 department of commerce or one hundred thirty percent
3 27 of the average wage in the county in which the
3 28 facility where the participant will be employed is
3 29 located, whichever is higher.
3 30 However, the agreement may provide for additional
3 31 education and work commitments beyond the two years.
3 32 8. If the participant does not complete the two-
3 33 year employment obligation, the participant's
3 34 agreement to repay to the employer the amount paid by
3 35 the employer toward the participant's postsecondary
3 36 education expenses pursuant to subsection 6.
3 37 9. That if a participant does not complete the
3 38 certified program contemplated by the agreement, any
3 39 unexpended funds being held in trust for the
3 40 participant's postsecondary education shall be paid
3 41 back to the employer. In addition the participant
3 42 must repay to the employer amounts paid from the trust
3 43 which were expended on the participant's behalf for
3 44 postsecondary education.
3 45 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 15.365 PAYROLL
3 46 EXPENDITURE REFUND.
3 47 1. An employer who employs a participant in a
3 48 certified school to career program may claim a refund
3 49 of twenty percent of the employer's payroll
3 50 expenditures for each participant in the certified
4 1 program. The refund is limited to the first four
4 2 hundred hours of payroll expenditures per participant
4 3 for each calendar year the participant is in the
4 4 certified program, not to exceed three years per
4 5 participant.
4 6 2. To receive a refund under subsection 1 for a
4 7 calendar year, the employer shall file the claim by
4 8 July 1 of the following calendar year. The claim
4 9 shall be filed on forms provided by the department of
4 10 economic development and the employer shall provide
4 11 such information regarding the employer's
4 12 participation in a certified school to career program
4 13 as the department may require. Forms should be
4 14 designed such that claims for refunds for more than
4 15 one participant may be made on a single form. A valid
4 16 claim shall be paid with interest, the interest to
4 17 begin to accrue on the first day of the second
4 18 calendar month following the date the claim for refund
4 19 was to be filed or was filed, whichever is the latest,
4 20 at the rate in effect under section 421.7 counting
4 21 each fraction of a month as an entire month under
4 22 rules prescribed by the department.
4 23 3. For each fiscal year of the fiscal period
4 24 beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2005,
4 25 there is appropriated annually from the general fund
4 26 of the state to the department of economic development
4 27 an amount sufficient to pay refunds under this
4 28 section.
4 29 4. The department of economic development shall
4 30 consult with the department of revenue and finance for
4 31 purposes of this section. The department of economic
4 32 development shall adopt rules as deemed necessary to
4 33 carry out the purposes of the certified school to
4 34 career program.
4 35 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 15.366 REPEAL.
4 36 This part of chapter 15 is repealed June 30, 2005.
4 37 However, any contracts in existence on June 30, 2005,
4 38 shall continue to be valid and each party to such
4 39 contract is obligated to perform as required under
4 40 such contract. However, no employer is entitled to
4 41 any payroll expenditure refund for payroll
4 42 expenditures incurred after December 31, 2003.
4 43 Sec. ___. FINDINGS. The general assembly finds
4 44 that growing levels of employment coupled with
4 45 historically low levels of unemployment are evidence
4 46 of increasing scarcity of skilled workers. Limited
4 47 access to a skilled workforce is preventing Iowa
4 48 companies from increasing employment and production,
4 49 and is a barrier to sustained and stable economic
4 50 growth.
5 1 Further, the general assembly finds that in order
5 2 to increase the size of the workforce, a partnership
5 3 of private sector employers, communities and public
5 4 sector organizations should be formed to develop and
5 5 implement a workforce recruitment initiative. The
5 6 initiative is intended to include strategies for
5 7 recruiting new workers that will meet the workforce
5 8 needs of Iowa employers who are unable to fill high
5 9 quality jobs.
5 10 Sec. ___. WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT INITIATIVE. The
5 11 general assembly finds an immediate need for the
5 12 establishment of a workforce recruitment initiative
5 13 with projects intended to retain and recruit new
5 14 skilled and unskilled employees to fill the needs of
5 15 both communities and businesses. The department of
5 16 economic development and the department of workforce
5 17 development shall enter into a cooperative memorandum
5 18 of understanding to accomplish purposes of this
5 19 initiative. The memorandum shall include, but not be
5 20 limited to, provisions for the sharing and utilization
5 21 of job matching databases and technology to accomplish
5 22 the purposes of the initiative and for an allocation
5 23 out of moneys appropriated to the department of
5 24 economic development for purposes of the workforce
5 25 recruitment initiative for payment of employee
5 26 salaries related to the workforce recruitment
5 27 initiative.
5 28 Sec. ___. STATE AGENCY COOPERATION. The
5 29 department of economic development and the department
5 30 of workforce development shall seek and obtain the
5 31 cooperation of any state agency and local economic
5 32 development organization actively involved in
5 33 workforce development initiatives which could provide
5 34 employee recruitment and marketing assistance to
5 35 accomplish the workforce recruitment initiative.
5 36 Sec. ___. For purposes of the workforce
5 37 recruitment initiative, the department of workforce
5 38 development shall increase the number of full-time
5 39 equivalent positions authorized for the department
5 40 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, by 2.00
5 41 FTEs through moneys authorized for expenditure in this
5 42 Act and allocated pursuant to the cooperative
5 43 memorandum of understanding entered into with the
5 44 department of economic development as provided in
5 45 section 2.
5 46 Sec. ___. APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated
5 47 from the general fund of the state to the department
5 48 of economic development for the fiscal year beginning
5 49 July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, the following
5 50 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used
6 1 for the purposes designated:
6 2 For workforce recruitment initiative purposes
6 3 including technical support and maintenance of
6 4 databases and an internet web site, for a joint
6 5 proposal of the department of economic development and
6 6 the department of workforce development relating to
6 7 the workforce recruitment initiative which shall
6 8 include provisions for private sector contributions,
6 9 for administration involving the certified school to
6 10 career program, and including salaries, support,
6 11 maintenance, miscellaneous purposes, and for not more
6 12 than the following full-time equivalent positions:
6 13 .................................................. $ 300,000
6 14 ............................................... FTEs 3.00
6 15 The full-time equivalent positions authorized in
6 16 this section shall be available to administer the
6 17 certified school to career program created in sections
6 18 15.361 through 15.366 as enacted in this Act.
6 19 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated
6 20 in this section which remain unexpended or unobligated
6 21 on June 30, 1999, shall not revert to the general fund
6 22 of the state but shall remain available for
6 23 expenditure in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999,
6 24 for the purposes designated.
6 25 Sec. ___. There is allocated from the reversion
6 26 technology initiatives account, subject to the
6 27 creation of this account by the general assembly, to
6 28 the department of economic development for the fiscal
6 29 year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999,
6 30 $150,000 to be used for the purchase of equipment,
6 31 software, laptop computers, and other necessary
6 32 technological equipment. Moneys allocated from the
6 33 reversion technology initiatives account pursuant to
6 34 this section shall be allocated prior to any other
6 35 allocation required by law.
6 36 Sec. ___. The business development division of the
6 37 department of economic development may expend from
6 38 moneys appropriated to the department and allocated to
6 39 the business development division, for business
6 40 development operations, up to $400,000 for increasing
6 41 the labor availability and recruitment efforts in the
6 42 state in all occupational areas and as deemed
6 43 necessary.
6 44 Sec. ___. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed
6 45 of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment."
6 46 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
6 47
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6 49
6 50 TOM VILSACK
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Text: S05666 Text: S05668 Text: S05600 - S05699 Text: S Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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