Bill Text: IA SF245 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
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-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
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:
Senate
File
245,
p.
2
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
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
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
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
