House Amendment 1421
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend the amendment, H=1410, to House File 848 as
1 2 follows:
1 3 #1. By striking page 1, line 2, through page 19,
1 4 line 38, and inserting the following:
1 5 <# . By striking everything after the enacting
1 6 clause and inserting the following:
1 7 <Section 1. Section 260C.17, Code 2005, is amended
1 8 by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof
1 9 the following:
1 10 260C.17 PREPARATION AND APPROVAL OF BUDGET ==
1 11 OPERATIONS LEVY.
1 12 1. BUDGET APPROVAL. The board of directors of
1 13 each merged area shall prepare an annual budget
1 14 designating the proposed expenditures for operation of
1 15 the community college. The board shall further
1 16 designate the amounts which are to be raised by local
1 17 taxation and the amounts which are to be raised by
1 18 other sources of revenue for the operation. The
1 19 budget of each merged area shall be submitted to the
1 20 state board no later than May 1 preceding the next
1 21 fiscal year for approval. The state board shall
1 22 review the proposed budget and shall, prior to June 1,
1 23 either grant its approval or return the budget without
1 24 approval with the comments of the state board attached
1 25 to it. Any unapproved budget shall be resubmitted to
1 26 the state board for final approval.
1 27 2. BASE LEVEL. Upon approval of the budget by the
1 28 state board, the board of directors shall certify the
1 29 amount to the respective county auditors and the
1 30 boards of supervisors annually shall levy a tax of
1 31 twenty and one=fourth cents per thousand dollars of
1 32 assessed value on taxable property in a merged area
1 33 for the operation of a community college.
1 34 3. OPTIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT. In addition to
1 35 the amount of the operations levy under subsection 2,
1 36 the board of directors of each community college may
1 37 certify an additional amount for levy by March 15 to
1 38 the respective county auditors for collection in the
1 39 subsequent fiscal year, and the boards of supervisors
1 40 shall levy a tax on all taxable property in the merged
1 41 area for deposit in the local workforce and economic
1 42 development fund created in section 260C.18C. The sum
1 43 of the moneys collected by a community college under
1 44 this subsection shall not exceed the sum of sixteen
1 45 percent of the following for the fiscal year beginning
1 46 July 1, 2006, thirty=two percent of the following for
1 47 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, forty=eight
1 48 percent of the following for the fiscal year beginning
1 49 July 1, 2008, sixty=four percent of the following for
1 50 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and eighty
2 1 percent of the following for fiscal years beginning on
2 2 or after July 1, 2010:
2 3 a. The community college's budgeted employer
2 4 contributions under the Federal Insurance
2 5 Contributions Act, as defined in section 97C.2, for
2 6 the fiscal year of collection.
2 7 b. The community college's budgeted employer
2 8 contributions to the community college's employees'
2 9 retirement systems for the fiscal year of collection.
2 10 c. The community college's budgeted utility costs
2 11 for the fiscal year of collection. As used in this
2 12 paragraph, "utility costs" includes the cost of
2 13 electricity, water, waste collection, fuel oil and gas
2 14 for heating, heat, and air conditioning expenditures.
2 15 "Utility costs" does not include telephone service, or
2 16 gas used in laboratories and shops for community
2 17 college purposes.
2 18 d. The moneys the community college would receive
2 19 from the collection of a property tax of ten cents per
2 20 thousand dollars of assessed valuation for the fiscal
2 21 year of collection.
2 22 For fiscal years beginning on or after July 1,
2 23 2011, the rate of the levy certified under this
2 24 subsection shall not exceed the community college's
2 25 supplemental operations levy cap. For purposes of
2 26 this paragraph, "community college's supplemental
2 27 operations levy cap" means the maximum levy expressed
2 28 in cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation
2 29 which could have been collected by the community
2 30 college under this subsection for the fiscal year
2 31 beginning July 1, 2010.
2 32 Moneys collected under this subsection shall be
2 33 deposited in the community college's local workforce
2 34 and economic development fund.
2 35 4. TAXES COLLECTED. Taxes collected pursuant to
2 36 the levy shall be paid by the respective county
2 37 treasurers to the treasurer of the merged area as
2 38 provided in section 331.552, subsection 29.
2 39 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 260C.18C LOCAL WORKFORCE
2 40 AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND.
2 41 1. LOCAL WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND.
2 42 A local workforce and economic development fund is
2 43 created at each community college. Moneys shall be
2 44 deposited and expended from the fund as provided in
2 45 this section.
2 46 2. ALLOWABLE USE. Moneys deposited in the fund
2 47 are at the disposal of the community college to be
2 48 spent only on the following, provided that no more
2 49 than fifteen percent of the moneys deposited may be
2 50 used as provided under paragraph "f" and provided that
3 1 seventy percent of the moneys used as provided in
3 2 paragraphs "a" through "e" shall be used on projects
3 3 in the areas of advanced manufacturing, information
3 4 technology and insurance, and life sciences which
3 5 include the areas of biotechnology, health care
3 6 technology, and nursing care technology:
3 7 a. Projects for which an agreement with the
3 8 community college and an employer within the community
3 9 college's merged area meet all of the requirements of
3 10 the accelerated career education program under chapter
3 11 260G.
3 12 b. Projects for which an agreement with the
3 13 community college and a business meet all the
3 14 requirements of the Iowa jobs training Act under
3 15 chapter 260F. However, such projects are not subject
3 16 to the maximum advance or award limitations contained
3 17 in section 260F.6, subsection 2, or the allocation
3 18 limitations contained in section 260F.8, subsection 1.
3 19 c. For the development and implementation of
3 20 career academies that are designed to provide new
3 21 career preparation opportunities for high school
3 22 students and that are formally linked with
3 23 postsecondary career and technical education programs.
3 24 For purposes of this section, "career academy" means a
3 25 program of study that combines a minimum of two years
3 26 of secondary education with an associate degree, or
3 27 the equivalent, career preparatory program in a
3 28 nonduplicative, sequential course of study that is
3 29 standards=based, integrates academic and technical
3 30 instruction, utilizes work=based and worksite learning
3 31 where appropriate and available, utilizes an
3 32 individual career planning process with parent
3 33 involvement, and leads to an associate degree or
3 34 postsecondary diploma or certificate in a career field
3 35 that prepares an individual for entry and advancement
3 36 in a high=skill and rewarding career field and further
3 37 education. The department of economic development, in
3 38 conjunction with the state board of education and the
3 39 division of community colleges and workforce
3 40 preparation of the department of education, shall
3 41 adopt administrative rules for the development and
3 42 implementation of such career academies pursuant to
3 43 section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph "h", section
3 44 260C.1, and Title II of Pub. L. No. 105=332, the Carl
3 45 D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of
3 46 1998.
3 47 d. Programs and courses that provide vocational
3 48 and technical training and programs for in=service
3 49 training and retraining of workers under section
3 50 260C.1, subsections 2 and 3.
4 1 e. Job retention projects under section 260F.9.
4 2 f. Student support services, including but not
4 3 limited to:
4 4 (1) Student counseling, including personal
4 5 counseling, academic counseling, behavioral
4 6 counseling, and career counseling.
4 7 (2) Support groups for high=need students.
4 8 (3) Student mentoring.
4 9 (4) Orientation to college classes taught in high
4 10 school which include career planning.
4 11 (5) Back=to=college training for nontraditional
4 12 students.
4 13 (6) Utilization of software for assessing the
4 14 students' work interests, listing current job
4 15 openings, and projecting future job openings in the
4 16 state of Iowa to assist students in planning their
4 17 careers.
4 18 Sec. 3. Section 260G.3, subsection 2, paragraph e,
4 19 Code 2005, is amended to read as follows:
4 20 e. Moneys from a workforce training and economic
4 21 development fund created in section 260C.18A or
4 22 260C.18C, based on the number of program job positions
4 23 agreed to by the employer to be available under the
4 24 agreement, the amount of which shall be calculated in
4 25 the same manner as the program job credits provided
4 26 for in section 260G.4A.
4 27 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATE. This
4 28 Act takes effect July 1, 2005, and is applicable to
4 29 the school budget year beginning July 1, 2006, and
4 30 succeeding budget years.>
4 31 #2. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and
4 32 inserting the following: <An Act establishing a
4 33 community college>.>
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4 37 SHOULTZ of Black Hawk
4 38 HF 848.304 81
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