Pg 1, Ln 4

CODE: Adds four additional ex officio, nonvoting members to the Iowa Workforce Development Board, as follows:

  • Representative appointed by the Director of the Department for the Blind.
  • Representative appointed by the Director of the Department on Aging.
  • Representative appointed by the Director of the Department of Corrections.
  • Representative appointed by the Director of the Department of Human Services.

Pg 2, Ln 13CODE: Permits the Iowa Workforce Development Board to designate and direct the activities of standing committees of the Board to provide information and to assist the Board in carrying out duties, and specifies standing committees the Board must designate.
Pg 3, Ln 16CODE: Modifies existing duties of the Workforce Development Board, including replacing requirements for developing and coordinating implementation of five-year and 20-year workforce development plans with requirements for a four-year comprehensive workforce development plan.
Pg 4, Ln 5CODE: Provides various new duties of the Workforce Development Board including duties relating to statewide workforce development policies, procedures, and guidance; technology and data systems; identifying and disseminating information on proven and promising practices relating to workforce needs; implementation of allocation formulas for the distribution of certain federal funds; making certain recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly; and developing and coordinating the analysis of labor market information.
Pg 5, Ln 29CODE: Renames regional advisory boards as local workforce development boards and permits the appointment of ex officio, nonvoting members.
Pg 6, Ln 21CODE: Strikes existing duties of regional advisory boards and provides new duties for local workforce development boards, including duties relating to implementation of four-year local workforce development plans, increasing access to workforce services, developing a budget, Coordinate and promote the engagement of employers, coordinating the performance of workforce research and regional labor market analysis, oversight of workforce development programs and activities, awarding grants or contracts including to nonprofit organizations, participating in the identification of eligible providers of training and career services within the local workforce development area, making specified recommendations, and participating in state workforce development initiatives.
Pg 8, Ln 15CODE: Permits a local workforce development board to designate and direct the activities of standing committees to provide information and to assist in carrying out duties, and permits the engagement in regional coordination with one or more other local workforce development areas as provided in federal law.
Pg 8, Ln 34CODE: Makes a name change.
Pg 9, Ln 26CODE: Requires the Departments of Workforce Development, Education, Human Services, and Corrections, the Economic Development Authority, Department on Aging, the Division of Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services of the Department of Education, and the Department for the Blind to collaborate where possible under applicable state and federal law to align workforce development programs, services, and activities in an integrated workforce development system in the state and each local workforce development area that is data driven and responsive to the needs of workers, job seekers, and employers. Requires the specified agencies to also jointly establish an integrated management information system for linking workforce development programs within local workforce development systems and in the state.
Pg 10, Ln 6CODE: Modifies the state entities the Department of Workforce Development is required to consult with in establishing guidelines for workforce development centers by striking the Department of Human Rights and adding the Department of Corrections and the Division of Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services of the Department of Education.
Pg 10, Ln 24CODE: Makes a name change.
Pg 12, Ln 15The Division making various changes relating to the Department of Workforce Development, Workforce Development Board, regional advisory boards, and workforce development centers, is effective on enactment.
Pg 12, Ln 21Authorizes the Department of Workforce Development to join a consortium with the states of Idaho and Vermont for the modification of the Idaho Unemployment Benefit Payment Software System to pay unemployment insurance benefits by the state of Iowa.
Pg 12, Ln 29Appropriates $1,076,000 from federal funds to the Department of Workforce Development for the purpose of modifying the Idaho Unemployment Insurance Software System to pay unemployment insurance benefits by the state and for the acquisition of programming, software, and equipment required to provide an administrative and payment system for the Iowa Unemployment Insurance Program.
Pg 13, Ln 5Prohibits the moneys appropriated in this section from being obligated after two years from enactment.
Pg 13, Ln 8Prohibits the obligation of funds appropriated in this section if the obligation will exceed the funds available in the account of the Unemployment Trust Fund after taking into consideration the moneys already obligated for the administration and payment of unemployment insurance benefits.
Pg 13, Ln 19Authorizes the expenditure of $4,825,000 in federal funds by the Department of Workforce Development for the purpose of modifying the Idaho Unemployment Insurance Software System to pay unemployment insurance benefits by the state and for the acquisition of programming, software, and equipment required to provide an administrative and payment system for the Iowa Unemployment Insurance Program.
Pg 13, Ln 32Prohibits the moneys appropriated in this section from being obligated after two years from enactment.
Pg 14, Ln 2Prohibits the Department of Workforce Development from pursuing the recovery of any overpayments of unemployment insurance benefits made to individuals caused by a telephone system malfunction on March 8, 2014.
Pg 14, Ln 7Authorizes the expenditure of $528,380 in federal funds by the Department of Workforce Development for the purpose of offsetting all potential unemployment benefit overpayment caused by a telephone malfunction on March 8, 2014.
Pg 14, Ln 15Prohibits the moneys appropriated in this section from being obligated after two years from enactment.
Pg 14, Ln 18The Division authorizing the Department of Workforce Development to join a consortium and making appropriations is effective on enactment.