260H.4  Program outcomes.
  Projects eligible for funding for the pathways for academic career and employment program shall be programs which further the following program outcomes:
  1.  Enabling the target populations to:
  a.  Acquire and demonstrate competency in basic skills.
  b.  Acquire and demonstrate competency in a specified technical field.
  c.  Complete a specified level of postsecondary education.
  d.  Earn a national career readiness certificate.
  e.  Obtain employer-validated credentials.
  f.  Secure gainful employment in high-quality, local jobs.
  2.  Satisfaction of economic and employment goals including but not limited to:
  a.  Economic and workforce development requirements in each region served by the community colleges as defined by local workforce development boards established pursuant to section 84A.4.
  b.  Needs of industry partners in areas including but not limited to:
  (1)  Information technology.
  (2)  Health care.
  (3)  Advanced manufacturing.
  (4)  Transportation and logistics.
  (5)  Any other industry designated as in-demand by a local workforce development board established pursuant to section 84A.4.
2011 Acts, ch 132, §74, 106; 2013 Acts, ch 141, §44, 45; 2016 Acts, ch 1118, §17, 18, 21
Referred to in §260H.3