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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 15.362, subsection 1, Code 1999, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. "Certified school to career program" or "certified 1 4 program" meansaany of the following: 1 5 a. A sequenced and articulated secondary and postsecondary 1 6 program registered as an apprenticeship program under 29 1 7 C.F.R. subtit. A, pt. 29, which is conducted pursuant to an 1 8 agreement as provided in section 15.364or a. 1 9 b. A program approved by the state board of education, in 1 10 conjunction with the department of economic development, as1 11meeting. 1 12 c. An individual program of study developed jointly by a 1 13 secondary school, postsecondary institution, and an employer. 1 14 Each program shall be designed to meet the standards 1 15 enumerated in section 15.363,that integratesintegrate a 1 16 secondary school curriculum with private sector job training, 1 17which placesplace students in job internships,and which is1 18designed toand continue into postsecondary educationand that1 19will result in teaching. Programs shall be planned to provide 1 20 participants with new skillsand adding, add value tothe1 21 their wage-earning potential,of participantsand increase 1 22 their long-term employability in the stateand which is. 1 23 Programs shall be conducted pursuant to an agreement as 1 24 provided in section 15.364. 1 25 Sec. 2. Section 15.363, unnumbered paragraphs 1 and 2, 1 26 Code 1999, are amended to read as follows: 1 27 The state board of education, in consultation with the 1 28 department of economic development, shall adopt rules pursuant 1 29 to chapter 17A to guide the board and department in 1 30 determining whether a potential school to career program 1 31should be approvedmeets the standards for certification. 1 32 A certified school to career programwhich is approved by1 33the state board of education in conjunction with the1 34department of economic developmentshall comply with all of 1 35 the following standards: 2 1 Sec. 3. Section 15.363, Code 1999, is amended by adding 2 2 the following new subsection: 2 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. The participant's high school agrees 2 4 to file with the department of education an initial notice of 2 5 intent to conduct a certified program, and shall include in 2 6 the notice the name of the contact person charged with 2 7 overseeing the school district's certified program. The 2 8 participant's high school shall maintain on file the certified 2 9 program agreement required by section 15.364. 2 10 Sec. 4. Section 15.364, subsections 2, 3, 6, and 8, Code 2 11 Supplement 1999, are amended to read as follows: 2 12 2. A description of the career field in which the 2 13 participant is to be trained, and the beginning date and 2 14 duration of the training and employment. 2 15 3. The employer's agreement to provide paid employment, at 2 16 a base wage, for the participantduring the summer months2 17afterbeginning no earlier than the participant's juniorand2 18senior yearsyear in high school and ending no later than the 2 19 fall after the participant'sfirstsecond year of 2 20 postsecondary education. 2 21 6. That in addition to the base wage paid to the 2 22 participant, the employer shall pay an additional sum to be 2 23 held in trust to be applied toward the participant's 2 24 postsecondary education required for completion of the 2 25 certified program. The additional amount must be not less 2 26 than an amount determined by the department of economic 2 27 development to be sufficient to provide payment of tuition 2 28 expenses toward completion of not more than two academic years 2 29 of the required postsecondary education component of the 2 30 certified program at an Iowa community college or an Iowa 2 31 public or private college or university. This amount shall be 2 32 held in trust for the benefit of the participant pursuant to 2 33 rules adopted by the department of economic development. 2 34Payment into an ERISA-approved fund for the benefit of the2 35participant shall satisfy this requirement. The specific fund3 1shall be specified in the agreement.3 2 8. If the participant does not complete the two-year 3 3 employment obligation, the participant's agreement to repay to 3 4 the employer the amount paid by the employer toward the 3 5 participant's postsecondary education expenses pursuant to 3 6 subsection 6. However, if the participant is unable to 3 7 complete the two-year employment obligation because the 3 8 employer did not afford the participant a two-year employment 3 9 opportunity, the participant shall not be required to repay to 3 10 the employer the amount paid by the employer toward the 3 11 participant's postsecondary education expenses. 3 12 EXPLANATION 3 13 This bill expands the definition of "certified school to 3 14 career program" and makes a number of changes to the program. 3 15 Currently, "certified school to career program" means a 3 16 program that is registered as an apprenticeship program under 3 17 federal regulations or a program approved by the state board 3 18 of education, in conjunction with the department of economic 3 19 development. The bill adds a new option, that of an 3 20 individual program of study developed jointly by a secondary 3 21 school, postsecondary institution, and an employer. 3 22 The bill sets limits on the time during which an employer 3 23 must provide paid employment to a period no earlier than the 3 24 student's junior year and no later than the fall after the 3 25 student's second year of postsecondary education. 3 26 The Code currently requires that in addition to the base 3 27 wage paid to the participant, an employer must pay an 3 28 additional sum to be held in trust to be applied toward the 3 29 participant's postsecondary education required for completion 3 30 of the certified program. The bill strikes language that 3 31 would permit a business to satisfy the requirement by paying 3 32 into a federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 3 33 1974(ERISA)-approved fund for the benefit of the participant. 3 34 Under the bill, a certified program agreement must contain 3 35 a description of the beginning date and duration of the 4 1 employment, and assurance from the participant's high school 4 2 that it will file with the department of education an initial 4 3 notice of intent to conduct a certified program, and include 4 4 in the notice the name of the contact person charged with 4 5 overseeing the school district's certified program. The 4 6 participant's high school is also required to maintain on file 4 7 the certified program agreement. 4 8 Under the bill, if a participant is unable to complete the 4 9 employment obligation because the employer does not afford the 4 10 participant an employment opportunity, the participant is not 4 11 required to repay the employer's portion of the participant's 4 12 postsecondary education expenses. 4 13 LSB 5196HH 78 4 14 kh/as/5.1
Text: HF02054 Text: HF02056 Text: HF02000 - HF02099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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