House File 2550 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY MURPHY, BUKTA, WHITAKER, HEDDENS,
FREVERT, D. OLSON, SMITH, JOCHUM,
DANDEKAR, BERRY, REICHERT,
WESSEL=KROESCHELL, LENSING,
MASCHER, KUHN, WINCKLER, REASONER,
McCARTHY, SHOMSHOR, QUIRK,
SCHUELLER, PETERSEN, WISE,
PETTENGILL, D. TAYLOR, THOMAS,
GASKILL, WENDT, COHOON, FOEGE,
BELL, MERTZ, MILLER, WHITEAD,
LYKAM, JACOBY, OLDSON, SWAIM,
HUNTER, and KRESSIG
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act to establish a targeted skills training program and fund
2 in the department of workforce development and making an
3 appropriation.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 84A.11 TARGETED SKILLS TRAINING
1 2 PROGRAM AND FUND.
1 3 1. A targeted skills training program is established in
1 4 the department of workforce development to provide high=skills
1 5 training for employees in certain targeted industries
1 6 including life sciences, advanced manufacturing,
1 7 biotechnology, insurance, and environmental technology. The
1 8 targeted skills training program shall assist displaced and
1 9 unemployed persons who meet the eligibility requirements for
1 10 the workforce investment program created under section 84A.8.
1 11 2. The department of workforce development shall
1 12 administer the targeted skills training program and shall
1 13 adopt rules governing its operation and additional eligibility
1 14 guidelines for participation as deemed necessary by the
1 15 department. When possible, the department shall coordinate
1 16 training activities with other available employment and
1 17 training programs and services. The department shall not find
1 18 a participant eligible under this program in any fiscal year
1 19 until after funds allocated from the federal department of
1 20 labor to the department of workforce development pursuant to
1 21 the federal Workforce Investment Act, 29 U.S.C. } 2801 et
1 22 seq., have been fully expended.
1 23 3. A targeted skills training fund is established in the
1 24 state treasury under the control of the department of
1 25 workforce development. The fund shall consist of moneys
1 26 appropriated to the fund from the general fund of the state
1 27 and any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by
1 28 the department from the federal government or private sources
1 29 for placement in the fund. The assets of the fund shall be
1 30 used by the department only for carrying out the purposes of
1 31 this section.
1 32 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION == TARGETED SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM.
1 33 There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to
1 34 the department of workforce development for the fiscal year
1 35 beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, the
2 1 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
2 2 used for the purposes designated:
2 3 For administering the targeted skills training program,
2 4 including salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
2 5 purposes:
2 6 .................................................. $ 3,000,000
2 7 Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall be in
2 8 addition to, and shall not replace, funds otherwise
2 9 appropriated to the department of workforce development.
2 10 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
2 11 section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
2 12 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
2 13 for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of
2 14 the succeeding fiscal year.
2 15 EXPLANATION
2 16 This bill establishes a targeted skills training program in
2 17 the department of workforce development. The bill establishes
2 18 a targeted skills training program to provide high=skills
2 19 training for employees in certain targeted industries. These
2 20 targeted industries may include life sciences, advanced
2 21 manufacturing, biotechnology, insurance, and environmental
2 22 technology. The targeted skills training program is
2 23 established to assist displaced and unemployed persons who
2 24 meet the eligibility requirements for the workforce investment
2 25 program created under Code section 84A.8. The bill directs
2 26 the department of workforce development to administer the
2 27 targeted skills training program and coordinate training
2 28 activities with other available training and employment
2 29 programs. The department is directed by the bill not to allow
2 30 participants in the program until after all federal funds
2 31 allocated to the department of workforce development under the
2 32 federal Workforce Investment Act have been expended. The bill
2 33 establishes a targeted skills training fund under the control
2 34 of the department of workforce development.
2 35 The bill makes an appropriation from the general fund of
3 1 the state to the department of workforce development for
3 2 fiscal year 2006 to administer the targeted skills training
3 3 program.
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