HSB 727 (LSB 6227YC (2) 83)

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 colleges in order to implement recommendations from the governor’s green jobs task force and reach underserved populations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  APPROPRIATION —— WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS —— IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN JOBS TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of workforce development for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and ending June 30, 2011, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
   For allocation to the workforce development board to award grants to Iowa community colleges to implement the recommendations of the green jobs task force, established by executive order number 16, with fifty percent of the grants being used to provide outreach programs to underserved populations:
.................................................. $  1,000,000

   For purposes of this section, “underserved populations” means persons making less than twenty thousand dollars a year, minorities, persons with disabilities, the elderly, and persons convicted of a felony who are attempting to reenter society after release from incarceration.
EXPLANATION
   This bill appropriates $1 million to the department of workforce development for FY 2010-2011. The funds are to be allocated to the workforce development board for grants to Iowa community colleges to implement the recommendations of the green jobs task force, which was established by Executive Order Number 16. Fifty percent of the grants shall be used to provide outreach programs to underserved populations.