House File 103 - Introduced



                                    HOUSE FILE       
                                    BY  STRUYK, WINDSCHITL, ALONS,
                                        HUSER, MERTZ, DRAKE, RAYHONS,
                                        and FORRISTALL


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to articulation agreements between community
  2    colleges and regents universities for credits earned under a
  3    renewable fuels training program.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1486YH 83
  6 kh/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 260C.14, Code 2009, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  23.  If the community college offers a
  1  4 renewable fuels training program that receives state funding,
  1  5 enter into an articulation and transfer agreement with each of
  1  6 the institutions of higher education under the control of the
  1  7 state board of regents in which the institutions agree to
  1  8 accept at least seventy=five percent of the credits earned by
  1  9 a community college student who successfully completes the
  1 10 renewable fuels training program and earns certification or an
  1 11 associate of applied science degree.
  1 12    Sec. 2.  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REVIEW.  On or before
  1 13 January 15, during the fiscal period beginning July 1, 2009,
  1 14 and ending June 30, 2012, the department of education shall
  1 15 submit a report to the general assembly providing information
  1 16 on the number of renewable fuels training programs offered by
  1 17 community colleges, the number of such renewable fuels
  1 18 training programs receiving state funding, the amount of state
  1 19 funding each community college receives for its renewable
  1 20 fuels training program, and the number of community colleges
  1 21 that have entered into articulation and transfer agreements in
  1 22 accordance with section 260C.14, subsection 23, as enacted by
  1 23 this Act.
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25    This bill requires the board of directors of a community
  1 26 college that offers a renewable fuels training program which
  1 27 receives state funding to enter into an articulation agreement
  1 28 with each regents university.  Under the agreement, each
  1 29 university shall agree to accept at least 75 percent of the
  1 30 credits earned by a community college student who successfully
  1 31 completes the program and earns a certificate or an associate
  1 32 of applied science degree.  The bill requires the department
  1 33 of education to annually, until June 30, 2012, submit a report
  1 34 to the general assembly providing information on the renewable
  1 35 fuels training programs offered by the community colleges and
  2  1 the required articulation agreements.
  2  2 LSB 1486YH 83
  2  3 kh/nh/5