Bill Text: IA SF2353 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the jobs training and apprenticeship programs and making appropriations. (Formerly SSB 3052 and SF 2317.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-04-21 - Read first time, referred to Economic Growth. H.J. 770. [SF2353 Detail]

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Senate File 2353 - Introduced
SENATE FILE 2353
BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2317)
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3052)
A BILL FOR
An Act relating to the jobs training and apprenticeship
programs and making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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Section 1. Section 15.108, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code
2014, is amended to read as follows:
a. Coordinate and perform the duties specified under the
Iowa industrial new jobs training Act in chapter 260E , the
Iowa jobs training Act in chapter 260F , and the workforce
development fund in section 15.341 .
Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 256.91 Workforce development fund
account.
A workforce development fund account is established in
the office of the treasurer of state under the control of
the department. The account shall receive funds pursuant to
section 422.16A up to a maximum of six million dollars per
year.
Sec. 3. NEW SECTION . 256.92 Workforce development fund.
1. a. A workforce development fund is created as a
revolving fund in the state treasury under the control of the
department consisting of any moneys appropriated by the general
assembly for that purpose and any other moneys available to
and obtained or accepted by the department from the federal
government or private sources for placement in the fund. The
fund shall also include moneys appropriated to the fund from
the workforce development fund account established in section
256.91.
b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the workforce
development fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not
revert to any other fund but shall remain in the workforce
development fund for expenditure for subsequent fiscal years.
2. The assets of the fund shall be used by the department
for the following programs and purposes:
a. Projects under chapter 260F.
b. Apprenticeship programs under chapter 260J.
3. Moneys in the workforce development fund shall be
allocated as follows:
a. Three million dollars shall be transferred and deposited
in the job training fund created in section 260F.6 to be used
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for the purposes provided in chapter 260F.
b. Three million dollars shall be transferred and deposited
in the apprenticeship training program fund created in section
260J.3 to be used for the purposes provided in chapter 260J.
Sec. 4. Section 260C.18A, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
2014, is amended to read as follows:
b. Projects in which an agreement between a community
college and a business meet all the requirements of the Iowa
jobs training Act under chapter 260F . However, projects funded
by moneys provided by a local workforce training and economic
development fund of a community college are not subject to
the maximum advance or award limitations contained in section
260F.6, subsection 2 , or the allocation limitations contained
in section 260F.8, subsection 1 .
Sec. 5. Section 260F.2, subsection 2, Code 2014, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 6. Section 260F.2, subsections 4, 5, 10, and 11, Code
2014, are amended to read as follows:
4. “Date of commencement of the project” means the date of
the preliminary signed agreement or the date an application for
assistance is received by the authority .
5. “Eligible business” or “business” means a business
training employees which is engaged in interstate or intrastate
commerce for the purpose of manufacturing, processing, or
assembling products, conducting research and development,
commercial construction, or providing services in interstate
commerce including electronic commerce , but excludes retail,
health, or professional services and which meets the other
criteria established by the authority department . “Eligible
business” does not include a business whose training costs can
be economically funded under chapter 260E , a business which
closes or substantially reduces its employment base in order
to relocate substantially the same operation to another area
of the state, or a business which is involved in a strike,
lockout, or other labor dispute in Iowa.
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10. “Program services” includes but is not limited to the
following:
a. Training of employees.
b. Adult basic education and job-related instruction.
c. Vocational and skill-assessment services and testing.
d. Training facilities, equipment, materials, and supplies.
e. Administrative expenses incurred by community colleges
for the jobs training program , in an amount not to exceed five
percent of the total project cost .
f. Subcontracted services with institutions governed by the
state board of regents, private colleges or universities, or
other federal, state, or local agencies.
g. Contracted or professional services.
11. “Project” means a training arrangement which is the
subject of an agreement entered into between the community
college and a business to provide program services. “Project”
also means an authority-sponsored training arrangement which
is sponsored by the authority and administered under sections
260F.6A and 260F.6B .
Sec. 7. Section 260F.2, Code 2014, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 4A. “Department” means the department of
education.
Sec. 8. Section 260F.3, Code 2014, is amended by adding the
following new subsections:
NEW SUBSECTION . 4A. Type of training to be delivered.
NEW SUBSECTION . 4B. Amount of employer match.
Sec. 9. NEW SECTION . 260F.4 Financial assistance ——
restrictions.
1. The maximum award of financial assistance for any one
project is fifty thousand dollars.
2. A business may be approved for multiple projects, but the
total financial assistance award to a business shall not exceed
one hundred thousand dollars within a three-year period.
3. An award of financial assistance does not include
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reimbursement to the business for employee wages while the
employee is in training.
4. An award of financial assistance is based on the actual
cost of services.
5. A business’s request for financial assistance shall be
commensurate with training needs.
6. Community colleges shall provide financial assistance to
a business on a reimbursement basis or by directly paying for
training expenses from an account administered by the community
college.
7. a. A business shall provide a cash match or in-kind
match in order to be eligible for financial assistance pursuant
to this section.
b. A business requesting financial assistance of less than
five thousand dollars for a program shall provide an in-kind
match.
c. A business requesting financial assistance of five
thousand dollars or more for a program shall provide cash to
pay at least twenty-five percent of the total project cost,
including training and administration costs.
d. An in-kind match includes employee wages paid by
the business during the training period, the value of
business-provided facilities and equipment used for training,
or the value of any other resource provided by the business to
facilitate the training program.
Sec. 10. NEW SECTION . 260F.5 Community college annual
report.
1. Each community college shall submit an annual report
to the department by September 1 documenting the job training
programs funded during the previous fiscal year.
2. The report shall address the performance metrics
established by the department for the job training program
pursuant to section 260F.8.
3. The report shall be submitted in a manner and form
prescribed by the department.
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Sec. 11. Section 260F.6, subsection 1, Code 2014, is amended
to read as follows:
1. There is established created for the community colleges
a job training fund in the economic development authority
in the workforce development fund to be administered by
the department . The job training fund consists of moneys
appropriated for the purposes of this chapter plus the interest
and principal from repayment of advances made to businesses
for program costs, plus the repayments, including interest,
of loans made from that retraining fund, and interest earned
from moneys in the job training fund . Moneys in the fund are
appropriated to the department for purposes of this chapter.
Sec. 12. Section 260F.6, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2014,
are amended by striking the subsections and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
2. Moneys in the fund shall be allocated pursuant to the
formula established in 260C.18C. Any unexpended or unallocated
funds remaining in the job training fund allocated for purposes
of the business network training program authorized in section
260F.6A, Code 2014, as of June 30, 2014, shall be distributed
to the community colleges in the manner provided for in this
subsection.
3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund at
the close of the fiscal year shall not revert to the general
fund of the state but shall remain available for expenditure
for the purpose designated for subsequent fiscal years.
Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or
earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
Sec. 13. Section 260F.7, Code 2014, is amended to read as
follows:
260F.7 Economic development authority Department to
coordinate.
The economic development authority, in consultation with
the department of education and the department of workforce
development, shall coordinate the jobs training program. A
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project shall not be funded under this chapter unless the
economic development authority approves the project. The
authority department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
17A governing the program’s operation and eligibility for
participation in the program. The authority department shall
establish by rule criteria for determining what constitutes an
eligible business.
Sec. 14. Section 260F.8, Code 2014, is amended by striking
the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
260F.8 Program assessment, development, and coordination.
1. The department shall establish performance metrics for
the job training programs funded under this chapter and assess
program outcomes on an annual basis.
2. A community college may retain up to ten percent of the
total project cost for the following purposes:
a. Outreach to employers by community college business and
industry outreach staff.
b. Monitoring the performance of training agreements and
accountability measures.
c. Development of training project and program plans.
d. Business development activities.
Sec. 15. NEW SECTION . 260J.1 Title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa
Apprenticeship Act” .
Sec. 16. NEW SECTION . 260J.2 Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. “Apprentice” means a person who is at least sixteen
years of age, except where a higher minimum age is required by
law, who is employed in an apprenticeable occupation, and is
registered in Iowa with the United States department of labor,
office of apprenticeship.
2. “Apprenticeable occupation” means an occupation approved
for apprenticeship by the United States department of labor,
office of apprenticeship.
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3. “Apprenticeship program” means a program registered
with the United States department of labor, office of
apprenticeship, which includes terms and conditions for the
qualification, recruitment, selection, employment, and training
of apprentices, including the requirement for a written
apprenticeship agreement.
4. “Apprenticeship sponsor” means an entity operating
an apprenticeship program or an entity in whose name an
apprenticeship program is being operated, which is registered
with or approved by the United States department of labor,
office of apprenticeship.
5. “Department” means the department of education.
6. “Financial assistance” means assistance provided only
from the funds, rights, and assets legally available to the
department and includes but is not limited to assistance in the
forms of grants, loans, forgivable loans, and royalty payments.
7. “Fund” means the apprenticeship training program fund
created in section 260J.3.
8. “Lead apprenticeship sponsor” means a trade organization,
labor organization, employer association, or other incorporated
entity representing a group of apprenticeship sponsors.
Sec. 17. NEW SECTION . 260J.3 Apprenticeship training
program —— fund.
1. An apprenticeship training program fund is created in the
state treasury under the control of the department.
2. The fund shall consist of moneys deposited in the fund
pursuant to section 256.92, moneys appropriated for purposes
of the apprenticeship training program, and any other moneys
lawfully available to the department for purposes of this
chapter.
3. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department for
the purposes of this chapter.
4. No more than two percent of the total moneys deposited
in the fund on July 1 of a fiscal year is appropriated to the
department for the purposes of administering this chapter.
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5. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund at
the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall
remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated
for subsequent fiscal years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7,
subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall
be credited to the fund.
Sec. 18. NEW SECTION . 260J.4 Financial assistance for an
apprenticeship program.
1. a. An apprenticeship sponsor or lead apprenticeship
sponsor conducting apprenticeship programs in Iowa for
apprentices who will be employed at Iowa worksites may apply to
the department for a training grant or an infrastructure grant,
or both a training grant and an infrastructure grant under this
section.
b. Financial assistance received by an apprenticeship
sponsor or lead apprenticeship sponsor under this section shall
be used only for the cost of conducting and maintaining an
apprenticeship program.
2. The department shall provide financial assistance
in the form of training grants or infrastructure grants to
apprenticeship sponsors or lead apprenticeship sponsors in the
following manner:
a. By determining the total amount of funding allocated
for purposes of training grants or infrastructure grants for
apprenticeship programs pursuant to section 260J.3.
b. By adding together all of the following:
(1) The total number of apprentices trained by all applying
apprenticeship sponsors or lead apprenticeship sponsors during
the most recent training year as calculated on the last day of
the training year.
(2) The total number of contact hours that apprenticeship
instructors for all applying apprenticeship sponsors or lead
apprenticeship sponsors spent in contact with apprentices
during the most recent training year. For purposes of
this subparagraph, “contact hours” includes the time spent
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instructing apprentices in person or, in the case of a lead
apprenticeship sponsor with programs totaling one hundred or
more total instructional hours, “contact hours” includes the
time spent in online training if the total amount of online
instruction does not account for more than thirty percent of
the total instructional hours.
c. By adding together all of the following:
(1) The total number of apprentices trained by a single
applying apprenticeship sponsor or lead apprenticeship sponsor
during the most recent training year as calculated on the last
day of the training year.
(2) The total number of contact hours that apprenticeship
instructors for a single applying apprenticeship sponsor or
lead apprenticeship sponsor spent in contact with apprentices
during the most recent training year. For purposes of
this subparagraph, “contact hours” includes the time spent
instructing apprentices in person or, in the case of a lead
apprenticeship sponsor with programs totaling one hundred or
more total instructional hours, “contact hours” includes the
time spent in online training if the total amount of online
instruction does not account for more than thirty percent of
the total instructional hours.
d. By determining the proportion, stated as a percentage,
that a single applying apprenticeship sponsor’s or lead
apprenticeship sponsor’s total calculated pursuant to paragraph
“c” bears to all applying apprenticeship sponsors’ or lead
apprenticeship sponsors’ total calculated pursuant to paragraph
“b” .
e. By multiplying the percentage calculated in paragraph “d”
by the amount determined in paragraph “a” .
3. An apprenticeship sponsor or lead apprenticeship sponsor
seeking financial assistance under this section shall provide
the following information to the department:
a. The federal apprentice registration number of each
apprentice in the apprenticeship program.
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b. The address and a description of the physical location
where in-person training is conducted.
c. A certification of the apprenticeship sponsor’s training
standards as most recently approved by the United States
department of labor, office of apprenticeship or, in the case
of a lead apprenticeship sponsor, a representative sample of
participating members’ training standards.
d. A certification of the apprenticeship sponsor’s
compliance review or quality assessment as most recently
conducted by the United States department of labor, office of
apprenticeship, unless the apprenticeship sponsor has not been
subjected to a compliance review or quality assessment. In the
case of a lead apprenticeship sponsor, a sampling of compliance
reviews or quality assessments from participating members shall
be sufficient.
e. Any other information the department reasonably
determines is necessary.
4. The apprenticeship sponsor or lead apprenticeship
sponsor and the department shall enter into an agreement
regarding the provision of any financial assistance to the
apprenticeship sponsor or lead apprenticeship sponsor.
5. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, an
apprenticeship program receiving funds from section 260F.6 or
other community college funding sources in the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, shall receive
no less than that amount from the fund in the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015.
Sec. 19. NEW SECTION . 260J.5 Apprenticeship training
program advisory board.
1. An apprenticeship training program advisory board is
established to advise the department on issues related to
apprenticeship programs supported pursuant to this chapter and
to promote the development of new and the expansion of existing
apprenticeship programs for apprentices who will be employed
at Iowa worksites.
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2. The advisory board shall consist of the following
members:
a. One member of the master builders of Iowa.
b. One member of the associated builders and contractors of
Iowa.
c. One member of the technology association of Iowa.
d. One member of the Iowa association of business and
industry.
e. Five members, one member each from different labor
organizations that are apprenticeship sponsors or lead
apprenticeship sponsors. Five members representing
labor organizations shall serve at a time, but the labor
organizations represented shall rotate with every term.
f. One member from the Iowa federation of labor.
g. One member representing community college apprenticeship
programs.
h. One member representing the Iowa economic development
authority.
i. One member representing the department.
j. One member of the United States department of labor,
office of apprenticeship, serving as an ex-officio, nonvoting
member.
k. Four members of the general assembly serving as
ex officio, nonvoting members, one representative to be
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one
representative to be appointed by the minority leader of the
house of representatives, one senator to be appointed by the
majority leader of the senate, and one senator to be appointed
by the minority leader of the senate.
3. a. The voting members of the advisory board and the
member from the United States department of labor, office
of apprenticeship, shall be selected by the named entity or
entities. The members from the labor organizations shall be
selected by the labor organization being represented. The
member representing the community college apprenticeship
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programs shall be selected by the Iowa association of community
college trustees.
b. The voting members of the advisory board and the
member from the United States department of labor, office of
apprenticeship, shall serve three-year staggered terms. If
a vacancy occurs a successor shall be selected in the same
manner and subject to the same qualifications as the original
selection to serve the remainder of the term.
c. The legislative members of the advisory board shall serve
terms as provided in section 69.16B. A legislative member
may designate another person to attend a board meeting if the
member is unavailable.
4. The voting members shall elect a chairperson and
vice chairperson annually from the voting membership of the
advisory board. A majority of the voting members of the board
constitute a quorum. If the chairperson and vice chairperson
are unable to preside over the board due to absence or
disability, a majority of the voting members present may elect
a temporary chairperson providing a quorum is present.
Sec. 20. Section 403.21, subsections 1 and 3, Code 2014, are
amended to read as follows:
1. In order to promote communication and cooperation among
cities, counties, and community colleges with respect to the
allocation and division of taxes, no jobs training projects
as defined in chapter 260E or 260F shall be undertaken within
the area of operation of a municipality after July 1, 1995,
unless the municipality and the community college have entered
into an agreement or have jointly adopted a plan relating
to a community college’s new jobs training program which
shall provide for a procedure for advance notification to
each affected municipality, for exchange of information, for
mutual consultation, and for procedural guidelines for all
such new jobs training projects, including related project
financing to be undertaken within the area of operation of the
municipality. The joint agreement or the plan shall state its
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precise duration and shall be binding on the community college
and the municipality with respect to all new jobs training
projects, including related project financing undertaken during
its existence. The joint agreement or plan shall be effective
upon adoption and shall be placed on file in the office of the
secretary of the board of directors of the community college
and such other location as may be stated in the joint agreement
or plan. The joint agreement or plan shall also be sent to each
school district which levied or certified for levy a property
tax on any portion of the taxable property located in the area
of operation of the municipality in the fiscal year beginning
prior to the calendar year in which the plan is adopted or
the agreement is reached. If no such agreement is reached or
plan adopted, the community college shall not use incremental
property tax revenues to fund jobs training projects within the
area of operation of the municipality. Agreements entered into
between a community college and a city or county pursuant to
chapter 28E shall not apply.
3. The community college shall send a copy of the final
agreement prepared pursuant to section 260F.3 to the economic
development authority. For each year in which incremental
property taxes are used to retire debt service on a jobs
training advance issued for a project creating new jobs, the
community college shall provide to the economic development
authority a report of the incremental property taxes and new
jobs credits from withholding generated for that year, a
specific description of the training conducted, the number of
employees provided program services under the project, the
median wage of employees in the new jobs in the project, and
the administrative costs directly attributable to the project.
Sec. 21. Section 422.16A, Code 2014, is amended to read as
follows:
422.16A Job training withholding —— certification and
transfer.
Upon the completion by a business of its repayment
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obligation for a training project funded under chapter
260E , including a job training project funded under section
15A.8 or repaid in whole or in part by the supplemental new
jobs credit from withholding under section 15A.7 or section
15E.197 , the sponsoring community college shall report to
the economic development authority the amount of withholding
paid by the business to the community college during the
final twelve months of withholding payments. The economic
development authority shall notify the department of revenue
of that amount. The department shall credit to the workforce
development fund account established in section 15.342A 256.91
twenty-five percent of that amount each quarter for a period
of ten years. If the amount of withholding from the business
or employer is insufficient, the department shall prorate the
quarterly amount credited to the workforce development fund
account. The maximum amount from all employers which shall be
transferred to the workforce development fund account in any
year is four six million dollars.
Sec. 22. Section 558.1, Code 2014, is amended to read as
follows:
558.1 “Instruments affecting real estate” defined ——
revocation.
All instruments containing a power to convey, or in any
manner relating to real estate, including certified copies of
petitions in bankruptcy with or without the schedules appended,
of decrees of adjudication in bankruptcy, and of orders
approving trustees’ bonds in bankruptcy, and a jobs training
agreement entered into under chapter 260E or 260F between an
employer and community college which contains a description
of the real estate affected, shall be held to be instruments
affecting the same; and no such instrument, when acknowledged
or certified and recorded as in this chapter prescribed, can be
revoked as to third parties by any act of the parties by whom it
was executed, until the instrument containing such revocation
is acknowledged and filed for record in the same office in
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which the instrument containing such power is recorded, except
that uniform commercial code financing statements and financing
statement changes as provided in chapter 554 need not be thus
acknowledged.
Sec. 23. REPEAL. Sections 15.341, 15.342, 15.342A, 15.343,
15.344, 260F.6A, and 260F.6B, Code 2014, are repealed.
Sec. 24. RULES. The department of education shall adopt
rules to administer this Act.
Sec. 25. TRANSFER OF FUNDS.
1. All moneys in the workforce development fund account,
established in section 15.342A, as of the effective date of
this Act and any moneys accruing to the workforce development
fund account, established in section 15.342A, after the
effective date of this Act, shall be transferred to the
workforce development fund account established in section
256.91, as enacted in this Act.
2. All moneys in the workforce development fund, created in
section 15.343, as of the effective date of this Act and any
moneys accruing to the workforce development fund, created in
section 15.343, after the effective date of this Act, shall be
transferred to the workforce development fund established in
section 256.92, as enacted in this Act.
Sec. 26. TRANSITION PROVISIONS.
1. A financial assistance award made or provided for in an
agreement entered into pursuant to section 260F.3 prior to the
effective date of this Act shall continue as provided in such
agreement.
2. Loan payments or repayments and recaptures of principal,
interest, or other moneys accruing on or after July 1, 2014,
pursuant to an agreement under section 260F.3, as in effect
prior to July 1, 2014, shall be transferred to the job training
fund created in section 260F.6, as amended by this Act.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
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This bill relates to changes to the job training program and
fund under Code chapter 260F and establishes an apprenticeship
program under new Code chapter 260J.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUND. The bill amends the workforce
development fund account and the workforce development fund by
eliminating the funds as the funds exist under the economic
development authority (“authority”) and transferring the moneys
remaining in the fund and moneys accruing to the fund after
the effective date of the bill into the newly established
workforce development fund account and workforce development
fund, respectively, controlled by the department of education.
The job training withholding moneys currently transferred to
the workforce development account under the authority will
be transferred pursuant to the bill to the newly established
workforce development fund account under the department of
education. The bill also raises the cap on the withholding
amount to be transferred from $4 million to $6 million. The
moneys in the workforce development fund under the department
of education shall be used for purposes of funding projects for
jobs training under Code chapter 260F as amended by the bill
and for apprenticeship programs under new Code chapter 260J
under the bill. Three million dollars is allocated to each
purpose and shall be transferred to the job training fund and
the apprenticeship training program fund.
The bill repeals provisions related to the workforce
development fund program operated by the authority.
JOBS TRAINING PROGRAM. The bill amends the jobs training
program and job training fund under Code chapter 260F.
Currently, a business and the community college enter into an
agreement to establish a project and the authority accepts
applications for assistance, sets the criteria for whether a
business is eligible for assistance under the program, and
coordinates the jobs training program. The bill amends these
provisions by no longer requiring the business to submit
an application to the authority, allowing the department
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of education to set the criteria for whether a business is
eligible for assistance, and requiring the department of
education to coordinate the jobs training program.
The bill amends the job training fund by establishing
the fund under the state treasury rather than within the
workforce development fund and transferring the authority over
the fund from the authority to the department of education.
The bill provides that the moneys in the jobs training fund
are appropriated to and shall be allocated to community
colleges through a formula established in the chapter related
to community colleges. The bill also provides that moneys
remaining in the job training fund for the business network
training program shall be distributed through this same
formula.
The bill strikes the definition of “authority” and defines
“department” as the department of education in Code chapter
260F. The bill amends the definition of “eligible business”
in the Code chapter to include commercial construction or a
business providing services through electronic commerce in
interstate commerce.
The bill provides that the maximum financial assistance
under the jobs training program is $50,000 for any one project
and $100,000 for any business during a three-year period. The
bill also requires a business to provide a cash match or an
in-kind match to be eligible for financial assistance under the
jobs training program.
The bill requires each community college to submit an
annual report about the jobs training programs funded during
the previous fiscal year to the department of education by
September 1. The bill requires the department of education to
establish performance metrics for the jobs training programs
funded and assess the programs funded. The bill also allows
community colleges to retain up to 10 percent of the total cost
of a project for outreach to employers, monitoring the training
agreements, development of training projects and program plans,
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and business development activities.
The bill provides transition provisions stating that
financial assistance awards through the jobs training program
made or provided for under agreements between community
colleges and businesses entered into prior to July 1, 2014,
remain in effect. The bill also states that loan payments,
repayments, recaptures, and any other moneys accruing pursuant
to those agreements shall be transferred to the job training
fund, as amended by the bill.
APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAM. The bill creates the
Iowa apprenticeship Act in Code chapter 260J. The chapter
provides definitions for “apprentice”, “apprenticeable
occupation”, “apprenticeship program”, “apprenticeship
sponsor”, “department”, “financial assistance”, “fund”, and
“lead apprenticeship sponsor”.
The bill establishes an apprenticeship training program fund
under the control of the department of education in the state
treasury for purposes of providing financial assistance for
apprenticeship training under the Code chapter. Moneys in the
fund are appropriated to the department for the apprenticeship
training program. The bill limits the department of education
to 2 percent of the total moneys deposited in the fund for the
cost of administering the apprenticeship training program.
The bill provides that an apprenticeship sponsor or
lead apprenticeship sponsor may apply to the department
for financial assistance in the form of a training grant,
infrastructure training grant, or both a training grant and
infrastructure grant.
The bill specifies that financial assistance is to be
allocated to apprenticeship sponsors or lead apprenticeship
sponsors by the ratio of the total number of apprentices
trained and number of contact hours of instruction for an
apprenticeship sponsor or lead apprenticeship sponsor divided
by the total number of apprentices trained and contact hours
of instruction for all the apprenticeship sponsors or lead
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apprenticeship sponsors in the previous training year, then
multiplied by the moneys allocated for financial assistance to
apprenticeship sponsors.
The bill provides that in order to receive financial
assistance, the apprenticeship sponsor or lead apprenticeship
sponsor and the department must enter into an agreement.
The bill establishes an apprenticeship training program
advisory board to advise the department on issues related to
apprenticeship programs and promote the development of new and
the expansion of existing apprenticeship programs in Iowa.
RULES AND REPEALS. The bill requires the department of
education to adopt rules to administer the bill.
The bill repeals Code sections relating to the business
network training and the high technology apprenticeship
program.
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