Bill Text: IA SF245 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to eligibility and reporting requirements for the skilled workforce shortage tuition grant program. (Formerly SSB 1051.) Effective 7-1-19.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-16 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 981. [SF245 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF245-Introduced.html
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to eligibility and reporting requirements for the skilled workforce shortage tuition grant program. (Formerly SSB 1051.) Effective 7-1-19.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-16 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 981. [SF245 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF245-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1051)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
eligibility
and
reporting
requirements
for
1
the
skilled
workforce
shortage
tuition
grant
program.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
261.130,
subsection
2,
Code
2019,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
Skilled
workforce
shortage
tuition
grants
shall
be
3
awarded
only
to
students
pursuing
a
career-technical
or
career
4
option
program
in
an
industry
identified
as
having
a
shortage
5
of
skilled
workers
by
a
community
college
after
conducting
a
6
regional
skills
gap
analysis
or
as
being
a
high-demand
job
by
7
the
department
of
workforce
development
in
the
department’s
8
most
recent
quarterly
report
pursuant
to
section
84A.6,
9
subsection
4
list
of
high-demand
jobs
.
If
a
community
college
10
no
longer
identifies
the
industry
as
having
a
shortage
of
11
skilled
workers
or
the
department
no
longer
identifies
the
12
industry
as
a
high-demand
job,
an
eligible
student
who
received
13
a
grant
for
a
career-technical
or
career
option
program
based
14
on
that
identification
shall
continue
to
receive
the
grant
15
until
achieving
a
postsecondary
credential,
up
to
an
associate
16
degree,
as
long
as
the
student
is
continuously
enrolled
in
17
that
program
and
continues
to
meet
all
other
eligibility
18
requirements.
19
Sec.
2.
Section
261.130,
subsection
8,
paragraph
d,
Code
20
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
21
d.
Make
an
annual
report
to
the
governor
and
general
22
assembly.
The
report
shall
include
the
number
of
students
23
receiving
assistance
and
the
industries
identified
by
24
the
community
colleges
and
by
the
department
of
workforce
25
development
pursuant
to
section
84A.6,
subsection
4
,
for
which
26
students
were
admitted
to
a
career-technical
or
career
option
27
program.
28
EXPLANATION
29
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
30
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
31
This
bill
strikes
references
in
eligibility
and
reporting
32
requirements
for
the
skilled
workforce
shortage
tuition
grant
33
program
to
the
quarterly
report
by
the
department
of
workforce
34
development
on
industries
the
department
identifies
as
having
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a
shortage
of
skilled
workers.
The
quarterly
reporting
1
requirement
will
be
stricken
July
1,
2019,
by
2018
Iowa
Acts,
2
chapter
1067,
section
9.
The
bill
instead
provides
references
3
to
a
list
of
high-demand
jobs
by
the
department.
4
The
bill
also
provides
that
if
a
community
college
no
longer
5
identifies
an
industry
as
having
a
shortage
of
skilled
workers
6
or
the
department
no
longer
identifies
the
industry
as
a
7
high-demand
job,
an
eligible
student
who
received
a
skilled
8
workforce
shortage
tuition
grant
for
a
career-technical
or
9
career
option
program
based
on
that
identification
shall
10
continue
to
receive
the
grant
until
achieving
a
postsecondary
11
credential,
up
to
an
associate
degree,
as
long
as
the
student
12
is
continuously
enrolled
in
that
program
and
continues
to
meet
13
all
other
eligibility
requirements.
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