PART II
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION
CHAPTER 4
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM
261—4.1(15) Purpose. The department of economic development, in conjunction with the department of education, has the responsibility under Iowa Code section 84A.5 to report information concerning the use of any state or federal training or retraining funds which are part of the workforce development system. The information reported shall be in a form that will permit the accountability system, which is a part of the workforce development system, to evaluate all of the following:
	4.1(1) The impact of services on wages earned by individuals.
	4.1(2) The effectiveness of training service providers in raising the skills of the Iowa workforce.
	4.1(3) The impact of placement and training services on Iowa’s families, communities and economy.
261—4.2(15) Compilation of information. The department of economic development, in conjunction with the community colleges, shall develop a mechanism and timetable for compiling relevant information which shall include the social security numbers of individuals trained, in order to access wages earned by those individuals, project identifier codes, and information needed to evaluate the effectiveness of training in raising the skills of trainees. When developing procedures for compiling this information, the community colleges and the department will incorporate procedures to safeguard confidentiality of social security numbers.
These rules are intended to implement Iowa Code section 84A.5.
[Filed 1/22/99, Notice 12/16/98—published 2/10/99, effective 3/17/99]1
1	Effective date of Chapter 4 delayed 70 days by the Administrative Rules Review Committee at its meeting held March 8, 1999.