H.F. 432 Section 1. Section 84E.4, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 1 2025, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. An apprenticeship sponsor or lead apprenticeship 3 sponsor that conducts an apprenticeship program that is 4 registered with the United States department of labor, office 5 of apprenticeship, through Iowa, for apprentices who will be 6 employed at worksites located in this state may apply to the 7 department for financial assistance under this section if the 8 apprenticeship program includes a minimum of seventy-five 9 contact hours per apprentice for the first training year of 10 an apprenticeship program and one hundred contact hours per 11 apprentice for each full training year of the apprenticeship 12 program thereafter . 13 EXPLANATION 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 16 This bill provides that an apprenticeship sponsor or lead 17 apprenticeship sponsor that conducts an apprenticeship program 18 registered with the United States department of labor, office 19 of apprenticeship, through Iowa, for apprentices who will 20 be employed at worksites located in Iowa may apply to the 21 department of workforce development for financial assistance 22 if the apprenticeship program includes a minimum of 75 23 contact hours per apprentice for the first training year of an 24 apprenticeship program and 100 contact hours per apprentice 25 for each full training year of the apprenticeship program 26 thereafter. Under current law, the required time period is a 27 minimum of 100 contact hours per apprentice for each training 28 year of the apprenticeship program. 29 -1- LSB 1855YH (2) 91 je/js 1/ 1