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1 1 Amend the amendment, S-5622, to House File 2549, as
1 2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as
1 3 follows:
1 4 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 47 the
1 5 following:
1 6 "7. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES FOR
1 7 EDUCATION (CORE) GRANTS.
1 8 For expanded educational assistance to encourage
1 9 Iowans to enroll in shortage area vocational programs
1 10 as provided in section 261.22:
1 11 .................................................. $ 500,000"
1 12 #2. Page 28, by inserting after line 49 the
1 13 following:
1 14 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 261.22 CAREER
1 15 OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION GRANTS.
1 16 1. A career opportunities and resources for
1 17 education grant program is established to be
1 18 administered by the college student aid commission.
1 19 An individual is eligible for the grant program if the
1 20 individual is a resident of this state who is enrolled
1 21 at a community college in a vocational program
1 22 designated as a career opportunities and resources for
1 23 education program in accordance with the provisions of
1 24 this section. The college student aid commission
1 25 shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to
1 26 administer this section.
1 27 2. The department of economic development shall
1 28 identify, at least every four years, targeted
1 29 industries that pay high wages and offer excellent
1 30 benefits and that correspond to Iowa's areas of
1 31 competitive advantage. The director of the department
1 32 of economic development shall submit this list of
1 33 targeted industries to the director of the department
1 34 of education.
1 35 3. The Iowa workforce development board shall
1 36 identify, at least every two years, targeted
1 37 occupations associated with the targeted industries
1 38 identified by the department of economic development
1 39 pursuant to subsection 2. In determining current and
1 40 predicting future targeted occupations, the director
1 41 of the department of workforce development shall seek
1 42 the cooperation and expertise of, among others, the
1 43 department of economic development, the college
1 44 student aid commission, the Iowa state occupational
1 45 information coordinating committee, the department of
1 46 education, business and technology advisory councils,
1 47 educators, labor organizations, chambers of commerce,
1 48 economic development professionals, trade
1 49 associations, and researchers. The director of the
1 50 department of workforce development shall submit the
2 1 approved list of targeted occupations to the director
2 2 of the department of education.
2 3 4. A community college may submit to the
2 4 department of education a proposal for designation as
2 5 a career opportunities and resources for education
2 6 program. A proposed program may be a new or existing
2 7 community college program and shall meet all of the
2 8 following criteria:
2 9 a. The program educates students to meet or exceed
2 10 the prerequisites for employment in a targeted
2 11 industry or targeted occupation identified in
2 12 accordance with this section.
2 13 b. A business guarantees to provide matching cash
2 14 or in-kind contributions to the community college for
2 15 the costs of the program. The matching funds or in-
2 16 kind contributions shall be equivalent to, at a
2 17 minimum, twenty percent of the program costs.
2 18 Matching funds shall not include tuition assistance
2 19 provided to a student who is employed by the business.
2 20 c. The program has an agreement with a business
2 21 whereby the business pledges to provide intellectual
2 22 assistance during the program's development and
2 23 implementation; internships, externships, and
2 24 scholarships to students in the program; and hiring
2 25 preferences to persons who successfully complete the
2 26 program.
2 27 5. The department of education and the department
2 28 of economic development shall develop a review and
2 29 approval process for the designation of community
2 30 college programs as career opportunities and resources
2 31 for education programs.
2 32 6. To be eligible to receive a grant under this
2 33 section, an applicant shall, in accordance with the
2 34 rules of the commission, do the following:
2 35 a. Complete and file an application for a career
2 36 opportunities and resources for education grant. The
2 37 individual shall be responsible for the prompt
2 38 submission of any information required by the
2 39 commission.
2 40 b. File a new application and submit information
2 41 as required by the commission annually on the basis of
2 42 which the applicant's eligibility for the renewed
2 43 grant will be evaluated and determined.
2 44 7. If a student receives financial aid from any
2 45 source other than the program established under this
2 46 section, the full amount of such financial aid shall
2 47 be considered part of the student's financial
2 48 resources available in determining the amount of the
2 49 student's financial need for the period of the
2 50 financial aid. Grant moneys received by a student in
3 1 accordance with this section shall be used to pay the
3 2 student's cost of attendance, which includes community
3 3 college tuition and fees, materials, textbooks and
3 4 supplies, transportation, room and board, dependent
3 5 care during the time the person is in class, and the
3 6 purchase or rental of a computer.
3 7 8. The amount of the grant shall not exceed a
3 8 student's annual financial need or two thousand five
3 9 hundred dollars, whichever is less.
3 10 9. In order to be excused from repayment of the
3 11 total grant amount, a grant recipient shall remain a
3 12 resident of the state and be employed within the
3 13 state, for a period of two years after successful
3 14 completion of a career opportunities and resources for
3 15 education program. If a grant recipient changes
3 16 residence to another state prior to the time specified
3 17 by the commission, the commission shall establish a
3 18 plan for repayment of the total grant amount,
3 19 including an amount of interest to be prescribed by
3 20 the commission by rule, over a ten-year period. If a
3 21 person required to make the repayment does not make
3 22 the required payments, the commission shall provide
3 23 for payment collection.
3 24 10. The departments of economic development,
3 25 education, and workforce development, the college
3 26 student aid commission, and the community colleges
3 27 with designated programs shall jointly promote the
3 28 career opportunities and resources for education
3 29 program to all appropriate populations.
3 30 11. A career opportunities and resources for
3 31 education repayment fund is created for deposit of
3 32 payments made by grant recipients who do not fulfill
3 33 the conditions of the commission's specified residency
3 34 and employment requirements, and for any other moneys
3 35 appropriated to or received by the commission for
3 36 deposit in the fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33,
3 37 moneys deposited in the fund shall not revert to the
3 38 general fund of the state at the end of any fiscal
3 39 year, except as provided in this paragraph, but shall
3 40 remain in the repayment fund and be continuously
3 41 available to make additional grants under the program.
3 42 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest
3 43 or earnings on moneys deposited in the fund shall be
3 44 credited to the fund. Upon the repeal of this
3 45 section, moneys deposited in the fund and moneys due
3 46 the fund subsequent to the date of repeal shall be
3 47 deposited in the general fund of the state.
3 48 12. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to
3 49 chapter 17A to administer this section.
3 50 13. This section is repealed on July 1, 2005."
4 1 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
4 2
4 3
4 4
4 5 MIKE CONNOLLY
4 6
4 7
4 8
4 9 JOHN P. KIBBIE
4 10 HF 2549.715 78
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