House Study Bill 727 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON OLSON) A BILL FOR An Act appropriating funds to award grants to Iowa community 1 colleges in order to implement recommendations from the 2 governor’s green jobs task force and reach underserved 3 populations. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 6227YC (2) 83 ak/nh
H.F. _____ Section 1. APPROPRIATION —— WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS —— 1 IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN JOBS TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS. There 2 is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the 3 department of workforce development for the fiscal year 4 beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the following 5 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the 6 purposes designated: 7 For allocation to the workforce development board to 8 award grants to Iowa community colleges to implement the 9 recommendations of the green jobs task force, established 10 by executive order number 16, with fifty percent of the 11 grants being used to provide outreach programs to underserved 12 populations: 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000 14 For purposes of this section, “underserved populations” 15 means persons making less than twenty thousand dollars a year, 16 minorities, persons with disabilities, the elderly, and persons 17 convicted of a felony who are attempting to reenter society 18 after release from incarceration. 19 EXPLANATION 20 This bill appropriates $1 million to the department of 21 workforce development for FY 2010-2011. The funds are to be 22 allocated to the workforce development board for grants to 23 Iowa community colleges to implement the recommendations of 24 the green jobs task force, which was established by Executive 25 Order Number 16. Fifty percent of the grants shall be used to 26 provide outreach programs to underserved populations. 27 -1- LSB 6227YC (2) 83 ak/nh 1/ 1