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40   actually paid by an employer to a participant plus the
41   amount held in trust to be applied toward the
42   participant's postsecondary education.
43     4.  "Sponsor" means any person, association,
44   committee, or organization operating a school to
45   career program and in whose name the program is or
46   will be registered or approved.
47     Sec. 18.  NEW SECTION.  15.363  CERTIFICATION
48   STANDARDS.
49     The state board of education, in consultation with
50   the department of economic development, shall adopt

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 1   rules pursuant to chapter 17A to guide the board and
 2   department in determining whether a potential school
 3   to career program should be approved.
 4     A school to career program which is approved by the
 5   state board of education in conjunction with the
 6   department of economic development shall comply with
 7   all of the following standards:
 8     1.  The program is conducted pursuant to an
 9   organized, written plan embodying the terms and
10   conditions of employment, job training, classroom
11   instruction, and supervision of one or more
12   participants, subscribed to by a sponsor who has
13   undertaken to carry out the school to career program.
14     2.  The program complies with all state and federal
15   laws pertaining to the workplace.
16     3.  The employer agrees to assign an employee to
17   serve as a mentor for a participant.  The mentor's
18   occupation shall be in the same career pathway as the
19   career interests of the participant.
20     4.  The program involves an eligible postsecondary
21   institution as defined in section 261C.3.
22     5.  Other standards adopted by rule by the state
23   board of education after consultation with the
24   department of economic development.
25     Sec. 19.  NEW SECTION.  15.364  CERTIFIED PROGRAM
26   AGREEMENT.
27     The certified program shall be conducted pursuant
28   to a signed written agreement between each participant
29   and the employer which contains at least the following
30   provisions:
31     1.  The names and signatures of the participant and
32   the sponsor or employer and the signature of a parent
33   or guardian if the participant is a minor.
34     2.  A description of the career field in which the
35   participant is to be trained, and the beginning date
36   and duration of the training.
37     3.  The employer's agreement to provide paid
38   employment, at a base wage, for the participant during
39   the summer months after the participant's junior and

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