261—12.6 (15,15B) Determination of financial assistance grants. The authority will provide financial assistance in the form of training grants to apprenticeship sponsors or lead apprenticeship sponsors. The maximum amount of financial assistance provided to an eligible apprenticeship sponsor or lead apprenticeship sponsor will be calculated in the following manner:
	   12.6(1) By determining the total amount of funding allocated for purposes of training grants for apprenticeship programs as described in rule 261—12.4(15,15B).
	   12.6(2) By adding together all of the following:
	      a.    	 The total number of apprentices trained by all applying apprenticeship sponsors or lead apprenticeship sponsors during the most recent training year as calculated on the last day of the training year.
	      b.    	 The total number of contact hours that apprenticeship instructors for all applying apprenticeship sponsors or lead apprenticeship sponsors spent in contact with apprentices during the most recent training year. For purposes of this paragraph, “contact hours” includes the time spent instructing apprentices in person or, in the case of a lead apprenticeship sponsor with programs totaling 100 or more total instructional hours, “contact hours” includes the time spent in online training if the total amount of online instruction does not account for more than 30 percent of the total instructional hours.
	   12.6(3) By adding together all of the following:
	      a.    	 The total number of apprentices trained by a single applying apprenticeship sponsor or lead apprenticeship sponsor during the most recent training year as calculated on the last day of the training year.
	      b.    	 The total number of contact hours that apprenticeship instructors for a single applying apprenticeship sponsor or lead apprenticeship sponsor spent in contact with apprentices during the most recent training year. For purposes of this paragraph, “contact hours” includes the time spent instructing apprentices in person or, in the case of a lead apprenticeship sponsor with programs totaling 100 or more total instructional hours, “contact hours” includes the time spent in online training if the total amount of online instruction does not account for more than 30 percent of the total instructional hours.
	   12.6(4) By determining the proportion, stated as a percentage, that a single applying apprenticeship sponsor’s or lead apprenticeship sponsor’s total calculated pursuant to subrule 12.6(3) bears to all applying apprenticeship sponsors’ or lead apprenticeship sponsors’ total calculated pursuant to subrule 12.6(2).
	   12.6(5) By multiplying the percentage calculated in subrule 12.6(4) by the amount determined in subrule 12.6(1).
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