Bill Text: IA SF328 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to education and employment training by establishing the pathways for academic career and employment program and fund and the gap tuition assistance program and fund and making an appropriation. (Formerly SF 202.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [SF328 Detail]
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
202)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
March
15,
2011
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
education
and
employment
training
by
1
establishing
the
pathways
for
academic
career
and
employment
2
program
and
fund
and
the
gap
tuition
assistance
program
and
3
fund
and
making
an
appropriation.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
260H.1
Title.
1
This
chapter
shall
be
known
and
may
be
cited
as
the
“Pathways
2
for
Academic
Career
and
Employment
Act”
.
3
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
260H.2
Pathways
for
academic
career
4
and
employment
program
and
fund.
5
1.
A
pathways
for
academic
career
and
employment
program
6
is
established
to
provide
grants
to
community
colleges
for
the
7
development
of
projects
in
coordination
with
the
department
8
of
education,
the
department
of
economic
development,
Iowa
9
workforce
development,
regional
advisory
boards
established
10
pursuant
to
section
84A.4,
and
community
partners
to
implement
11
a
simplified,
streamlined,
and
comprehensive
process,
12
along
with
customized
support
services,
to
enable
eligible
13
participants
to
acquire
effective
academic
and
employment
14
training
to
secure
gainful,
quality,
in-state
employment.
15
2.
There
is
established
in
the
state
treasury
a
pathways
16
for
academic
career
and
employment
fund
to
be
administered
17
by
the
department
of
education.
There
is
appropriated
from
18
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
pathways
for
academic
19
career
and
employment
fund
for
each
fiscal
year
the
sum
of
five
20
million
dollars
for
the
purpose
of
implementing
the
pathways
21
for
academic
career
and
employment
program.
The
aggregate
22
total
of
moneys
awarded
from
the
fund
shall
not
be
more
than
23
five
million
dollars
during
a
fiscal
year.
Notwithstanding
24
section
8.33,
moneys
in
the
fund
at
the
end
of
a
fiscal
25
year
shall
not
revert
to
the
general
fund
of
the
state.
26
Notwithstanding
section
12C.7,
subsection
2,
interest
or
27
earnings
on
moneys
in
the
fund
shall
be
credited
to
the
fund.
28
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
260H.3
Eligibility
criteria.
29
1.
Projects
eligible
for
grants
from
the
pathways
for
30
academic
career
and
employment
fund
shall
be
projects
that
31
further
the
ability
of
members
of
target
populations
to
secure
32
gainful,
quality
employment.
For
the
purposes
of
this
chapter,
33
“target
population”
includes:
34
a.
Persons
deemed
low
skilled
for
the
purposes
of
attaining
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gainful,
quality,
in-state
employment.
1
b.
Persons
earning
incomes
at
or
below
two
hundred
percent
2
of
the
federal
poverty
level
as
defined
by
the
most
recently
3
revised
poverty
income
guidelines
published
by
the
United
4
States
department
of
health
and
human
services.
5
c.
Unemployed
persons.
6
d.
Underemployed
persons.
7
e.
Dislocated
workers,
including
workers
eligible
for
8
services
and
benefits
under
the
federal
Trade
Adjustment
Act
of
9
2002,
Pub.
L.
No.
107-210,
as
determined
by
the
department
of
10
workforce
development
and
the
federal
internal
revenue
service.
11
2.
Projects
eligible
for
grants
from
the
pathways
for
12
academic
career
and
employment
fund
shall
be
projects
that
13
further
partnerships
that
link
the
community
colleges
to
14
industry
and
nonprofit
organizations
and
projects
that
further
15
program
outcomes
as
provided
in
section
260H.4.
16
Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION
.
260H.4
Program
outcomes.
17
Projects
eligible
for
grants
from
the
pathways
for
academic
18
career
and
employment
fund
shall
be
programs
which
further
the
19
following
program
outcomes:
20
1.
Enabling
the
target
populations
to:
21
a.
Acquire
and
demonstrate
competency
in
basic
skills.
22
b.
Acquire
and
demonstrate
competency
in
a
specified
23
technical
field.
24
c.
Complete
a
specified
level
of
postsecondary
education.
25
d.
Earn
a
national
career
readiness
certificate.
26
e.
Obtain
employer-validated
credentials.
27
f.
Secure
gainful
employment
in
high-quality,
local
jobs.
28
2.
Satisfaction
of
economic
and
employment
goals
including
29
but
not
limited
to:
30
a.
Economic
and
workforce
development
requirements
in
each
31
region
served
by
the
community
colleges
as
defined
by
regional
32
advisory
boards
established
pursuant
to
section
84A.4.
33
b.
Needs
of
industry
partners
in
areas
including
but
not
34
limited
to:
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(1)
Information
technology.
1
(2)
Health
care.
2
(3)
Advanced
manufacturing.
3
(4)
Transportation
and
logistics.
4
c.
Any
other
industry
designated
as
in-demand
by
a
regional
5
advisory
board
established
pursuant
to
section
84A.4.
6
Sec.
5.
NEW
SECTION
.
260H.5
Program
component
requirements.
7
Program
components
of
a
pathways
for
academic
career
and
8
employment
project
implemented
at
a
community
college
shall:
9
1.
Include
measurable
and
effective
recruitment,
10
assessment,
and
referral
activities
designed
for
the
target
11
populations.
12
2.
Integrate
basics
skills
and
work-readiness
training
with
13
occupational
skills
training.
14
3.
Combine
customized
supportive
and
case
management
15
services
with
training
services
to
help
participants
overcome
16
barriers
to
employment.
17
4.
Provide
training
services
at
times,
locations,
and
18
through
multiple,
flexible
modalities
that
are
easily
19
understood
and
readily
accessible
to
the
target
populations.
20
Such
modalities
shall
support
timeless
entry,
individualized
21
learning,
and
flexible
scheduling,
and
may
include
online
22
remediation,
learning
lab
and
cohort
learning
communities,
23
tutoring,
and
modularization.
24
Sec.
6.
NEW
SECTION
.
260H.6
Pipeline
program.
25
Each
community
college
receiving
a
grant
from
the
pathways
26
for
academic
career
and
employment
fund
shall
develop
a
27
pipeline
program
in
order
to
better
serve
the
academic,
28
training,
and
employment
needs
of
the
target
populations.
A
29
pipeline
program
shall
have
the
following
goals:
30
1.
To
strengthen
partnerships
with
community-based
31
organizations
and
industry
representatives.
32
2.
To
improve
and
simplify
the
identification,
recruitment,
33
and
assessment
of
qualified
participants.
34
3.
To
conduct
and
manage
an
outreach,
recruitment,
and
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intake
process,
along
with
accompanying
support
services,
1
reflecting
sensitivity
to
the
time
and
financial
constraints
2
and
remediation
needs
of
the
target
populations.
3
4.
To
conduct
orientations
for
qualified
participants
4
to
describe
regional
labor
market
opportunities,
employer
5
partners,
and
program
requirements
and
expectations.
6
5.
To
describe
the
concepts
of
the
project
implemented
with
7
funds
from
the
pathways
for
academic
career
and
employment
fund
8
and
the
embedded
educational
and
support
resources
available
9
through
such
project.
10
6.
To
outline
the
basic
skills
participants
will
learn
and
11
describe
the
credentials
participants
will
earn.
12
7.
To
describe
success
milestones
and
ways
in
which
temporal
13
and
instructional
barriers
have
been
minimized
or
eliminated.
14
8.
To
review
how
individualized
and
customized
service
15
strategies
for
participants
will
be
developed
and
provided.
16
Sec.
7.
NEW
SECTION
.
260H.7
Career
pathways
and
bridge
17
curriculum
development
program.
18
Each
community
college
receiving
a
grant
from
the
pathways
19
for
academic
career
and
employment
fund
shall
develop
a
career
20
pathways
and
bridge
curriculum
development
program
in
order
21
to
better
serve
the
academic,
training,
and
employment
needs
22
of
the
target
populations.
A
career
pathways
and
bridge
23
curriculum
development
program
shall
have
the
following
goals:
24
1.
The
articulation
of
courses
and
modules,
the
mapping
of
25
programs
within
career
pathways,
and
establishment
of
bridges
26
between
credit
and
noncredit
programs.
27
2.
The
integration
and
contextualization
of
basic
skills
28
education
and
skills
training.
This
process
shall
provide
for
29
seamless
progressions
between
adult
basic
education
and
general
30
education
development
programs
and
continuing
education
and
31
credit
certificate,
diploma,
and
degree
programs.
32
3.
The
development
of
career
pathways
that
support
the
33
attainment
of
industry-recognized
credentials,
diplomas,
and
34
degrees
through
stackable,
modularized
program
delivery.
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Sec.
8.
NEW
SECTION
.
260H.8
Rules.
1
The
department
of
education,
in
coordination
with
the
2
community
colleges,
the
department
of
economic
development,
3
and
Iowa
workforce
development,
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
4
chapter
17A
and
this
chapter
to
implement
the
provisions
of
5
this
chapter.
Regional
advisory
boards
established
pursuant
6
to
section
84A.4
shall
be
consulted
in
the
development
and
7
implementation
of
rules
to
be
adopted
pursuant
to
this
chapter.
8
Sec.
9.
NEW
SECTION
.
261G.1
Title.
9
This
chapter
shall
be
known
and
may
be
cited
as
the
“Gap
10
Tuition
Assistance
Act”
.
11
Sec.
10.
NEW
SECTION
.
261G.2
Gap
tuition
assistance
program
12
and
fund.
13
1.
A
gap
tuition
assistance
program
is
established
to
14
provide
grants
for
need-based
tuition
assistance
to
applicants
15
to
enable
completion
of
continuing
education
certificate
16
training
programs
for
in-demand
occupations.
17
2.
There
is
established
for
the
community
colleges
a
18
gap
tuition
assistance
fund
in
the
state
treasury
to
be
19
administered
by
the
department
of
education.
There
is
20
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
gap
21
tuition
assistance
fund
for
each
fiscal
year
the
sum
of
five
22
million
dollars
for
the
purpose
of
implementing
the
gap
tuition
23
assistance
program.
The
aggregate
total
of
grants
awarded
24
shall
not
be
more
than
five
million
dollars
during
a
fiscal
25
year.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
in
the
fund
at
the
26
end
of
a
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
to
the
general
fund
of
the
27
state.
Notwithstanding
section
12C.7,
subsection
2,
interest
28
or
earnings
on
moneys
in
the
fund
shall
be
credited
to
the
29
fund.
30
Sec.
11.
NEW
SECTION
.
261G.3
Applicants
for
tuition
31
assistance
——
eligibility
criteria.
32
1.
The
department
of
education
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
33
this
chapter
defining
eligibility
criteria
for
persons
applying
34
to
receive
tuition
assistance
under
this
chapter.
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2.
Eligibility
for
tuition
assistance
under
this
chapter
1
shall
be
based
on
financial
need.
Criteria
to
be
assessed
in
2
determining
financial
need
shall
include
but
is
not
limited
to:
3
a.
The
applicant’s
family
income
for
the
twelve
months
prior
4
to
the
date
of
application.
5
b.
The
applicant’s
family
size.
6
c.
The
applicant’s
county
of
residence.
7
3.
a.
The
department
of
education
shall
only
approve
an
8
applicant
for
tuition
assistance
under
this
chapter
if
the
9
community
college
receiving
the
application
determines
the
10
applicant
has
a
demonstrated
capacity
to
achieve
the
following
11
outcomes:
12
(1)
The
ability
to
complete
an
eligible
certificate
13
program.
14
(2)
The
ability
to
enter
a
postsecondary
certificate,
15
diploma,
or
degree
program
for
credit.
16
(3)
The
ability
to
gain
full-time
employment.
17
(4)
The
ability
to
maintain
full-time
employment
over
time.
18
b.
The
community
college
receiving
the
application
shall
19
only
approve
an
applicant
for
tuition
assistance
under
this
20
chapter
if
the
community
college
determines
the
applicant
21
has
a
strong
likelihood
of
achieving
the
outcomes
described
22
in
paragraph
“a”
after
considering
factors
including
but
not
23
limited
to:
24
(1)
Barriers
that
may
prevent
an
applicant
from
completing
25
the
certificate
program.
26
(2)
Barriers
that
may
prevent
an
applicant
from
gaining
27
employment
in
an
in-demand
occupation.
28
4.
Applicants
may
be
found
eligible
for
partial
or
total
29
tuition
assistance.
30
5.
Tuition
assistance
shall
not
be
approved
when
the
31
community
college
receiving
the
application
determines
that
32
funding
for
an
applicant’s
participation
in
an
eligible
33
certificate
program
is
available
from
any
other
public
or
34
private
funding
source.
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Sec.
12.
NEW
SECTION
.
261G.4
Applicants
for
tuition
1
assistance
——
additional
provisions.
2
1.
An
applicant
for
tuition
assistance
under
this
3
chapter
shall
provide
to
the
community
college
receiving
the
4
application
documentation
of
all
sources
of
income.
5
2.
Only
an
applicant
eligible
to
work
in
the
United
States
6
shall
be
approved
for
tuition
assistance
under
this
chapter.
7
3.
An
application
shall
be
valid
for
six
months
from
the
8
date
of
signature
on
the
application.
9
4.
A
person
shall
not
be
approved
for
tuition
assistance
10
under
this
chapter
for
more
than
one
eligible
certificate
11
program.
12
5.
Eligibility
for
tuition
assistance
under
this
chapter
13
shall
not
be
construed
to
guarantee
enrollment
in
any
community
14
college
certificate
program.
15
6.
Eligibility
for
tuition
assistance
under
this
chapter
16
shall
be
limited
to
persons
earning
incomes
at
or
below
two
17
hundred
percent
of
the
federal
poverty
level
as
defined
by
the
18
most
recently
revised
poverty
income
guidelines
published
by
19
the
United
States
department
of
health
and
human
services.
20
Sec.
13.
NEW
SECTION
.
261G.5
Eligible
costs.
21
Costs
of
a
certificate
program
eligible
for
coverage
by
22
tuition
assistance
shall
include
but
are
not
limited
to:
23
1.
Tuition.
24
2.
Direct
training
costs.
25
3.
Required
books
and
equipment.
26
4.
Fees
including
but
not
limited
to
fees
for
industry
27
testing
services
and
background
check
testing
services.
28
Sec.
14.
NEW
SECTION
.
261G.6
Eligible
certificate
programs.
29
For
the
purposes
of
this
chapter,
“eligible
certificate
30
program”
means
a
program
meeting
all
of
the
following
criteria:
31
1.
The
program
is
not
offered
for
credit,
but
is
aligned
32
with
a
certificate,
diploma,
or
degree
for
credit,
and
does
any
33
of
the
following:
34
a.
Offers
a
state,
national,
or
locally
recognized
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certificate.
1
b.
Offers
preparation
for
a
professional
examination
or
2
licensure.
3
c.
Provides
endorsement
for
an
existing
credential
or
4
license.
5
d.
Represents
recognized
skill
standards
defined
by
an
6
industrial
sector.
7
e.
Offers
a
similar
credential
or
training.
8
2.
The
program
offers
training
or
a
credential
in
an
9
in-demand
occupation.
For
the
purposes
of
this
chapter,
10
“in-demand
occupation”
includes
occupations
in
the
following
11
industries:
12
a.
Information
technology.
13
b.
Health
care.
14
c.
Advanced
manufacturing.
15
d.
Transportation
and
logistics.
16
e.
Any
other
industry
designated
as
in-demand
by
a
regional
17
advisory
board
established
pursuant
to
section
84A.4.
18
Sec.
15.
NEW
SECTION
.
261G.7
Initial
assessment.
19
An
applicant
for
tuition
assistance
under
this
chapter
shall
20
complete
an
initial
assessment
administered
by
the
community
21
college
receiving
the
application
to
determine
the
applicant’s
22
readiness
to
complete
an
eligible
certificate
program.
The
23
assessment
shall
include
assessments
for
completion
of
a
24
national
career
readiness
certificate,
including
the
areas
of
25
reading
for
information,
applied
mathematics,
and
locating
26
information.
An
applicant
must
achieve
a
bronze-level
27
certificate
or
the
minimum
score
required
for
an
eligible
28
certificate
program,
whichever
is
higher,
in
order
to
be
29
approved
for
tuition
assistance.
An
applicant
shall
complete
30
any
additional
assessments
and
occupational
research
required
31
by
an
eligible
certificate
program.
32
Sec.
16.
NEW
SECTION
.
261G.8
Program
interview.
33
An
applicant
for
tuition
assistance
under
this
chapter
shall
34
meet
with
a
member
of
the
staff
for
an
eligible
certificate
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program
offered
by
the
community
college
receiving
the
1
application.
The
staff
member
shall
discuss
the
relevant
2
industry,
any
applicable
occupational
research,
and
any
3
applicable
training
relating
to
the
eligible
certificate
4
program.
The
discussion
shall
include
an
evaluation
of
5
the
applicant’s
capabilities,
needs,
family
situation,
work
6
history,
educational
background,
attitude
and
motivation,
7
employment
skills,
vocational
potential,
and
employment
8
barriers.
The
discussion
shall
also
include
potential
start
9
dates,
support
needs,
and
other
requirements
for
an
eligible
10
certificate
program.
11
Sec.
17.
NEW
SECTION
.
261G.9
Participation
requirements.
12
1.
A
participant
in
an
eligible
certificate
program
who
13
receives
tuition
assistance
pursuant
to
this
chapter
shall
do
14
all
of
the
following:
15
a.
Maintain
regular
contact
with
staff
members
for
the
16
certificate
program
to
document
the
applicant’s
progress
in
the
17
program.
18
b.
Sign
a
release
form
to
provide
relevant
information
to
19
community
college
faculty
or
case
managers.
20
c.
Discuss
with
staff
members
for
the
certificate
program
21
any
issues
that
may
impact
the
participant’s
ability
to
22
complete
the
certificate
program,
obtain
employment,
and
23
maintain
employment
over
time.
24
d.
Attend
all
required
courses
regularly.
25
e.
Meet
with
staff
members
for
the
certificate
program
to
26
develop
a
job
search
plan.
27
2.
A
community
college
may
terminate
tuition
assistance
28
for
a
participant
who
fails
to
meet
the
requirements
of
this
29
section.
30
Sec.
18.
NEW
SECTION
.
261G.10
Oversight.
31
1.
The
department
of
education,
in
coordination
with
the
32
community
colleges,
shall
establish
a
steering
committee.
The
33
steering
committee
shall
determine
if
the
performance
measures
34
of
the
gap
tuition
assistance
program
are
being
met
and
shall
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take
necessary
steps
to
correct
any
deficiencies.
The
steering
1
committee
shall
meet
at
least
quarterly
to
evaluate
and
monitor
2
the
performance
of
the
gap
tuition
assistance
program.
3
2.
The
department
of
education,
in
coordination
with
the
4
community
colleges,
shall
develop
a
common
intake
tracking
5
system
that
shall
be
implemented
consistently
by
each
6
participating
community
college.
7
3.
The
department
of
education
shall
coordinate
statewide
8
oversight,
evaluation,
and
reporting
efforts
for
the
gap
9
tuition
assistance
program.
10
Sec.
19.
NEW
SECTION
.
261G.11
Rules.
11
The
department
of
education,
in
consultation
with
the
12
community
colleges,
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
13
and
this
chapter
to
implement
the
provisions
of
this
chapter.
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