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1 1 Amend House File 2549 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 2, by inserting after line 1 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "7. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES FOR
1 5 EDUCATION (CORE) GRANTS
1 6 For expanded educational assistance to encourage
1 7 Iowans to enroll in shortage area vocational programs:
1 8 .................................................. $ 500,000"
1 9 #2. Page 9, by inserting after line 30 the
1 10 following:
1 11 " . EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS ASSESSMENT
1 12 REIMBURSEMENTS
1 13 For reimbursement of school district claims for the
1 14 costs of acquiring and using employability skills
1 15 assessment tools as provided in section 256.39A:
1 16 .................................................. $ 800,000"
1 17 . JOBS FOR AMERICA'S GRADUATES
1 18 For school districts to provide direct services to
1 19 the most at-risk senior high school students enrolled
1 20 in school districts through direct intervention by a
1 21 "jobs for America's graduates" specialist:
1 22 .................................................. $ 333,000"
1 23 . CONNECTING EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
1 24 DEVELOPMENT
1 25 For purposes of providing support to statewide
1 26 school-to-work implementation through professional
1 27 development opportunities, employability skill
1 28 revalidation, partnership capacity building,
1 29 connecting to the department of workforce
1 30 development's making connections system
1 31 implementation, and the integration of academic and
1 32 vocational education.
1 33 .................................................. $ 210,000"
1 34 . AMERICORPS AFTER-SCHOOL INITIATIVE
1 35 For support of the americorps after-school
1 36 initiative:
1 37 .................................................. $ 120,000"
1 38 #3. Page 27, by inserting after line 32 the
1 39 following:
1 40 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 256.39A EMPLOYABILITY
1 41 SKILLS ASSESSMENT REIMBURSEMENTS.
1 42 1. If the general assembly appropriates moneys to
1 43 pay school district claims for the costs of
1 44 employability skills assessment tools, the department
1 45 of education shall reimburse school district claims
1 46 for the costs of acquiring, administering, and scoring
1 47 assessment tools to assess the employability skills of
1 48 students. The director of education shall identify
1 49 available employability skills assessment tools that
1 50 school districts may use to meet the claim
2 1 reimbursement requirements of this section.
2 2 2. In order to be eligible for reimbursement under
2 3 this section, a school district shall submit a claim
2 4 on forms provided by the department by July 15, and
2 5 the claim shall state the actual costs incurred and
2 6 shall be accompanied by an affidavit of an officer of
2 7 the school district affirming the accuracy of the
2 8 claim.
2 9 3. A school district that submits to the
2 10 department a claim for reimbursement in accordance
2 11 with this section shall develop and integrate specific
2 12 employability skills, goals, and activities into the
2 13 comprehensive school improvement plan required under
2 14 section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph "a".
2 15 4. The department of education shall certify to
2 16 the department of revenue and finance the total
2 17 amounts of approved claims to be paid and, to the
2 18 extent moneys are appropriated, the department of
2 19 revenue and finance shall draw warrants payable to
2 20 school districts with approved claims, taking into
2 21 consideration the relative budget and cash position of
2 22 the state resources. If the funds appropriated for
2 23 purposes of this section are insufficient to pay in
2 24 full the claims submitted by school districts and
2 25 approved by the department, the amounts of approved
2 26 claims shall be prorated among all school districts
2 27 with approved claims.
2 28 5. Moneys received under this section shall not be
2 29 commingled with state aid payments made under section
2 30 257.16 to a school district and shall be accounted for
2 31 by the school district separately from state aid
2 32 payments. Payments made to a school district under
2 33 this section are miscellaneous income for purposes of
2 34 chapter 257."
2 35 #4. Page 37, by inserting after line 18 the
2 36 following:
2 37 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 261.22 CAREER
2 38 OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION GRANTS.
2 39 1. A career opportunities and resources for
2 40 education grant program is established to be
2 41 administered by the college student aid commission.
2 42 An individual is eligible for the grant program if the
2 43 individual is a resident of this state who is enrolled
2 44 at a community college in a vocational program
2 45 designated as a career opportunities and resources for
2 46 education program in accordance with the provisions of
2 47 this section. The college student aid commission
2 48 shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to
2 49 administer this section.
2 50 2. The department of economic development shall
3 1 identify, at least every four years, targeted
3 2 industries that pay high wages and offer excellent
3 3 benefits and that correspond to Iowa's areas of
3 4 competitive advantage. The director of the department
3 5 of economic development shall submit this list of
3 6 targeted industries to the director of the department
3 7 of education.
3 8 3. The Iowa workforce development board shall
3 9 identify, at least every two years, targeted
3 10 occupations associated with the targeted industries
3 11 identified by the department of economic development
3 12 pursuant to subsection 2. In determining current and
3 13 predicting future targeted occupations, the director
3 14 of the department of workforce development shall seek
3 15 the cooperation and expertise of, among others, the
3 16 department of economic development, the college
3 17 student aid commission, the Iowa state occupational
3 18 information coordinating committee, the department of
3 19 education, business and technology advisory councils,
3 20 educators, labor organizations, chambers of commerce,
3 21 economic development professionals, trade
3 22 associations, and researchers. The director of the
3 23 department of workforce development shall submit the
3 24 approved list of targeted occupations to the director
3 25 of the department of education.
3 26 4. A community college may submit to the
3 27 department of education a proposal for designation as
3 28 a career opportunities and resources for education
3 29 program. A proposed program may be a new or existing
3 30 community college program and shall meet all of the
3 31 following criteria:
3 32 a. The program educates students to meet or exceed
3 33 the prerequisites for employment in a targeted
3 34 industry or targeted occupation identified in
3 35 accordance with this section.
3 36 b. A business guarantees to provide matching cash
3 37 or in-kind contributions to the community college for
3 38 the costs of the program. The matching funds or in-
3 39 kind contributions shall be equivalent to, at a
3 40 minimum, twenty percent of the program costs.
3 41 Matching funds shall not include tuition assistance
3 42 provided to a student who is employed by the business.
3 43 c. The program has an agreement with a business
3 44 whereby the business pledges to provide intellectual
3 45 assistance during the program's development and
3 46 implementation; internships, externships, and
3 47 scholarships to students in the program; and hiring
3 48 preferences to persons who successfully complete the
3 49 program.
3 50 5. The department of education and the department
4 1 of economic development shall develop a review and
4 2 approval process for the designation of community
4 3 college programs as career opportunities and resources
4 4 for education programs.
4 5 6. To be eligible to receive a grant under this
4 6 section, an applicant shall, in accordance with the
4 7 rules of the commission, do the following:
4 8 a. Complete and file an application for a career
4 9 opportunities and resources for education grant. The
4 10 individual shall be responsible for the prompt
4 11 submission of any information required by the
4 12 commission.
4 13 b. File a new application and submit information
4 14 as required by the commission annually on the basis of
4 15 which the applicant's eligibility for the renewed
4 16 grant will be evaluated and determined.
4 17 7. If a student receives financial aid from any
4 18 source other than the program established under this
4 19 section, the full amount of such financial aid shall
4 20 be considered part of the student's financial
4 21 resources available in determining the amount of the
4 22 student's financial need for the period of the
4 23 financial aid. Grant moneys received by a student in
4 24 accordance with this section shall be used to pay the
4 25 student's cost of attendance, which includes community
4 26 college tuition and fees, materials, textbooks and
4 27 supplies, transportation, room and board, dependent
4 28 care during the time the person is in class, and the
4 29 purchase or rental of a computer.
4 30 8. The amount of the grant shall not exceed a
4 31 student's annual financial need or two thousand five
4 32 hundred dollars, whichever is less.
4 33 9. In order to be excused from repayment of the
4 34 total grant amount, a grant recipient shall remain a
4 35 resident of the state and be employed within the
4 36 state, for a period of two years after successful
4 37 completion of a career opportunities and resources for
4 38 education program. If a grant recipient changes
4 39 residence to another state prior to the time specified
4 40 by the commission, the commission shall establish a
4 41 plan for repayment of the total grant amount,
4 42 including an amount of interest to be prescribed by
4 43 the commission by rule, over a ten-year period. If a
4 44 person required to make the repayment does not make
4 45 the required payments, the commission shall provide
4 46 for payment collection.
4 47 10. The departments of economic development,
4 48 education, and workforce development, the college
4 49 student aid commission, and the community colleges
4 50 with designated programs shall jointly promote the
5 1 career opportunities and resources for education
5 2 program to all appropriate populations.
5 3 11. A career opportunities and resources for
5 4 education repayment fund is created for deposit of
5 5 payments made by grant recipients who do not fulfill
5 6 the conditions of the commission's specified residency
5 7 and employment requirements, and for any other moneys
5 8 appropriated to or received by the commission for
5 9 deposit in the fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33,
5 10 moneys deposited in the fund shall not revert to the
5 11 general fund of the state at the end of any fiscal
5 12 year, except as provided in this paragraph, but shall
5 13 remain in the repayment fund and be continuously
5 14 available to make additional grants under the program.
5 15 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest
5 16 or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be
5 17 credited to the fund. Upon the repeal of this
5 18 section, moneys deposited in the fund and moneys due
5 19 the fund subsequent to the date of repeal shall be
5 20 deposited in the general fund of the state.
5 21 12. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to
5 22 chapter 17A to administer this section.
5 23 13. This section is repealed on July 1, 2005."
5 24 #5. By renumbering as necessary.
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5 28 WISE of Lee
5 29
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5 32 DOTZLER of Black Hawk
5 33 HF 2549.711 78
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