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House Journal: Page 1854: Tuesday, April 21, 1998

40  		 $	    100,000
41     Moneys appropriated under this section shall be
42   used by the department of economic development,
43   following a request for proposals, to enter into a
44   contract for the development of a career assessment
45   tool with an Iowa-based business in the career
46   assessment field that has made initial documented
47   investments in career assessment research and which
48   demonstrates the ability to work with and market the
49   proposed assessment tool.  The assessment tool shall
50   be age-appropriate for middle and secondary school

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 1   students and capable of measuring student attributes,
 2   both unique and general, which affect career pathway
 3   options.  In addition, the assessment tool shall be
 4   effective in addressing the lifelong learning needs of
 5   adults, social welfare recipients, and individuals
 6   within the correctional system.  The assessment tool
 7   shall be valid under current educational standards,
 8   and aligned with the United States secretary of
 9   labor's commission on achieving necessary skills and
10   with guidelines published by the national career
11   development association.  The assessment tool may be
12   developed in consultation with private and public
13   entities involved in the education of students of all
14   ages, business and industry, labor organizations,
15   school-to-work program representatives, and social
16   welfare, economic development, and workforce
17   development groups.
18     Sec. 15.  WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT INITIATIVE.
19     1.  FINDINGS.  The general assembly finds that
20   growing levels of employment coupled with historically
21   low levels of unemployment are evidence of increasing
22   scarcity of skilled workers.  Limited access to a
23   skilled workforce is preventing Iowa companies from
24   increasing employment and production, and is a barrier
25   to sustained and stable economic growth.
26     Further, the general assembly finds that in order
27   to increase the size of the workforce, a partnership
28   of private sector employers, communities and public
29   sector organizations should be formed to develop and
30   implement a workforce recruitment initiative.  The
31   initiative is intended to include strategies for
32   recruiting new workers that will meet the workforce
33   needs of Iowa employers who are unable to fill high
34   quality jobs.
35     2.  ESTABLISHMENT.  The general assembly finds an
36   immediate need for the establishment of a workforce
37   recruitment initiative with projects intended to
38   retain and recruit new skilled and unskilled employees
39   to fill the needs of both communities and businesses.

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