House File 645 - Introduced
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A BILL FOR
1 An Act providing for the establishment of a task force to study
2 measures to encourage elementary and middle school students to
3 identify early career paths and interests and making an
4 appropriation.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION == EARLY IDENTIFICATION
1 2 OF CAREER PATHS.
1 3 1. The department of education, in collaboration with the
1 4 department of workforce development, shall convene a task
1 5 force to study measures to motivate and encourage elementary
1 6 and middle school students to identify early potential career
1 7 paths and interests as a means to reduce truancy and dropout
1 8 rates and improve behavior. The study shall include a review
1 9 of career and technical academies for children and youth;
1 10 internships and other collaborations with businesses,
1 11 including tax incentives for businesses that cooperate with
1 12 school districts; preapprenticeship training; administering
1 13 curriculum and career assessments designed to help students at
1 14 elementary and middle school grade levels identify career
1 15 interests and their skills or skill gaps in preparation for
1 16 jobs; career education and guidance designed to advance
1 17 minority and low=income students; and the feasibility and
1 18 benefits for children and society of placing students who
1 19 volunteer in career or vocational tracks by middle school.
1 20 2. a. The director of the department of education, in
1 21 collaboration with the labor commissioner, shall appoint
1 22 members to the task force which shall include but not be
1 23 limited to school administrators, guidance counselors,
1 24 educational technology specialists, and teachers; and persons
1 25 who represent business and industry, labor unions,
1 26 postsecondary educational institutions, and other stakeholders
1 27 as appropriate.
1 28 b. The task force shall select a chairperson from its
1 29 membership. A majority of the members of the task force shall
1 30 constitute a quorum.
1 31 c. Members shall serve without compensation, but shall
1 32 receive their actual and necessary expenses, including travel
1 33 expenses.
1 34 3. The task force shall report its findings and
1 35 recommendations to the governor and the general assembly by
2 1 January 15, 2010.
2 2 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION == DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. There
2 3 is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
2 4 department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2 5 2009, and ending June 30, 2010, the following amount, or so
2 6 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
2 7 designated:
2 8 For actual and necessary expenses, including travel
2 9 expenses, incurred by members of the early identification of
2 10 career paths task force established pursuant to this Act:
2 11 .................................................. $ 5,000
2 12 EXPLANATION
2 13 This bill directs the department of education, in
2 14 collaboration with the department of workforce development, to
2 15 convene a task force to study measures to motivate and
2 16 encourage elementary and middle school students to identify
2 17 early potential career paths and interests as a means to
2 18 reduce truancy and dropout rates and improve behavior. The
2 19 study shall include a review of career and technical academies
2 20 for children and youth; internships and other collaborations
2 21 with businesses, including tax incentives for businesses that
2 22 cooperate with school districts; preapprenticeship training;
2 23 administering curriculum and career assessments designed to
2 24 help students at elementary and middle school grade levels
2 25 identify career interests and their skills or skill gaps in
2 26 preparation for jobs; career education and guidance designed
2 27 to advance minority and low=income students; and the
2 28 feasibility and benefits for children and society of placing
2 29 students who volunteer in career or vocational tracks by
2 30 middle school.
2 31 The director of the department, in collaboration with the
2 32 labor commissioner, is directed to appoint members to the task
2 33 force which shall include but not be limited to school
2 34 administrators, guidance counselors, educational technology
2 35 specialists, and teachers; and persons who represent business
3 1 and industry, labor unions, postsecondary educational
3 2 institutions, and other stakeholders as appropriate.
3 3 The bill appropriates $5,000 from the general fund of the
3 4 state for the 2009=2010 fiscal year to the department for the
3 5 expenses of the task force members.
3 6 The task force must submit its findings and recommendations
3 7 in a report to the governor and the general assembly by
3 8 January 15, 2010.
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