Bill Text: IA SF79 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to apprenticeship training delivered via interactive distance learning, and including applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-14 - Subcommittee returns the bill to Committee without recommendation. [SF79 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF79-Introduced.html
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BY
ZAUN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
apprenticeship
training
delivered
via
1
interactive
distance
learning,
and
including
applicability
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
15B.2,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsections:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5A.
“Contact
hours”
means
the
time
an
3
apprenticeship
instructor
spends
instructing
an
apprentice
in
4
person
or
via
interactive
distant
learning.
In
the
case
of
a
5
lead
apprenticeship
sponsor
with
programs
totaling
one
hundred
6
or
more
total
instructional
hours,
“contact
hours”
also
include
7
the
time
spent
in
online
training
if
the
total
amount
of
online
8
training
does
not
account
for
more
than
thirty
percent
of
the
9
total
instructional
hours.
10
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7A.
“Interactive
distance
learning”
means
11
educational
instruction
and
content
delivered
to
a
participant
12
via
the
internet
in
a
live
instructor-facilitated
environment
13
that
is
accessible
to
a
participant
who
is
separated
by
14
physical
distance,
and
which
supports
regular
and
substantive
15
synchronous
interactions
between
all
participants
and
the
16
instructor.
17
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8A.
“Online
training”
means
educational
18
instruction
and
content
delivered
to
a
participant
via
the
19
internet
in
an
environment
that
is
not
facilitated
by
a
live
20
instructor,
and
that
does
not
allow
for
regular
and
substantive
21
synchronous
interactions
between
all
participants
and
the
22
instructor.
Online
training
includes
educational
instruction
23
that
allows
a
participant
to
participate
in
learning
outside
24
of
a
classroom,
or
at
the
participant’s
convenience,
or
25
independent
of
an
instructor.
26
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8B.
“Training
year”
means
the
calendar
27
year
immediately
preceding
the
calendar
year
in
which
an
28
apprenticeship
sponsor
or
lead
apprenticeship
sponsor
applies
29
for
a
grant.
30
Sec.
2.
Section
15B.4,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
31
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
32
(2)
The
total
number
of
contact
hours
that
apprenticeship
33
instructors
for
all
applying
apprenticeship
sponsors
or
lead
34
apprenticeship
sponsors
spent
in
contact
with
apprentices
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during
the
most
recent
training
year.
For
purposes
of
1
this
subparagraph,
“contact
hours”
includes
the
time
spent
2
instructing
apprentices
in
person
or,
in
the
case
of
a
lead
3
apprenticeship
sponsor
with
programs
totaling
one
hundred
or
4
more
total
instructional
hours,
“contact
hours”
includes
the
5
time
spent
in
online
training
if
the
total
amount
of
online
6
instruction
does
not
account
for
more
than
thirty
percent
of
7
the
total
instructional
hours.
8
Sec.
3.
Section
15B.4,
subsection
3,
paragraph
b,
Code
2019,
9
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
10
b.
The
address
and
a
description
of
the
physical
location
11
where
in-person
training
is
conducted
or
interactive
distance
12
learning
is
received
.
13
Sec.
4.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
training
grants
14
awarded
to
apprenticeship
sponsors
and
lead
apprenticeship
15
sponsors
for
any
training
year
beginning
on
or
after
January
16
1,
2019.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
relates
to
apprenticeship
training
delivered
via
21
interactive
distance
learning.
22
The
bill
defines
“interactive
distance
learning”
as
23
educational
instruction
and
content
delivered
to
participants
24
via
the
internet
in
a
live
instructor-facilitated
environment,
25
that
is
accessible
to
participants
who
are
separated
by
26
physical
distance,
and
which
supports
regular
and
substantive
27
synchronous
interactions
between
all
participants
and
the
28
instructor.
It
is
distinguished
from
“online
training”
which
29
is
defined
in
the
bill
as
educational
instruction
and
content
30
delivered
to
participants
via
the
internet
in
an
environment
31
that
is
not
facilitated
by
a
live
instructor,
and
that
does
32
not
allow
for
regular
and
substantive
synchronous
interactions
33
between
all
participants.
Online
training
includes
educational
34
instruction
that
allows
a
participant
to
participate
in
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learning
outside
of
a
classroom,
or
at
the
participant’s
1
convenience,
or
independent
of
an
instructor.
2
The
bill
allows
interactive
distance
learning
to
be
counted
3
toward
contact
hours
for
purposes
of
calculating
a
training
4
grant
award
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
15B.
“Contact
hours”
are
5
defined
in
the
bill
as
the
time
an
apprenticeship
instructor
6
spends
instructing
an
apprentice
in
person,
or
via
interactive
7
distant
learning.
In
the
case
of
a
lead
apprenticeship
sponsor
8
with
programs
totaling
100
or
more
total
instructional
hours,
9
“contact
hours”
also
include
time
spent
in
online
training
if
10
the
total
amount
of
online
training
is
not
more
than
30
percent
11
of
the
total
instructional
hours.
12
Current
law
does
not
make
a
distinction
between
interactive
13
distance
learning
and
online
training,
nor
does
it
define
14
either
term.
15
The
bill
applies
to
training
grants
awarded
to
16
apprenticeship
sponsors
and
lead
apprenticeship
sponsors
17
for
any
training
year
beginning
on
or
after
January
1,
18
2019.
“Training
year”
is
defined
in
the
bill
as
the
calendar
19
year
immediately
preceding
the
calendar
year
in
which
an
20
apprenticeship
sponsor
or
lead
apprenticeship
sponsor
applies
21
for
a
grant.
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