Text: HF00329 Text: HF00331 Text: HF00300 - HF00399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 15.301 CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
1 2 PROGRAM.
1 3 1. The department shall establish and administer a
1 4 continuous improvement program designed to provide
1 5 representatives of community colleges with the opportunity to
1 6 conduct benchmark investigations in an effort to seek out,
1 7 analyze, and consider incorporating the general practices of
1 8 other community colleges or similar type organizations. The
1 9 general practices that benchmarking teams under the program
1 10 shall seek out and analyze include, but are not limited to,
1 11 the following:
1 12 a. Methods of cooperating and working with the business
1 13 community.
1 14 b. Methods of keeping instructors updated and trained
1 15 regarding current technology.
1 16 c. Methods of teaching scarce skills to students.
1 17 d. Methods of attracting students into training programs
1 18 for scarce skills.
1 19 2. The department shall identify specific criteria to be
1 20 used by benchmarking teams during investigations.
1 21 3. The department of economic development shall identify
1 22 scarce skill areas. For purposes of this section, unless the
1 23 context otherwise requires, a "scarce skill" means a workforce
1 24 labor skill which is currently in high demand and short supply
1 25 in the state.
1 26 4. Benchmarking teams shall be designated by the
1 27 department and shall consist of not more than five members.
1 28 The department shall not designate more than five benchmarking
1 29 teams during one fiscal year and a benchmarking team shall not
1 30 visit more than one organization. At least four members of a
1 31 team shall be either instructors or administrators at a
1 32 community college. Any instructor designated to participate
1 33 on a team shall be actively involved in the instruction of
1 34 skills in a scarce skill area. None of the participants on a
1 35 team shall be from the same community college.
2 1 5. a. The department shall identify and contact
2 2 organizations to be investigated by a benchmarking team. The
2 3 department shall enter into an agreement with the identified
2 4 organization for purposes of allowing a benchmarking team to
2 5 visit the organization. After an agreement is finalized with
2 6 the organization, the department shall designate a
2 7 benchmarking team.
2 8 b. During a fiscal year, only one organization located in
2 9 this state shall be identified and at least one organization
2 10 located outside of the United States shall be identified.
2 11 c. An identified organization may include other community
2 12 colleges or similar vocational institutions, universities,
2 13 businesses, training organizations, or similar publicly or
2 14 privately sponsored skills training entities. Identified
2 15 organizations shall meet one of the following criteria:
2 16 (1) The organization teaches or trains people the same or
2 17 similar skill that is in an identified scarce skill area.
2 18 (2) The organization trains and provides instructors for
2 19 teaching or training institutions.
2 20 (3) The organization has processes or techniques that
2 21 would benefit the community colleges training students in a
2 22 scarce skill.
2 23 6. Public and private moneys and any moneys appropriated
2 24 by the general assembly may be used for financial support for
2 25 expenses of benchmarking teams.
2 26 EXPLANATION
2 27 This bill establishes a continuous improvement program
2 28 established and administered by the department of economic
2 29 development. The bill provides that the program shall be
2 30 designed to provide representatives of community colleges with
2 31 the opportunity to conduct benchmark investigations in an
2 32 effort to seek out, analyze, and consider incorporating the
2 33 general practices of other community colleges or similar type
2 34 organizations.
2 35 The bill provides that the department shall identify
3 1 specific criteria to be used by benchmarking teams during
3 2 investigations.
3 3 The bill provides that the department shall identify scarce
3 4 skills which are a workforce labor skill currently in high
3 5 demand and short supply in the state.
3 6 The bill provides that benchmarking teams shall be
3 7 designated by the department and shall consist of not more
3 8 than five members. The bill provides that the department
3 9 shall not designate more than five benchmarking teams during
3 10 one fiscal year and a benchmarking team shall not visit more
3 11 than one organization.
3 12 The bill provides that the department shall identify and
3 13 contact organizations to be investigated by a benchmarking
3 14 team. The bill provides that subsequent to entering into an
3 15 agreement with an identified organization, the department
3 16 shall designate a benchmarking team. The bill provides that
3 17 during a fiscal year, only one identified organization shall
3 18 be located in this state and at least one identified
3 19 organization shall be located outside of the United States.
3 20 The bill provides that identified organizations must teach or
3 21 train people the same or similar skill that is an identified
3 22 scarce skill, train and provide instructors for teaching or
3 23 training institutions, or have processes or techniques that
3 24 would benefit the community colleges training students in a
3 25 scarce skill.
3 26 The bill provides that public and private moneys and any
3 27 moneys appropriated by the general assembly may be used for
3 28 financial support for expenses of benchmarking teams.
3 29 LSB 1178HH 79
3 30 tm/pj/5
Text: HF00329 Text: HF00331 Text: HF00300 - HF00399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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