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Senate File 245 - EnrolledAn Actrelating to eligibility and reporting requirements for
the skilled workforce shortage tuition grant program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 261.130, subsection 2, Code 2019, is
amended to read as follows:
2. Skilled workforce shortage tuition grants shall be
awarded only to students pursuing a career-technical or career
option program in an industry identified as having a shortage
of skilled workers by a community college after conducting a
regional skills gap analysis or as being a high-demand job by
the department of workforce development in the department’s
most recent quarterly report pursuant to section 84A.6,
subsection 4 list of high-demand jobs. If a community college
no longer identifies the industry as having a shortage of
skilled workers or the department no longer identifies the
industry as a high-demand job, an eligible student who received
a grant for a career-technical or career option program based
on that identification shall continue to receive the grant
until achieving a postsecondary credential, up to an associate
degree, as long as the student is continuously enrolled in
that program and continues to meet all other eligibility
requirements.
Sec. 2. Section 261.130, subsection 8, paragraph d, Code
2019, is amended to read as follows:
d. Make an annual report to the governor and general
assembly. The report shall include the number of students
receiving assistance and the industries identified by
the community colleges and by the department of workforce
development pursuant to section 84A.6, subsection 4, for which
students were admitted to a career-technical or career option
program.
______________________________
CHARLES SCHNEIDERPresident of the Senate______________________________
LINDA UPMEYERSpeaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 245, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSONSecretary of the SenateApproved _______________, 2019______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorje/jh
the skilled workforce shortage tuition grant program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 261.130, subsection 2, Code 2019, is
amended to read as follows:
2. Skilled workforce shortage tuition grants shall be
awarded only to students pursuing a career-technical or career
option program in an industry identified as having a shortage
of skilled workers by a community college after conducting a
regional skills gap analysis or as being a high-demand job by
the department of workforce development in the department’s
most recent quarterly report pursuant to section 84A.6,
subsection 4 list of high-demand jobs. If a community college
no longer identifies the industry as having a shortage of
skilled workers or the department no longer identifies the
industry as a high-demand job, an eligible student who received
a grant for a career-technical or career option program based
on that identification shall continue to receive the grant
until achieving a postsecondary credential, up to an associate
degree, as long as the student is continuously enrolled in
that program and continues to meet all other eligibility
requirements.
Sec. 2. Section 261.130, subsection 8, paragraph d, Code
2019, is amended to read as follows:
d. Make an annual report to the governor and general
assembly. The report shall include the number of students
receiving assistance and the industries identified by
the community colleges and by the department of workforce
development pursuant to section 84A.6, subsection 4, for which
students were admitted to a career-technical or career option
program.
______________________________
CHARLES SCHNEIDERPresident of the Senate______________________________
LINDA UPMEYERSpeaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 245, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSONSecretary of the SenateApproved _______________, 2019______________________________
KIM REYNOLDSGovernorje/jh