Text: HF00418 Text: HF00420 Text: HF00400 - HF00499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 260A.1, subsection 1, Code 2001, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. Notwithstanding section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph 1 4 "c", there is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa 1 5 infrastructure fund created in section 8.57, to the department 1 6 of education for each fiscal year of the fiscal period 1 7 beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30,20012004, the sum 1 8 of three million dollars for the community college vocational- 1 9 technical technology improvement program. 1 10 Sec. 2. Section 260A.2, Code 2001, is amended to read as 1 11 follows: 1 12 260A.2 COMMUNITY COLLEGE VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL TECHNOLOGY 1 13 IMPROVEMENT PLANS. 1 14 Prior to receiving moneys under this chapter, the board of 1 15 directors of a community college shall adopt a technology plan 1 16 that supports community college vocational-technical 1 17 technology improvement efforts, authorizes a needs assessment 1 18 of business and industry in the district, and includes an 1 19 evaluation component, and shall provide to the department of 1 20 education adequate assurance that funds received under this 1 21 chapter will be used in accordance with the technology plan. 1 22 The plan shall be developed by licensed professional staff of 1 23 the community college, including both faculty members and 1 24 school administrators, the private sector, trade and 1 25 professional organizations, and other interested parties, and 1 26 shall, at a minimum, focus on the attainment of the 1 27 vocational-technical skills and achievement goals of the 1 28 student. The plan shall consider the community college's 1 29 interconnectivity with the Iowa communications network, and 1 30 shall demonstrate how, over a four-year period,the board will 1 31 utilize technology to improve vocational-technical student 1 32 achievement. The technology plan shall be kept on file at the 1 33 community college. Progress made under the plan shall be 1 34 reported annually to the department of education in a manner 1 35 prescribed by the department of education. 2 1 Sec. 3. Section 260A.4, Code 2001, is amended to read as 2 2 follows: 2 3 260A.4 FUTURE REPEAL. 2 4 This chapter is repealed effective July 1,20012004. 2 5 EXPLANATION 2 6 This bill provides for the continuation of the community 2 7 college vocational-technical technology improvement program 2 8 established in Code chapter 260A. The bill provides that the 2 9 chapter's previous repeal date of July 1, 2001, shall be 2 10 extended until July 1, 2004. The bill provides that the 2 11 annual appropriation of $3 million from the rebuild Iowa 2 12 infrastructure fund to the department of education to fund the 2 13 community college vocational-technical technology improvement 2 14 program shall continue through the fiscal year beginning July 2 15 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004. The bill deletes a 2 16 reference to a four-year duration with regard to the community 2 17 college vocational-technical technology improvement plan 2 18 provided for in Code section 260A.2. 2 19 LSB 1500YH 79 2 20 rn/pj/5
Text: HF00418 Text: HF00420 Text: HF00400 - HF00499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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