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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the House amendment, S-5540, to Senate File 1 2 2296, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, 1 3 as follows: 1 4 #1. Page 2, by inserting after line 11 the 1 5 following: 1 6 "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 15.361 TITLE. 1 7 This part shall be known and may be cited as the 1 8 "Certified School to Career Program". 1 9 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 15.362 DEFINITIONS. 1 10 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise 1 11 requires: 1 12 1. "Certified school to career program" or 1 13 "certified program" means a sequenced and articulated 1 14 secondary and postsecondary program registered as an 1 15 apprenticeship program under 29 C.F.R. subtit. A, pt. 1 16 29, which is conducted pursuant to an agreement as 1 17 provided in section 15.364 or a program approved by 1 18 the state board of education, in conjunction with the 1 19 department of economic development, as meeting the 1 20 standards enumerated in section 15.363, that 1 21 integrates a secondary school curriculum with private 1 22 sector job training which places students in job 1 23 internships, and which is designed to continue into 1 24 postsecondary education and that will result in 1 25 teaching new skills and adding value to the wage- 1 26 earning potential of participants and increase their 1 27 long-term employability in the state and which is 1 28 conducted pursuant to an agreement as provided in 1 29 section 15.364. 1 30 2. "Participant" means an individual between the 1 31 ages of sixteen and twenty-four who is enrolled in a 1 32 public or private secondary or postsecondary school 1 33 and who initiated participation in a certified school 1 34 to career program as part of secondary school 1 35 education. 1 36 3. "Payroll expenditures" means the base wages 1 37 actually paid by an employer to a participant plus the 1 38 amount held in trust to be applied toward the 1 39 participant's postsecondary education. 1 40 4. "Sponsor" means any person, association, 1 41 committee, or organization operating a school to 1 42 career program and in whose name the program is or 1 43 will be registered or approved. 1 44 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 15.363 CERTIFICATION 1 45 STANDARDS. 1 46 The state board of education, in consultation with 1 47 the department of economic development, shall adopt 1 48 rules pursuant to chapter 17A to guide the board and 1 49 department in determining whether a potential school 1 50 to career program should be approved. 2 1 A school to career program which is approved by the 2 2 state board of education in conjunction with the 2 3 department of economic development shall comply with 2 4 all of the following standards: 2 5 1. The program is conducted pursuant to an 2 6 organized, written plan embodying the terms and 2 7 conditions of employment, job training, classroom 2 8 instruction, and supervision of one or more 2 9 participants, subscribed to by a sponsor who has 2 10 undertaken to carry out the school to career program. 2 11 2. The program complies with all state and federal 2 12 laws pertaining to the workplace. 2 13 3. The employer agrees to assign an employee to 2 14 serve as a mentor for a participant. The mentor's 2 15 occupation shall be in the same career pathway as the 2 16 career interests of the participant. 2 17 4. The program involves an eligible postsecondary 2 18 institution as defined in section 261C.3. 2 19 5. Other standards adopted by rule by the state 2 20 board of education after consultation with the 2 21 department of economic development. 2 22 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 15.364 CERTIFIED PROGRAM 2 23 AGREEMENT. 2 24 The certified program shall be conducted pursuant 2 25 to a signed written agreement between each participant 2 26 and the employer which contains at least the following 2 27 provisions: 2 28 1. The names and signatures of the participant and 2 29 the sponsor or employer and the signature of a parent 2 30 or guardian if the participant is a minor. 2 31 2. A description of the career field in which the 2 32 participant is to be trained, and the beginning date 2 33 and duration of the training. 2 34 3. The employer's agreement to provide paid 2 35 employment, at a base wage, for the participant during 2 36 the summer months after the participant's junior and 2 37 senior years in high school and after the 2 38 participant's first year of postsecondary education. 2 39 4. The participant and employer shall agree upon 2 40 set minimum academic standards which must be 2 41 maintained through the participant's secondary and 2 42 postsecondary education. 2 43 5. This base wage paid to the participant shall 2 44 not be less than the minimum wage prescribed by Iowa 2 45 law or the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, whichever 2 46 is applicable. 2 47 6. That in addition to the base wage paid to the 2 48 participant, the employer shall pay an additional sum 2 49 to be held in trust to be applied toward the 2 50 participant's postsecondary education required for 3 1 completion of the certified program. The additional 3 2 amount must be not less than an amount determined by 3 3 the department of economic development to be 3 4 sufficient to provide payment of tuition expenses 3 5 toward completion of not more than two academic years 3 6 of the required postsecondary education component of 3 7 the certified program at an Iowa community college or 3 8 an Iowa public or private college or university. This 3 9 amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the 3 10 participant pursuant to rules adopted by the 3 11 department of economic development. Payment into an 3 12 ERISA-approved fund for the benefit of the participant 3 13 shall satisfy this requirement. The specific fund 3 14 shall be specified in the agreement. 3 15 7. The participant's agreement to work for the 3 16 employer for at least two years following the 3 17 completion of the participant's postsecondary 3 18 education required by the certified program and the 3 19 employer's agreement to both of the following: 3 20 a. To provide and pay at least eighty percent of 3 21 the cost of a standard medical and dental insurance 3 22 plan for the participant. 3 23 b. To pay a full-time hourly wage to the 3 24 participant of at least eleven dollars per hour 3 25 indexed to 1998 dollars based on the gross national 3 26 product implicit price deflator published by the 3 27 bureau of economic analysis of the United States 3 28 department of commerce or one hundred thirty percent 3 29 of the average wage in the county in which the 3 30 facility where the participant will be employed is 3 31 located, whichever is higher. 3 32 However, the agreement may provide for additional 3 33 education and work commitments beyond the two years. 3 34 8. If the participant does not complete the two- 3 35 year employment obligation, the participant's 3 36 agreement to repay to the employer the amount paid by 3 37 the employer toward the participant's postsecondary 3 38 education expenses pursuant to subsection 6. 3 39 9. That if a participant does not complete the 3 40 certified program contemplated by the agreement, any 3 41 unexpended funds being held in trust for the 3 42 participant's postsecondary education shall be paid 3 43 back to the employer. In addition the participant 3 44 must repay to the employer amounts paid from the trust 3 45 which were expended on the participant's behalf for 3 46 postsecondary education. 3 47 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 15.365 PAYROLL 3 48 EXPENDITURE REFUND. 3 49 1. An employer who employs a participant in a 3 50 certified school to career program may claim a refund 4 1 of twenty percent of the employer's payroll 4 2 expenditures for each participant in the certified 4 3 program. The refund is limited to the first four 4 4 hundred hours of payroll expenditures per participant 4 5 for each calendar year the participant is in the 4 6 certified program, not to exceed three years per 4 7 participant. 4 8 2. To receive a refund under subsection 1 for a 4 9 calendar year, the employer shall file the claim by 4 10 July 1 of the following calendar year. The claim 4 11 shall be filed on forms provided by the department of 4 12 economic development and the employer shall provide 4 13 such information regarding the employer's 4 14 participation in a certified school to career program 4 15 as the department may require. Forms should be 4 16 designed such that claims for refunds for more than 4 17 one participant may be made on a single form. A valid 4 18 claim shall be paid with interest, the interest to 4 19 begin to accrue on the first day of the second 4 20 calendar month following the date the claim for refund 4 21 was to be filed or was filed, whichever is the latest, 4 22 at the rate in effect under section 421.7 counting 4 23 each fraction of a month as an entire month under 4 24 rules prescribed by the department. 4 25 3. For each fiscal year of the fiscal period 4 26 beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2004, 4 27 there is appropriated annually from the general fund 4 28 of the state to the department of economic development 4 29 an amount sufficient to pay refunds under this 4 30 section. 4 31 4. The department of economic development shall 4 32 consult with the department of revenue and finance for 4 33 purposes of this section. The department of economic 4 34 development shall adopt rules as deemed necessary to 4 35 carry out the purposes of the certified school to 4 36 career program. 4 37 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 15.366 REPEAL. 4 38 This part of chapter 15 is repealed June 30, 2004. 4 39 However, any contracts in existence on June 30, 2004, 4 40 shall continue to be valid and each party to such 4 41 contract is obligated to perform as required under 4 42 such contract. However, no employer is entitled to 4 43 any payroll expenditure refund for payroll 4 44 expenditures incurred after December 31, 2002." 4 45 4 46 4 47 4 48 TOM VILSACK 4 49 SF 2296.225 77 4 50 tm/jl/28
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