House File 564
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 199)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act providing for an annual allocation of four million dollars
2 for accelerated career education programs.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 1658HV 80
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 260G.4B, subsection 1, Code 2003, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. The total amount of program job credits from all
1 4 employers which shall be allocated for all accelerated career
1 5 education programs in the state in any one fiscal year shall
1 6 not exceed the sum of three million dollars in the fiscal year
1 7 beginning July 1, 2000, three million dollars in the fiscal
1 8 year beginning July 1, 2001, three million dollars in the
1 9 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, and six four million
1 10 dollars in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and every
1 11 fiscal year thereafter. Any increase in program job credits
1 12 above the six=million=dollar limitation per fiscal year shall
1 13 be developed, based on recommendations in a study which shall
1 14 be conducted by the department of economic development of the
1 15 needs and performance of approved programs in the fiscal years
1 16 beginning July 1, 2000, and July 1, 2001. The study's
1 17 findings and recommendations shall be submitted to the general
1 18 assembly by the department by December 31, 2002. The study
1 19 shall include but not be limited to an examination of the
1 20 quality of the programs, the number of program participant
1 21 placements, the wages and benefits in program jobs, the level
1 22 of employer contributions, the size of participating
1 23 employers, and employer locations. A community college shall
1 24 file a copy of each agreement with the department of economic
1 25 development. The department shall maintain an annual record
1 26 of the proposed program job credits under each agreement for
1 27 each fiscal year. Upon receiving a copy of an agreement, the
1 28 department shall allocate any available amount of program job
1 29 credits to the community college according to the agreement
1 30 sufficient for the fiscal year and for the term of the
1 31 agreement. When the total available program job credits are
1 32 allocated for a fiscal year, the department shall notify all
1 33 community colleges that the maximum amount has been allocated
1 34 and that further program job credits will not be available for
1 35 the remainder of the fiscal year. Once program job credits
2 1 have been allocated to a community college, the full
2 2 allocation shall be received by the community college
2 3 throughout the fiscal year and for the term of the agreement
2 4 even if the statewide program job credit maximum amount is
2 5 subsequently allocated and used. The department shall submit
2 6 a report regarding utilization of the program job credits to
2 7 the members of the general assembly on a biennial basis, with
2 8 the first such report to be submitted by December 15, 2003.
2 9 The report shall include, but not be limited to, an
2 10 examination of the quality of the programs, the number of
2 11 program participant placements, the wages and benefits in
2 12 program jobs, the level of employer contributions, the size of
2 13 participating employers, and employer locations.
2 14 EXPLANATION
2 15 This bill provides that the total amount of program job
2 16 credits from all employers which shall be allocated for all
2 17 accelerated career education programs in the state in any one
2 18 fiscal year shall not exceed the sum of $4 million in the
2 19 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and every fiscal year
2 20 thereafter. The bill also deletes outdated language regarding
2 21 the conducting of a study by the department of economic
2 22 development regarding the needs and performance of approved
2 23 accelerated career education programs in the state.
2 24 The bill provides that the department shall submit a report
2 25 regarding utilization of the program job credits to the
2 26 members of the general assembly on a biennial basis.
2 27 LSB 1658HV 80
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