Bill Text: IA HF559 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
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. (Formerly HSB 202.) Effective date: 07/01/2021. Applicability date: 07/01/2021.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-04-12 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 937. [HF559 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF559-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE
PROVIDED
BY
THE
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY
TO
CERTAIN
APPRENTICESHIP
SPONSORS
AND
LEAD
APPRENTICESHIP
SPONSORS,
AND
INCLUDING
APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
15B.2,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
06.
“Contact
hours”
means
the
number
of
hours
of
in-person
instruction
received
by
an
apprentice
participating
in
an
apprenticeship
program.
Sec.
2.
Section
15B.4,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
a.
An
apprenticeship
sponsor
or
lead
apprenticeship
sponsor
conducting
that
conducts
an
apprenticeship
programs
program
that
is
registered
with
the
United
States
department
of
labor,
office
of
apprenticeship,
through
Iowa,
for
apprentices
who
will
be
employed
at
Iowa
worksites
located
in
this
state
may
apply
to
the
authority
for
a
training
grant
financial
assistance
under
this
section
if
the
apprenticeship
program
includes
a
minimum
of
one
hundred
contact
hours
per
apprentice
for
each
training
year
of
the
apprenticeship
program
.
Sec.
3.
Section
15B.4,
subsection
2,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
The
authority
shall
provide
financial
assistance
in
the
form
of
training
grants
to
eligible
apprenticeship
sponsors
or
lead
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apprenticeship
sponsors
in
the
following
manner:
Sec.
4.
Section
15B.4,
subsection
2,
paragraphs
b,
c,
and
d,
Code
2021,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
b.
By
adding
together
all
of
the
following:
(1)
The
determining
the
total
number
of
apprentices
trained
during
the
most
recent
training
year,
as
calculated
on
the
last
day
of
the
training
year,
in
all
apprenticeship
programs
conducted
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
eligible
to
apply
for
financial
assistance
under
subsection
1
.
(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
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
determining
the
total
number
of
apprentices
trained
during
the
most
recent
training
year,
as
calculated
on
the
last
day
of
the
training
year,
in
each
apprenticeship
program
conducted
by
a
single
applying
each
apprenticeship
sponsor
or
lead
apprenticeship
sponsor
during
the
most
recent
training
year
as
calculated
on
the
last
day
of
the
training
year
eligible
to
apply
under
subsection
1,
and
that
applied
for
financial
assistance
under
subsection
1
.
(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
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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
each
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”
.
Sec.
5.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
financial
assistance
provided
by
the
economic
development
authority
to
apprenticeship
sponsors
and
lead
apprenticeship
sponsors
that
apply
for
financial
assistance
on
or
after
July
1,
2021.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
559,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
