Bill Text: IA HSB202 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to financial assistance provided by the economic development authority to certain apprenticeship sponsors and lead apprenticeship sponsors, and including applicability provisions.(See HF 559.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-16 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 559. [HSB202 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HSB202-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
202
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
LABOR
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
DEYOE)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
financial
assistance
provided
by
the
1
economic
development
authority
to
certain
apprenticeship
2
sponsors
and
lead
apprenticeship
sponsors,
and
including
3
applicability
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
15B.2,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
06.
“Contact
hours”
means
the
number
3
of
hours
of
in-person
instruction
received
by
an
apprentice
4
participating
in
an
apprenticeship
program.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
15B.4,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
2021,
6
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
a.
An
apprenticeship
sponsor
or
lead
apprenticeship
sponsor
8
conducting
that
conducts
an
apprenticeship
programs
program
9
that
is
registered
with
the
United
States
department
of
labor,
10
office
of
apprenticeship,
through
Iowa,
for
apprentices
who
11
will
be
employed
at
Iowa
worksites
located
in
this
state
12
may
apply
to
the
authority
for
a
training
grant
financial
13
assistance
under
this
section
if
the
apprenticeship
program
14
includes
a
minimum
of
one
hundred
contact
hours
per
apprentice
15
for
each
training
year
of
the
apprenticeship
program
.
16
Sec.
3.
Section
15B.4,
subsection
2,
unnumbered
paragraph
17
1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
18
The
authority
shall
provide
financial
assistance
in
the
form
19
of
training
grants
to
eligible
apprenticeship
sponsors
or
lead
20
apprenticeship
sponsors
in
the
following
manner:
21
Sec.
4.
Section
15B.4,
subsection
2,
paragraphs
b,
c,
and
d,
22
Code
2021,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
23
b.
By
adding
together
all
of
the
following:
24
(1)
The
determining
the
total
number
of
apprentices
trained
25
during
the
most
recent
training
year,
as
calculated
on
the
26
last
day
of
the
training
year,
in
all
apprenticeship
programs
27
conducted
by
all
applying
apprenticeship
sponsors
or
lead
28
apprenticeship
sponsors
during
the
most
recent
training
year
29
as
calculated
on
the
last
day
of
the
training
year
eligible
to
30
apply
for
financial
assistance
under
subsection
1
.
31
(2)
The
total
number
of
contact
hours
that
apprenticeship
32
instructors
for
all
applying
apprenticeship
sponsors
or
lead
33
apprenticeship
sponsors
spent
in
contact
with
apprentices
34
during
the
most
recent
training
year.
For
purposes
of
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this
subparagraph,
“contact
hours”
includes
the
time
spent
1
instructing
apprentices
in
person
or,
in
the
case
of
a
lead
2
apprenticeship
sponsor
with
programs
totaling
one
hundred
or
3
more
total
instructional
hours,
“contact
hours”
includes
the
4
time
spent
in
online
training
if
the
total
amount
of
online
5
instruction
does
not
account
for
more
than
thirty
percent
of
6
the
total
instructional
hours.
7
c.
By
adding
together
all
of
the
following:
8
(1)
The
determining
the
total
number
of
apprentices
9
trained
during
the
most
recent
training
year,
as
calculated
10
on
the
last
day
of
the
training
year,
in
each
apprenticeship
11
program
conducted
by
a
single
applying
each
apprenticeship
12
sponsor
or
lead
apprenticeship
sponsor
during
the
most
recent
13
training
year
as
calculated
on
the
last
day
of
the
training
14
year
eligible
to
apply
under
subsection
1,
and
that
applied
for
15
financial
assistance
under
subsection
1
.
16
(2)
The
total
number
of
contact
hours
that
apprenticeship
17
instructors
for
a
single
applying
apprenticeship
sponsor
or
18
lead
apprenticeship
sponsor
spent
in
contact
with
apprentices
19
during
the
most
recent
training
year.
For
purposes
of
20
this
subparagraph,
“contact
hours”
includes
the
time
spent
21
instructing
apprentices
in
person
or,
in
the
case
of
a
lead
22
apprenticeship
sponsor
with
programs
totaling
one
hundred
or
23
more
total
instructional
hours,
“contact
hours”
includes
the
24
time
spent
in
online
training
if
the
total
amount
of
online
25
instruction
does
not
account
for
more
than
thirty
percent
of
26
the
total
instructional
hours.
27
d.
By
determining
the
proportion,
stated
as
a
percentage,
28
that
a
single
each
applying
apprenticeship
sponsor’s
or
lead
29
apprenticeship
sponsor’s
total
calculated
pursuant
to
paragraph
30
“c”
bears
to
all
applying
apprenticeship
sponsors’
or
lead
31
apprenticeship
sponsors’
total
calculated
pursuant
to
paragraph
32
“b”
.
33
Sec.
5.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
financial
34
assistance
provided
by
the
economic
development
authority
to
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apprenticeship
sponsors
and
lead
apprenticeship
sponsors
that
1
apply
for
financial
assistance
on
or
after
July
1,
2021.
2
EXPLANATION
3
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
4
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
5
This
bill
relates
to
financial
assistance
(assistance)
6
provided
by
the
economic
development
authority
(authority)
7
to
certain
apprenticeship
sponsors
(sponsor)
and
lead
8
apprenticeship
sponsors
(lead
sponsor).
9
The
bill
provides
that
to
be
eligible
for
assistance,
10
a
sponsor
or
lead
sponsor
must
include
a
minimum
of
100
11
contact
hours
per
apprentice
for
each
training
year
of
an
12
apprenticeship
program
conducted
by
the
sponsor
or
lead
13
sponsor.
Under
current
law,
there
is
not
a
minimum
contact
14
hour
requirement
to
be
eligible
for
assistance.
The
bill
15
defines
“contact
hours”
as
the
number
of
hours
of
in-person
16
instruction
received
by
an
apprentice
participating
in
an
17
apprenticeship
program.
Current
law
defines
“contact
hours”
18
as
the
time
spent
instructing
apprentices
in
person
or,
in
the
19
case
of
a
lead
sponsor
with
an
apprenticeship
program
totaling
20
100
or
more
total
instructional
hours,
“contact
hours”
includes
21
online
training
if
the
total
amount
of
online
instruction
is
22
not
more
than
30
percent
of
the
total
instructional
hours.
23
Under
current
law,
the
authority
provides
financial
24
assistance
in
the
form
of
grants
to
sponsors
or
lead
sponsors
25
pursuant
to
a
calculation
as
specified
in
Code
section
15B.4,
26
subsection
2.
Under
the
bill,
the
calculation
is
modified
27
to
account
for
the
minimum
100
contact
hours
eligibility
28
requirement
and
the
revised
definition
of
“contact
hours”.
29
The
bill
applies
to
financial
assistance
provided
by
the
30
authority
to
eligible
sponsors
and
lead
sponsors
that
apply
for
31
financial
assistance
on
or
after
July
1,
2021.
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