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House Journal: Page 1889: Tuesday, April 21, 1998

The state board of education, in consultation with the
department of economic development, shall adopt rules pursuant
to chapter 17A to guide the board and department in determining
whether a potential school to career program should be approved.
A school to career program which is approved by the state board
of education in conjunction with the department of economic
development shall comply with all of the following standards:
1.  The program is conducted pursuant to an organized, written
plan embodying the terms and conditions of employment, job
training, classroom instruction, and supervision of one or more
participants, subscribed to by a sponsor who has undertaken to
carry out the school to career program.
2.  The program complies with all state and federal laws
pertaining to the workplace.
3.  The employer agrees to assign an employee to serve as a
mentor for a participant.  The mentor's occupation shall be in
the same career pathway as the career interests of the
participant.
4.  The program involves an eligible postsecondary institution
as defined in section 261C.3.
5.  Other standards adopted by rule by the state board of
education after consultation with the department of economic
development.
Sec. 18. NEW SECTION. 15.364 CERTIFIED PROGRAM AGREEMENT.
The certified program shall be conducted pursuant to a signed
written agreement between each participant and the employer
which contains at least the following provisions:
1.  The names and signatures of the participant and the sponsor
or employer and the signature of a parent or guardian if the
participant is a minor.
2.  A description of the career field in which the participant
is to be trained, and the beginning date and duration of the
training.
3.  The employer's agreement to provide paid employment, at a
base wage, for the participant during the summer months after
the participant's junior and senior years in high school and
after the participant's first year of postsecondary education.
4.  The participant and employer shall agree upon set minimum
academic standards which must be maintained through the
participant's secondary and postsecondary education.
5.  This base wage paid to the participant shall not be less
than the minimum wage prescribed by Iowa law or the federal Fair
Labor Standards Act, whichever is applicable.
6.  That in addition to the base wage paid to the participant,
the employer shall pay an additional sum to be held in trust to
be applied toward the participant's postsecondary education
required for completion of the certified program.  The
additional amount must be not less than an amount determined by
the department of economic development to be sufficient to
provide payment of tuition expenses toward completion of not
more than two academic years of the required 

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