House Amendment 1491
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 848 as follows:
1 2 #1. By striking page 2, line 5, through page 5,
1 3 line 10, and inserting the following:
1 4 <Sec. . Section 260C.17, Code 2005, is amended
1 5 by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof
1 6 the following:
1 7 260C.17 PREPARATION AND APPROVAL OF BUDGET ==
1 8 OPERATIONS LEVY.
1 9 1. BUDGET APPROVAL. The board of directors of
1 10 each merged area shall prepare an annual budget
1 11 designating the proposed expenditures for operation of
1 12 the community college. The board shall further
1 13 designate the amounts which are to be raised by local
1 14 taxation and the amounts which are to be raised by
1 15 other sources of revenue for the operation. The
1 16 budget of each merged area shall be submitted to the
1 17 state board no later than May 1 preceding the next
1 18 fiscal year for approval. The state board shall
1 19 review the proposed budget and shall, prior to June 1,
1 20 either grant its approval or return the budget without
1 21 approval with the comments of the state board attached
1 22 to it. Any unapproved budget shall be resubmitted to
1 23 the state board for final approval.
1 24 2. BASE LEVEL. Upon approval of the budget by the
1 25 state board, the board of directors shall certify the
1 26 amount to the respective county auditors and the
1 27 boards of supervisors annually shall levy a tax of
1 28 twenty and one=fourth cents per thousand dollars of
1 29 assessed value on taxable property in a merged area
1 30 for the operation of a community college.
1 31 3. OPTIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT. In addition to
1 32 the amount of the operations levy under subsection 2,
1 33 the board of directors of each community college may
1 34 certify an additional amount for levy by March 15 to
1 35 the respective county auditors for collection in the
1 36 subsequent fiscal year, and the boards of supervisors
1 37 shall levy a tax on all taxable property in the merged
1 38 area for deposit in the local workforce and economic
1 39 development fund created in section 260C.18C. The sum
1 40 of the moneys collected by a community college under
1 41 this subsection shall not exceed the sum of sixteen
1 42 percent of the following for the fiscal year beginning
1 43 July 1, 2006, thirty=two percent of the following for
1 44 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, forty=eight
1 45 percent of the following for the fiscal year beginning
1 46 July 1, 2008, sixty=four percent of the following for
1 47 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and eighty
1 48 percent of the following for fiscal years beginning on
1 49 or after July 1, 2010:
1 50 a. The community college's budgeted employer
2 1 contributions under the Federal Insurance
2 2 Contributions Act, as defined in section 97C.2, for
2 3 the fiscal year of collection.
2 4 b. The community college's budgeted employer
2 5 contributions to the community college's employees'
2 6 retirement systems for the fiscal year of collection.
2 7 c. The community college's budgeted utility costs
2 8 for the fiscal year of collection. As used in this
2 9 paragraph, "utility costs" includes the cost of
2 10 electricity, water, waste collection, fuel oil and gas
2 11 for heating, heat, and air conditioning expenditures.
2 12 "Utility costs" does not include telephone service, or
2 13 gas used in laboratories and shops for community
2 14 college purposes.
2 15 d. The moneys the community college would receive
2 16 from the collection of a property tax of ten cents per
2 17 thousand dollars of assessed valuation for the fiscal
2 18 year of collection.
2 19 For fiscal years beginning on or after July 1,
2 20 2011, the rate of the levy certified under this
2 21 subsection shall not exceed the community college's
2 22 supplemental operations levy cap. For purposes of
2 23 this paragraph, "community college's supplemental
2 24 operations levy cap" means the maximum levy expressed
2 25 in cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation
2 26 which could have been collected by the community
2 27 college under this subsection for the fiscal year
2 28 beginning July 1, 2010.
2 29 Moneys collected under this subsection shall be
2 30 deposited in the community college's local workforce
2 31 and economic development fund.
2 32 4. TAXES COLLECTED. Taxes collected pursuant to
2 33 the levy shall be paid by the respective county
2 34 treasurers to the treasurer of the merged area as
2 35 provided in section 331.552, subsection 29.
2 36 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 260C.18C LOCAL WORKFORCE
2 37 AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND.
2 38 1. LOCAL WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND.
2 39 A local workforce and economic development fund is
2 40 created at each community college. Moneys shall be
2 41 deposited and expended from the fund as provided in
2 42 this section.
2 43 2. ALLOWABLE USE. Moneys deposited in the fund
2 44 are at the disposal of the community college to be
2 45 spent only on the following, provided that no more
2 46 than fifteen percent of the moneys deposited may be
2 47 used as provided under paragraph "f" and provided that
2 48 seventy percent of the moneys used as provided in
2 49 paragraphs "a" through "e" shall be used on projects
2 50 in the areas of advanced manufacturing, information
3 1 technology and insurance, and life sciences which
3 2 include the areas of biotechnology, health care
3 3 technology, and nursing care technology:
3 4 a. Projects for which an agreement with the
3 5 community college and an employer within the community
3 6 college's merged area meet all of the requirements of
3 7 the accelerated career education program under chapter
3 8 260G.
3 9 b. Projects for which an agreement with the
3 10 community college and a business meet all the
3 11 requirements of the Iowa jobs training Act under
3 12 chapter 260F. However, such projects are not subject
3 13 to the maximum advance or award limitations contained
3 14 in section 260F.6, subsection 2, or the allocation
3 15 limitations contained in section 260F.8, subsection 1.
3 16 c. For the development and implementation of
3 17 career academies that are designed to provide new
3 18 career preparation opportunities for high school
3 19 students and that are formally linked with
3 20 postsecondary career and technical education programs.
3 21 For purposes of this section, "career academy" means a
3 22 program of study that combines a minimum of two years
3 23 of secondary education with an associate degree, or
3 24 the equivalent, career preparatory program in a
3 25 nonduplicative, sequential course of study that is
3 26 standards=based, integrates academic and technical
3 27 instruction, utilizes work=based and worksite learning
3 28 where appropriate and available, utilizes an
3 29 individual career planning process with parent
3 30 involvement, and leads to an associate degree or
3 31 postsecondary diploma or certificate in a career field
3 32 that prepares an individual for entry and advancement
3 33 in a high=skill and rewarding career field and further
3 34 education. The department of economic development, in
3 35 conjunction with the state board of education and the
3 36 division of community colleges and workforce
3 37 preparation of the department of education, shall
3 38 adopt administrative rules for the development and
3 39 implementation of such career academies pursuant to
3 40 section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph "h", section
3 41 260C.1, and Title II of Pub. L. No. 105=332, the Carl
3 42 D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of
3 43 1998.
3 44 d. Programs and courses that provide vocational
3 45 and technical training and programs for in=service
3 46 training and retraining of workers under section
3 47 260C.1, subsections 2 and 3.
3 48 e. Job retention projects under section 260F.9.
3 49 f. Student support services, including but not
3 50 limited to:
4 1 (1) Student counseling, including personal
4 2 counseling, academic counseling, behavioral
4 3 counseling, and career counseling.
4 4 (2) Support groups for high=need students.
4 5 (3) Student mentoring.
4 6 (4) Orientation to college classes taught in high
4 7 school which include career planning.
4 8 (5) Back=to=college training for nontraditional
4 9 students.
4 10 (6) Utilization of software for assessing the
4 11 students' work interests, listing current job
4 12 openings, and projecting future job openings in the
4 13 state of Iowa to assist students in planning their
4 14 careers.
4 15 Sec. . Section 260G.3, subsection 2, paragraph
4 16 e, Code 2005, is amended to read as follows:
4 17 e. Moneys from a workforce training and economic
4 18 development fund created in section 260C.18A or
4 19 260C.18C, based on the number of program job positions
4 20 agreed to by the employer to be available under the
4 21 agreement, the amount of which shall be calculated in
4 22 the same manner as the program job credits provided
4 23 for in section 260G.4A.>
4 24 #2. Title page, by striking lines 2 and 3 and
4 25 inserting the following: <program foundation base,
4 26 modifying the community college operations levy,
4 27 creating a local workforce and economic development
4 28 fund for community colleges, and>.
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4 32 PAULSEN of Linn
4 33 HF 848.709 81
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