CHAPTER 84G
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND PROGRAM

Referred to in §84A.5

  
     
84G.1  Workforce development fund program.
  This chapter shall be known as the “Workforce Development Fund” program.
95 Acts, ch 184, §1
CS95, §15.341
2023 Acts, ch 19, §2217, 2222
C2024, §84G.1
Section transferred from §15.341 in Code 2024 pursuant to directive in 
2023 Acts, ch 19, §2222
Section amended

  
     
84G.2  Purpose.
  The purpose of this chapter shall be to provide a mechanism for funding workforce development programs listed in section 84G.4, subsection 2, in order to more efficiently meet the needs identified within those individual programs.
95 Acts, ch 184, §2
CS95, §15.342
2023 Acts, ch 19, §2218, 2222
C2024, §84G.2
Section transferred from §15.342 in Code 2024 pursuant to directive in 
2023 Acts, ch 19, §2222
Section amended

  
     
84G.3  Workforce development fund account.
  1.  A workforce development fund account is established in the office of the treasurer of state under the control of the department of workforce development. The account shall receive funds pursuant to section 422.16A.
  2.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and for each fiscal year thereafter, there is annually appropriated from the workforce development fund account to the apprenticeship training program fund created in section 84E.3 three million dollars for the purposes of chapter 84E.
  3.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and for each fiscal year thereafter, there is annually appropriated from the workforce development fund account to the job training fund created in section 260F.6 four million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars for the purposes of chapter 260F.
96 Acts, ch 1180, §1
C97, §15.342A
99 Acts, ch 183, §2; 2000 Acts, ch 1196, §1, 10; 2000 Acts, ch 1230, §15, 35; 2001 Acts, ch 188, §21; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §87, 89; 2013 Acts, ch 137, §32; 2014 Acts, ch 1132, §13; 2021 Acts, ch 171, §23; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2219, 2222; 2023 Acts, ch 119, §8
C2024, §84G.3
Referred to in §84G.4, 260F.6, 422.16A
Section transferred from §15.342A in Code 2024 pursuant to directive in 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2222
Section amended

  
     
84G.4  Workforce development fund.
  1.  a.  A workforce development fund is created as a revolving fund in the state treasury under the control of the department of workforce development consisting of any moneys appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose and any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the department of workforce development from the federal government or private sources for placement in the fund. The fund shall also include moneys appropriated to the fund from the workforce development fund account established in section 84G.3.
  b.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the workforce development fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain in the workforce development fund for expenditure for subsequent fiscal years.
  2.  The assets of the fund shall be used by the department of workforce development for the following programs and purposes:
  a.  Projects under chapter 260F. The department of workforce development shall require a match from all businesses participating in a training project under chapter 260F.
  b.  Apprenticeship programs under section 260C.44, including new or statewide building trades apprenticeship programs.
  c.  To support efforts by the community colleges to provide workforce services to Iowa employers.
  3.  Moneys in the workforce development fund shall be allocated as follows:
  a.  Three million dollars shall be used for purposes provided in section 260F.6.
  b.  One million dollars shall be used for purposes provided in section 260F.6B.
95 Acts, ch 184, §3
CS95, §15.343
96 Acts, ch 1180, §2, 4 – 6; 96 Acts, ch 1186, §5 – 7; 99 Acts, ch 183, §3; 2000 Acts, ch 1230, §16; 2001 Acts, ch 188, §22; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §45, 49; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2008 Acts, ch 1122, §10, 11; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §87, 89; 2013 Acts, ch 141, §32; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2220, 2222
C2024, §84G.4
Referred to in §84G.2
For distribution of moneys in or accruing to workforce development fund on or after July 1, 2014, see 
2014 Acts, ch 1132, §39
Section transferred from §15.343 in Code 2024 pursuant to directive in 
2023 Acts, ch 19, §2222
Subsections 1 and 2 amended

  
     
84G.5  Common system — assessment and tracking.
  The department of workforce development shall use information from the customer tracking system under section 84A.5 to determine the economic impact of the programs. To the extent possible, the department shall track individuals and businesses who have received assistance or services through the fund to determine whether the assistance or services have resulted in increased wages paid to the individuals or paid by the businesses.
96 Acts, ch 1180, §7
C97, §15.344
2011 Acts, ch 118, §87, 89; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2221, 2222
C2024, §84G.5
Section transferred from §15.344 in Code 2024 pursuant to directive in 
2023 Acts, ch 19, §2222
Section amended