House File 2599 - Introduced



                                  HOUSE FILE       
                                  BY  COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH

                                  (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2038)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to a baby boom generation workforce study.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 5272HV 82
  4 tw/rj/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  BABY BOOM GENERATION WORKFORCE STUDY.  If
  1  2 sufficient funding is approved or appropriated by the general
  1  3 assembly, or if a local political subdivision provides
  1  4 sufficient funding, or if sufficient private funding becomes
  1  5 available to the state board of regents for such purposes,
  1  6 Iowa state university's department of sociology, in
  1  7 coordination with the Iowa state university extension service,
  1  8 shall conduct a study regarding the efforts that are being
  1  9 made, and the efforts that could be made, to retain in and
  1 10 attract to Iowa people of the baby boom generation.  For
  1 11 purposes of this section, "baby boom generation" means people
  1 12 born no earlier than 1946 and no later than 1964.  The study
  1 13 shall also consider those who reside in other states for part
  1 14 of the year, the career opportunities available to baby
  1 15 boomers, the educational needs of baby boomers and the career
  1 16 experiences and productivity benefits that baby boomers bring
  1 17 to Iowa's workforce.  The results of the study shall be made
  1 18 available in a report to the governor and the general assembly
  1 19 by January 15, 2009.
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill relates to a baby boom generation workforce
  1 22 study.  The bill directs Iowa state university's department of
  1 23 sociology and the Iowa state university extension service to
  1 24 conduct a study on workforce issues pertaining to people born
  1 25 no earlier than 1946 and no later than 1964.  The directive is
  1 26 contingent on funding.  If funded, the results of the study
  1 27 must be submitted to the governor and general assembly by
  1 28 January 15, 2009.
  1 29 LSB 5272HV 82
  1 30 tw/rj/8