260G.3 PROGRAM AGREEMENTS.
1. A community college may enter into an agreement with an
employer in the community college's merged area to establish an
accelerated career education program. The program shall be developed
by an employer, a community college, and any employee of an employer
who represents a program job. If a bargaining agreement is in place,
a representative of the employee bargaining unit shall also take part
in the development of the program.
2. An agreement may include reasonable and necessary provisions
to implement the accelerated career education program. If an
agreement that utilizes program job credits is entered into, the
community college and the employer shall notify the department of
revenue as soon as possible. The community college shall also file a
copy of the agreement with the department of economic development as
required in section 260G.4B. The agreement shall provide for program
costs, including deferred costs, which may be paid from any of the
following sources:
a. Program job credits which the employer receives based on
the number of program job positions agreed to by the employer to be
available under the agreement.
b. Cash or in-kind contributions by the employer toward the
program cost. At a minimum, the employer contribution shall be
twenty percent of the program costs.
c. Tuition, student fees, or special charges fixed by the
board of directors to defray program costs.
d. Guarantee by the employer of payments to be received under
paragraphs "a" and "b".
e. Moneys from a workforce training and economic development
fund created in section 260C.18A, based on the number of program job
positions agreed to by the employer to be available under the
agreement, the amount of which shall be calculated in the same manner
as the program job credits provided for in section 260G.4A.
3. An agreement shall include a provision which specifies the
type and amount of funding sources which shall be used to pay for
program costs.
4. An agreement shall describe program services and schedules for
implementation.
5. The term of an agreement shall not exceed five years from the
date of the agreement. However, the agreement may be renewed.
6. As part of the agreement, the employer shall agree to
interview graduating participants for full-time positions with the
employer and to provide future hiring preferences to graduates of the
accelerated career education program provided for in the agreement.
7. As part of an agreement, if an employer has more than four
sponsored participants in the program, the employer shall agree to
offer a program job position of full-time employment to at least
twenty-five percent of those participants who successfully complete
the program.
8. An agreement shall provide for a wage level of no less than
two hundred percent of the federal poverty level for a family of two
as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines as
published by the United States department of health and human
services at the time the agreement is entered into. The wage level
shall be recertified for each year provided in the agreement on the
anniversary of the effective date of the agreement.
9. An agreement shall allow an employer to decline to satisfy any
provisions in the agreement relating to subsections 6 and 7 if an
employer experiences an economic downturn. For purposes of this
subsection, "economic downturn" may include a layoff of existing
employees, reduced employment levels, increased inventories, or
reduced sales, if specified in the agreement.
10. Participants shall agree to interview with the employer
following completion of the accelerated career education program.
11. An agreement shall provide for employer default procedures.
Section History: Recent Form
99 Acts, ch 179, §3, 12; 2000 Acts, ch 1196, §3, 10; 2003 Acts, ch
145, §286; 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §79, 209
Referred to in §260G.2, 260G.4A
Footnotes
For future repeal of 2003 amendments to subsection 2 effective
June 30, 2010, see 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §93
260G.3 PROGRAM AGREEMENTS.
1. A community college may enter into an agreement with an
employer in the community college's merged area to establish an
accelerated career education program. The program shall be developed
by an employer, a community college, and any employee of an employer
who represents a program job. If a bargaining agreement is in place,
a representative of the employee bargaining unit shall also take part
in the development of the program.
2. An agreement may include reasonable and necessary provisions
to implement the accelerated career education program. If an
agreement that utilizes program job credits is entered into, the
community college and the employer shall notify the department of
revenue as soon as possible. The community college shall also file a
copy of the agreement with the department of economic development as
required in section 260G.4B. The agreement shall provide for program
costs, including deferred costs, which may be paid from any of the
following sources:
a. Program job credits which the employer receives based on
the number of program job positions agreed to by the employer to be
available under the agreement.
b. Cash or in-kind contributions by the employer toward the
program cost. At a minimum, the employer contribution shall be
twenty percent of the program costs.
c. Tuition, student fees, or special charges fixed by the
board of directors to defray program costs.
d. Guarantee by the employer of payments to be received under
paragraphs "a" and "b".
e. Moneys from a workforce training and economic development
fund created in section 260C.18A, based on the number of program job
positions agreed to by the employer to be available under the
agreement, the amount of which shall be calculated in the same manner
as the program job credits provided for in section 260G.4A.
3. An agreement shall include a provision which specifies the
type and amount of funding sources which shall be used to pay for
program costs.
4. An agreement shall describe program services and schedules for
implementation.
5. The term of an agreement shall not exceed five years from the
date of the agreement. However, the agreement may be renewed.
6. As part of the agreement, the employer shall agree to
interview graduating participants for full-time positions with the
employer and to provide future hiring preferences to graduates of the
accelerated career education program provided for in the agreement.
7. As part of an agreement, if an employer has more than four
sponsored participants in the program, the employer shall agree to
offer a program job position of full-time employment to at least
twenty-five percent of those participants who successfully complete
the program.
8. An agreement shall provide for a wage level of no less than
two hundred percent of the federal poverty level for a family of two
as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines as
published by the United States department of health and human
services at the time the agreement is entered into. The wage level
shall be recertified for each year provided in the agreement on the
anniversary of the effective date of the agreement.
9. An agreement shall allow an employer to decline to satisfy any
provisions in the agreement relating to subsections 6 and 7 if an
employer experiences an economic downturn. For purposes of this
subsection, "economic downturn" may include a layoff of existing
employees, reduced employment levels, increased inventories, or
reduced sales, if specified in the agreement.
10. Participants shall agree to interview with the employer
following completion of the accelerated career education program.
11. An agreement shall provide for employer default procedures.
Section History: Recent Form
99 Acts, ch 179, §3, 12; 2000 Acts, ch 1196, §3, 10; 2003 Acts, ch
145, §286; 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §79, 209
Referred to in §260G.2, 260G.4A
Footnotes
For future repeal of 2003 amendments to subsection 2 effective
June 30, 2010, see 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §93
260G.3 PROGRAM AGREEMENTS.
1. A community college may enter into an agreement with an
employer in the community college's merged area to establish an
accelerated career education program. The program shall be developed
by an employer, a community college, and any employee of an employer
who represents a program job. If a bargaining agreement is in place,
a representative of the employee bargaining unit shall also take part
in the development of the program.
2. An agreement may include reasonable and necessary provisions
to implement the accelerated career education program. If an
agreement that utilizes program job credits is entered into, the
community college and the employer shall notify the department of
revenue as soon as possible. The community college shall also file a
copy of the agreement with the department of economic development as
required in section 260G.4B. The agreement shall provide for program
costs, including deferred costs, which may be paid from any of the
following sources:
a. Program job credits which the employer receives based on
the number of program job positions agreed to by the employer to be
available under the agreement.
b. Cash or in-kind contributions by the employer toward the
program cost. At a minimum, the employer contribution shall be
twenty percent of the program costs.
c. Tuition, student fees, or special charges fixed by the
board of directors to defray program costs.
d. Guarantee by the employer of payments to be received under
paragraphs "a" and "b".
e. Moneys from a workforce training and economic development
fund created in section 260C.18A, based on the number of program job
positions agreed to by the employer to be available under the
agreement, the amount of which shall be calculated in the same manner
as the program job credits provided for in section 260G.4A.
3. An agreement shall include a provision which specifies the
type and amount of funding sources which shall be used to pay for
program costs.
4. An agreement shall describe program services and schedules for
implementation.
5. The term of an agreement shall not exceed five years from the
date of the agreement. However, the agreement may be renewed.
6. As part of the agreement, the employer shall agree to
interview graduating participants for full-time positions with the
employer and to provide future hiring preferences to graduates of the
accelerated career education program provided for in the agreement.
7. As part of an agreement, if an employer has more than four
sponsored participants in the program, the employer shall agree to
offer a program job position of full-time employment to at least
twenty-five percent of those participants who successfully complete
the program.
8. An agreement shall provide for a wage level of no less than
two hundred percent of the federal poverty level for a family of two
as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines as
published by the United States department of health and human
services at the time the agreement is entered into. The wage level
shall be recertified for each year provided in the agreement on the
anniversary of the effective date of the agreement.
9. An agreement shall allow an employer to decline to satisfy any
provisions in the agreement relating to subsections 6 and 7 if an
employer experiences an economic downturn. For purposes of this
subsection, "economic downturn" may include a layoff of existing
employees, reduced employment levels, increased inventories, or
reduced sales, if specified in the agreement.
10. Participants shall agree to interview with the employer
following completion of the accelerated career education program.
11. An agreement shall provide for employer default procedures.
Section History: Recent Form
99 Acts, ch 179, §3, 12; 2000 Acts, ch 1196, §3, 10; 2003 Acts, ch
145, §286; 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §79, 209
Referred to in §260G.2, 260G.4A
Footnotes
For future repeal of 2003 amendments to subsection 2 effective
June 30, 2010, see 2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §93
