Text: SSB03212 Text: SSB03214 Text: SSB03200 - SSB03299 Text: SSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 7C.4A, subsection 2, Code 1999, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 2. Twelve percent of the state ceiling shall be allocated 1 4 to bonds issued to carry out programs established under 1 5 chapters 260C,and 260E, and 260F. However, at any time 1 6 during the calendar year the director of the Iowa department 1 7 of economic development may determine that a lesser amount 1 8 need be allocated and on that date this lesser amount shall be 1 9 the amount allocated for those programs and the excess shall 1 10 be allocated under subsection 7. 1 11 Sec. 2. Section 15.108, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code 1 12 Supplement 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 13 a. Coordinate and perform the duties specified under the 1 14 Iowa industrial new jobs training Act in chapter 260E, the1 15Iowa jobs training Act in chapter 260F,and the workforce 1 16 development fund in section 15.341. 1 17 Sec. 3. Section 15.342A, Code Supplement 1999, is amended 1 18 to read as follows: 1 19 15.342A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND ACCOUNT. 1 20 A workforce development fund account is established in the 1 21 office of the treasurer of state under the control of the 1 22 department.The account shall receive funds pursuant to1 23section 422.16A up to a maximum of ten million dollars per1 24year.The account shallalsoreceive funds pursuant to 1 25 section 15.251 with no dollar limitation. 1 26 Sec. 4. Section 15.343, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 1 27 Supplement 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 28 a. Notwithstanding section 8.33, all unencumbered and 1 29 unobligated funds from 1994 Iowa Acts, chapter 1201, section 1 30 1, subsection 6, except paragraph "d"; section 3, subsections 1 31 1 and 3; and section 10, remaining on July 1, 1995, and all 1 32 unencumbered and unobligated funds in the Iowa conservation 1 33 corps escrow account established in section 84A.7and the job1 34training fund established in section 260F.6. 1 35 Sec. 5. Section 15.343, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 2 1 Supplement 1999, is amended by striking the paragraph. 2 2 Sec. 6. Section 294A.1, Code 1999, is amended by adding 2 3 the following new subsection: 2 4 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. Phase IV – The equalization of 2 5 teacher salaries. 2 6 DIVISION VI 2 7 PHASE IV 2 8 Sec. 7. NEW SECTION. 294A.31 GOAL. 2 9 The goal of phase IV is to provide school districts with 2 10 the means to be competitive in recruiting and retaining 2 11 quality teachers. This goal is to be accomplished through 2 12 grants awarded to school districts that are experiencing 2 13 difficulties recruiting and retaining qualified teachers at 2 14 the salary levels paid by the school district. A school 2 15 district receiving a grant under this division shall use the 2 16 moneys received to offer and pay competitive salaries, develop 2 17 an alternative teacher compensation system, or offer a signing 2 18 bonus for practitioners. 2 19 Sec. 8. NEW SECTION. 294A.32 PHASE IV PROGRAM. 2 20 1. The department shall establish a phase IV grant program 2 21 to provide for the allocation of grants to school districts in 2 22 accordance with section 294A.31. A school district may submit 2 23 an application to the department in a form as required by the 2 24 department and shall include with the application any 2 25 documentation required by the department. An application 2 26 submitted by a school district shall include verification that 2 27 the school district is at a competitive disadvantage in its 2 28 efforts to recruit and retain quality teachers. Applications 2 29 received by the department shall be submitted to the school 2 30 budget review committee for approval. 2 31 2. Grant moneys shall be distributed annually to 2 32 qualifying school districts by the department no later than 2 33 October 15. Grant amounts shall be distributed as determined 2 34 by the department. 2 35 3. By April 1, a school district receiving moneys under 3 1 this section shall submit a report to the department 3 2 describing the recruitment and retention methods for which the 3 3 school district expended grant moneys. The department shall 3 4 summarize the school district reports in a report to the 3 5 chairpersons and ranking members of the house and senate 3 6 standing committees on education by the beginning of the next 3 7 session of the general assembly, and biennially thereafter. 3 8 4. A school district shall certify to the department of 3 9 education that moneys received under this section were used to 3 10 supplement, not supplant, moneys otherwise received and used 3 11 by the school district. 3 12 5. Moneys received by a school district in accordance with 3 13 this division are miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter 3 14 257. Moneys received under this division shall not be 3 15 commingled with state aid payments made under section 257.16 3 16 to a school district and shall be accounted for by the school 3 17 district separately from state aid payments. 3 18 Sec. 9. NEW SECTION. 294A.33 PHASE IV FUND. 3 19 1. A phase IV fund is established in the office of 3 20 treasurer of state to be administered by the department of 3 21 education. Moneys appropriated or credited to the fund by the 3 22 general assembly for deposit in the fund shall be used to 3 23 award grants to school districts pursuant to the requirements 3 24 of this division. 3 25 2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or 3 26 unobligated funds remaining on June 30 of a fiscal year shall 3 27 not revert but shall be available for expenditure for the 3 28 following fiscal year for purposes of this division. 3 29 Sec. 10. Section 403.21, subsection 1, Code 1999, is 3 30 amended to read as follows: 3 31 1. In order to promote communication and cooperation among 3 32 cities, counties, and community colleges with respect to the 3 33 allocation and division of taxes, no jobs training projects as 3 34 defined in chapter 260Eor 260Fshall be undertaken within the 3 35 area of operation of a municipality after July 1, 1995, unless 4 1 the municipality and the community college have entered into 4 2 an agreement or have jointly adopted a plan relating to a 4 3 community college's new jobs training program which shall 4 4 provide for a procedure for advance notification to each 4 5 affected municipality, for exchange of information, for mutual 4 6 consultation, and for procedural guidelines for all such new 4 7 jobs training projects, including related project financing to 4 8 be undertaken within the area of operation of the 4 9 municipality. The joint agreement or the plan shall state its 4 10 precise duration and shall be binding on the community college 4 11 and the municipality with respect to all new jobs training 4 12 projects, including related project financing undertaken 4 13 during its existence. The joint agreement or plan shall be 4 14 effective upon adoption and shall be placed on file in the 4 15 office of the secretary of the board of directors of the 4 16 community college and such other location as may be stated in 4 17 the joint agreement or plan. The joint agreement or plan 4 18 shall also be sent to each school district which levied or 4 19 certified for levy a property tax on any portion of the 4 20 taxable property located in the area of operation of the 4 21 municipality in the fiscal year beginning prior to the 4 22 calendar year in which the plan is adopted or the agreement is 4 23 reached. If no such agreement is reached or plan adopted, the 4 24 community college shall not use incremental property tax 4 25 revenues to fund jobs training projects within the area of 4 26 operation of the municipality. Agreements entered into 4 27 between a community college and a city or county pursuant to 4 28 chapter 28E shall not apply. 4 29 Sec. 11. Section 403.21, subsection 3, Code 1999, is 4 30 amended by striking the subsection. 4 31 Sec. 12. Section 422.16A, Code 1999, is amended to read as 4 32 follows: 4 33 422.16A JOB TRAINING WITHHOLDING – CERTIFICATION AND 4 34 TRANSFER. 4 35 Upon the completion by a business of its repayment 5 1 obligation for a training project funded under chapter 260E, 5 2 including a job training project funded under section 15A.8 or 5 3 repaid in whole or in part by the supplemental new jobs credit 5 4 from withholding under section 15A.7 or section 15.331, the 5 5 sponsoring community college shall report to the department of 5 6 economic development the amount of withholding paid by the 5 7 business to the community college during the final twelve 5 8 months of withholding payments. The department of economic 5 9 development shall notify the department of revenue and finance 5 10 of that amount. The department shall credit to theworkforce5 11developmentphase IV fundaccountestablished in section 5 1215.342A294A.33 twenty-five percent of that amount each 5 13 quarter for a period of ten years. If the amount of 5 14 withholding from the business or employer is insufficient, the 5 15 department shall prorate the quarterly amount credited to the 5 16workforce developmentphase IV fundaccount.The maximum5 17amount from all employers which shall be transferred to the5 18workforce development fund account in any year is ten million5 19dollars.5 20 Sec. 13. Section 427B.19, subsection 5, Code 1999, is 5 21 amended to read as follows: 5 22 5. For purposes of this section, "assessed value of the 5 23 property assessed under section 427B.17" does not include the 5 24 value of property defined in section 427A.1, subsection 1, 5 25 paragraphs "e" and "j", which is obligated to secure payment 5 26 of certificates or other indebtedness incurred pursuant to 5 27 chapter 260Eor 260F. 5 28 Sec. 14. Section 544.9310, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 5 29 1999, is amended to read as follows: 5 30 A perfected security interest in collateral takes priority 5 31 over any lien that is given equal precedence with ordinary 5 32 taxes under chapter 260Eor 260F, or its successor provisions, 5 33 except for a lien under chapter 260Eor 260Fupon the 5 34 collateral described in a financing statement or a job 5 35 training agreement satisfying the requirements for a financing 6 1 statement under section 554.9402, subsection 1, which is 6 2 perfected by filing the financing statement or the job 6 3 training agreement with the secretary of state prior to the 6 4 perfection of a conflicting security interest, and a 6 5 subordinate lien under chapter 260Eor 260Fmay be divested or 6 6 discharged by judicial sale, as provided in Part 5 of this 6 7 Article 9 or by other available legal remedy notwithstanding 6 8 any provision to the contrary contained in chapter 260Eor6 9260F, or its successor provisions. Nothing in this section 6 10 shall abrogate the collection of, or any lien for, unpaid 6 11 property taxes which have attached to real estate pursuant to 6 12 chapter 445, including taxes levied against tangible property 6 13 that is assessed and taxed as real property pursuant to 6 14 chapter 427A, or the collection of, or any lien for, unpaid 6 15 taxes for which notice of lien has been properly recorded or 6 16 filed pursuant to section 422.26. 6 17 Sec. 15. Section 554.9402, subsection 1, Code 1999, is 6 18 amended to read as follows: 6 19 1. A financing statement is sufficient if it gives the 6 20 names of the debtor and the secured party, is signed by the 6 21 debtor, gives an address of the secured party from which 6 22 information concerning the security interest may be obtained, 6 23 gives a mailing address of the debtor and contains a statement 6 24 indicating the types, or describing the items, of collateral. 6 25 A financing statement may be filed before a security 6 26 agreement is made or a security interest otherwise attaches. 6 27 When the financing statement covers crops growing or to be 6 28 grown, the statement must also contain a description of the 6 29 real estate concerned. When the financing statement covers 6 30 timber to be cut or covers minerals or the like (including oil 6 31 and gas) or accounts subject to section 554.9103, subsection 6 32 5, or when the financing statement is filed as a fixture 6 33 filing (section 554.9313) and the collateral is goods which 6 34 are or are to become fixtures, the statement must also comply 6 35 with subsection 5. A copy of the security agreement is 7 1 sufficient as a financing statement if it contains the above 7 2 information and is signed by the debtor. A copy of a jobs 7 3 training agreement entered into under chapter 260Eor 260F7 4 between an employer and a community college is sufficient as a 7 5 financing statement if it contains the information required by 7 6 this section and is signed by the employer. A carbon, 7 7 photographic or other reproduction of a security agreement or 7 8 a financing statement is sufficient as a financing statement 7 9 if the security agreement so provides or if the original has 7 10 been filed in this state. The secretary of state must accept 7 11 for filing a copy of a signature required by this section. 7 12 The secretary of state may adopt rules for the electronic 7 13 filing of a financing statement. 7 14 Sec. 16. Section 558.1, Code 1999, is amended to read as 7 15 follows: 7 16 558.1 "INSTRUMENTS AFFECTING REAL ESTATE" DEFINED – 7 17 REVOCATION. 7 18 All instruments containing a power to convey, or in any 7 19 manner relating to real estate, including certified copies of 7 20 petitions in bankruptcy with or without the schedules 7 21 appended, of decrees of adjudication in bankruptcy, and of 7 22 orders approving trustees' bonds in bankruptcy, and a jobs 7 23 training agreement entered into under chapter 260Eor 260F7 24 between an employer and community college which contains a 7 25 description of the real estate affected, shall be held to be 7 26 instruments affecting the same; and no such instrument, when 7 27 acknowledged or certified and recorded as in this chapter 7 28 prescribed, can be revoked as to third parties by any act of 7 29 the parties by whom it was executed, until the instrument 7 30 containing such revocation is acknowledged and filed for 7 31 record in the same office in which the instrument containing 7 32 such power is recorded, except that uniform commercial code 7 33 financing statements and financing statement changes need not 7 34 be thus acknowledged. 7 35 Sec. 17. Section 558.41, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 8 1 1999, is amended to read as follows: 8 2 An interest in real estate evidenced by an instrument so 8 3 filed shall have priority over any lien that is given equal 8 4 precedence with ordinary taxes under chapter 260Eor 260F, or 8 5 its successor provisions, except for a lien under chapter 260E 8 6or 260Fupon the real estate described in an instrument or job 8 7 training agreement filed in the office of the recorder of the 8 8 county in which the real estate is located prior to the filing 8 9 of a conflicting instrument affecting the real estate, and a 8 10 subordinate lien under chapter 260Eor 260Fmay be divested or 8 11 discharged by judicial sale or by other available legal remedy 8 12 notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in 8 13 chapter 260Eor 260F, or its successor provisions. Nothing in 8 14 this section shall abrogate the collection of, or any lien 8 15 for, unpaid property taxes which have attached to real estate 8 16 pursuant to chapter 445, including taxes levied against 8 17 tangible property that is assessed and taxed as real property 8 18 pursuant to chapter 427A, or the collection of, or any lien 8 19 for, unpaid taxes for which notice of lien has been properly 8 20 recorded pursuant to section 422.26. 8 21 Sec. 18. JOB TRAINING FUND MONEYS CREDITED TO PHASE IV 8 22 FUND. 8 23 1. Moneys in the job training fund established under 8 24 section 260F.6, Code 1999, that remain unencumbered or 8 25 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 8 26 2000, shall not revert to any fund but shall be transferred 8 27 and credited to the phase IV fund established under section 8 28 294A.33, and are appropriated for expenditure for the purposes 8 29 of that fund. 8 30 2. The interest and principal from repayment of advances 8 31 made to businesses from the job training fund, in accordance 8 32 with section 260F.6, Code 1999, for program costs, plus the 8 33 repayments, including interest, of loans made from the job 8 34 training fund, and interest earned from moneys in the job 8 35 training fund, shall be deposited in and credited to the phase 9 1 IV fund established under section 294A.33, and are 9 2 appropriated for expenditure for the purposes of that fund. 9 3 Sec. 19. Chapter 260F, Code 1999, is repealed. 9 4 EXPLANATION 9 5 This bill creates, under the educational excellence 9 6 program, a phase IV – relating to the equalization of teacher 9 7 salaries. The bill establishes a phase IV fund in the office 9 8 of treasurer of state to be administered by the department of 9 9 education. The bill repeals the Iowa Jobs Training Act, Code 9 10 chapter 260F. The bill credits moneys deposited in the job 9 11 training fund, established under Code section 260F.6, to the 9 12 phase IV fund. The bill also requires the department of 9 13 economic development to pay into the phase IV fund the amount 9 14 of job training income tax withholding paid by a business to a 9 15 community college which is currently being paid to the 9 16 workforce development fund account. 9 17 The goal of phase IV is to provide school districts with 9 18 the grant moneys to allow the districts to be competitive in 9 19 recruiting and retaining quality teachers. A school district 9 20 that receives a grant must use the moneys received to offer 9 21 and pay competitive salaries, develop an alternative teacher 9 22 compensation system, or offer a signing bonus for 9 23 practitioners. 9 24 The bill requires that grant applications submitted by a 9 25 school district include verification that the district is at a 9 26 competitive disadvantage in its efforts to recruit and retain 9 27 quality teachers. Applications received by the department are 9 28 to be submitted to the school budget review committee for 9 29 approval. 9 30 By April 1, a school district receiving grant moneys must 9 31 submit a report to the department describing the recruitment 9 32 and retention methods for which the school district expended 9 33 grant moneys. The department shall summarize the school 9 34 district reports in a report to the chairpersons and ranking 9 35 members of the house and senate standing committees on 10 1 education by January 1 biennially. 10 2 A school district must certify to the department that grant 10 3 moneys were used to supplement, not supplant, moneys otherwise 10 4 received and used by the school district. 10 5 LSB 6980XC 78 10 6 kh/cls/14
Text: SSB03212 Text: SSB03214 Text: SSB03200 - SSB03299 Text: SSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
© 2000 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa
Comments about this site or page?
webmaster@legis.iowa.gov.
Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.
Last update: Wed Mar 8 03:35:50 CST 2000
URL: /DOCS/GA/78GA/Legislation/SSB/03200/SSB03213/000307.html
jhf