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House Journal: Page 1888: Tuesday, April 21, 1998

	 $	    300,000
	 FTEs	       3.00
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
subsection which remain unexpended or unobligated on June 30,
1999, shall not revert to the general fund of the state but
shall remain available for expenditure in the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 1999, for the purposes designated.
6.  STRATEGIC INVESTMENT FUND ALLOCATION.  There is allocated
from the strategic investment fund to the department of economic
development for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and
ending June 30, 1999, $150,000 to be used for the purchase of
equipment, software, laptop computers, and other necessary
technological equipment.
7.  BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIVISION.  The business development
division of the department of economic development may expend
from moneys appropriated to the department and allocated to the
business development division, for business development
operations, up to $400,000 for increasing the labor availability
and recruitment efforts in the state in all occupational areas
and as deemed necessary.
Sec. 15.  NEW SECTION.  15.361  TITLE.
This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Certified
School to Career Program".
Sec. 16.  NEW SECTION.  15.362  DEFINITIONS.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
1.  "Certified school to career program" or "certified program"
means a sequenced and articulated secondary and postsecondary
program registered as an apprenticeship program under 29 C.F.R.
subtit. A, pt.  29, which is conducted pursuant to an agreement
as provided in section 15.364 or a program approved by the state
board of education, in conjunction with the department of
economic development, as meeting the standards enumerated in
section 15.363, that integrates a secondary school curriculum
with private sector job training which places students in job
internships, and which is designed to continue into
postsecondary education and that will result in teaching new
skills and adding value to the wage-earning potential of
participants and increase their long-term employability in the
state and which is conducted pursuant to an agreement as
provided in section 15.364.
2.  "Participant" means an individual between the ages of
sixteen and twenty-four who is enrolled in a public or private
secondary or postsecondary school and who initiated
participation in a certified school to career program as part of
secondary school education.
3.  "Payroll expenditures" means the base wages actually paid by
an employer to a participant plus the amount held in trust to be
applied toward the participant's postsecondary education.
4.  "Sponsor" means any person, association, committee, or
organization operating a school to career program and in whose
name the program is or will be registered or approved.
Sec. 17.  NEW SECTION.  15.363  CERTIFICATION STANDARDS.

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