178.892. As used in sections 178.892 to 178.896, the following termsmean:
(1) "Agreement", the agreement, between an employer and a communitycollege district, concerning a project. An agreement may be for a period notto exceed ten years when the program services associated with a project arenot in excess of five hundred thousand dollars. For a project whereassociated program costs are greater than five hundred thousand dollars, theagreement may not exceed a period of eight years. No agreement shall beentered into between an employer and a community college district whichinvolves the training of potential employees with the purpose of replacing orsupplanting employees engaged in an authorized work stoppage;
(2) "Board of trustees", the board of trustees of a community collegedistrict;
(3) "Certificate", industrial new jobs training certificates issuedpursuant to section 178.895;
(4) "Date of commencement of the project", the date of the agreement;
(5) "Employee", the person employed in a new job;
(6) "Employer", the person providing new jobs in conjunction with aproject;
(7) "Essential industry", a business that otherwise meets the definitionof industry but instead of creating new jobs maintains existing jobs. To bean essential industry, the business must have maintained at least two thousandjobs each year for a period of four years preceding the year in whichapplication for the program authorized by sections 178.892 to 178.896 is madeand must be located in a home rule city with more than twenty-six thousand butless than twenty-seven thousand inhabitants located in any county with acharter form of government and with more than one million inhabitants;
(8) "Existing job", a job in an essential industry that pays wages orsalary greater than the average of the county in which the project will belocated;
(9) "Industry", a business located within the state of Missouri whichenters into an agreement with a community college district and which isengaged in interstate or intrastate commerce for the purpose of manufacturing,processing, or assembling products, conducting research and development, orproviding services in interstate commerce, but excluding retail services."Industry" does not include a business which closes or substantially reducesits operation in one area of the state and relocates substantially the sameoperation in another area of the state. This does not prohibit a businessfrom expanding its operations in another area of the state provided thatexisting operations of a similar nature are not closed or substantiallyreduced;
(10) "New job", a job in a new or expanding industry not including jobsof recalled workers, or replacement jobs or other jobs that formerly existedin the industry in the state. For an essential industry, an existing jobshall be considered a new job for the purposes of the new job trainingprograms;
(11) "New jobs credit from withholding", the credit as provided insection 178.894;
(12) "New jobs training program" or "program", the project or projectsestablished by a community college district for the creation of jobs byproviding education and training of workers for new jobs for new or expandingindustry in the state;
(13) "Program costs", all necessary and incidental costs of providingprogram services including payment of the principal of, premium, if any, andinterest on certificates, including capitalized interest, issued to finance aproject, funding and maintenance of a debt service reserve fund to secure suchcertificates and wages, salaries and benefits of employees participating inon-the-job training;
(14) "Program services" includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(a) New jobs training;
(b) Adult basic education and job-related instruction;
(c) Vocational and skill-assessment services and testing;
(d) Training facilities, equipment, materials, and supplies;
(e) On-the-job training;
(f) Administrative expenses equal to fifteen percent of the totaltraining costs;
(g) Subcontracted services with state institutions of higher education,private colleges or universities, or other federal, state, or local agencies;
(h) Contracted or professional services; and
(i) Issuance of certificates;
(15) "Project", a training arrangement which is the subject of anagreement entered into between the community college district and an employerto provide program services;
(16) "Total training costs", costs of training, including supplies,wages and benefits of instructors, subcontracted services, on-the-jobtraining, training facilities, equipment, skill assessment and all programservices excluding issuance of certificates.
178.892. As used in sections 178.892 to 178.896, the following termsmean:
(1) "Agreement", the agreement, between an employer and a communitycollege district, concerning a project. An agreement may be for a period notto exceed ten years when the program services associated with a project arenot in excess of five hundred thousand dollars. For a project whereassociated program costs are greater than five hundred thousand dollars, theagreement may not exceed a period of eight years. No agreement shall beentered into between an employer and a community college district whichinvolves the training of potential employees with the purpose of replacing orsupplanting employees engaged in an authorized work stoppage;
(2) "Board of trustees", the board of trustees of a community collegedistrict;
(3) "Certificate", industrial new jobs training certificates issuedpursuant to section 178.895;
(4) "Date of commencement of the project", the date of the agreement;
(5) "Employee", the person employed in a new job;
(6) "Employer", the person providing new jobs in conjunction with aproject;
(7) "Essential industry", a business that otherwise meets the definitionof industry but instead of creating new jobs maintains existing jobs. To bean essential industry, the business must have maintained at least two thousandjobs each year for a period of four years preceding the year in whichapplication for the program authorized by sections 178.892 to 178.896 is madeand must be located in a home rule city with more than twenty-six thousand butless than twenty-seven thousand inhabitants located in any county with acharter form of government and with more than one million inhabitants;
(8) "Existing job", a job in an essential industry that pays wages orsalary greater than the average of the county in which the project will belocated;
(9) "Industry", a business located within the state of Missouri whichenters into an agreement with a community college district and which isengaged in interstate or intrastate commerce for the purpose of manufacturing,processing, or assembling products, conducting research and development, orproviding services in interstate commerce, but excluding retail services."Industry" does not include a business which closes or substantially reducesits operation in one area of the state and relocates substantially the sameoperation in another area of the state. This does not prohibit a businessfrom expanding its operations in another area of the state provided thatexisting operations of a similar nature are not closed or substantiallyreduced;
(10) "New job", a job in a new or expanding industry not including jobsof recalled workers, or replacement jobs or other jobs that formerly existedin the industry in the state. For an essential industry, an existing jobshall be considered a new job for the purposes of the new job trainingprograms;
(11) "New jobs credit from withholding", the credit as provided insection 178.894;
(12) "New jobs training program" or "program", the project or projectsestablished by a community college district for the creation of jobs byproviding education and training of workers for new jobs for new or expandingindustry in the state;
(13) "Program costs", all necessary and incidental costs of providingprogram services including payment of the principal of, premium, if any, andinterest on certificates, including capitalized interest, issued to finance aproject, funding and maintenance of a debt service reserve fund to secure suchcertificates and wages, salaries and benefits of employees participating inon-the-job training;
(14) "Program services" includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(a) New jobs training;
(b) Adult basic education and job-related instruction;
(c) Vocational and skill-assessment services and testing;
(d) Training facilities, equipment, materials, and supplies;
(e) On-the-job training;
(f) Administrative expenses equal to fifteen percent of the totaltraining costs;
(g) Subcontracted services with state institutions of higher education,private colleges or universities, or other federal, state, or local agencies;
(h) Contracted or professional services; and
(i) Issuance of certificates;
(15) "Project", a training arrangement which is the subject of anagreement entered into between the community college district and an employerto provide program services;
(16) "Total training costs", costs of training, including supplies,wages and benefits of instructors, subcontracted services, on-the-jobtraining, training facilities, equipment, skill assessment and all programservices excluding issuance of certificates.
178.892. As used in sections 178.892 to 178.896, the following termsmean:
(1) "Agreement", the agreement, between an employer and a communitycollege district, concerning a project. An agreement may be for a period notto exceed ten years when the program services associated with a project arenot in excess of five hundred thousand dollars. For a project whereassociated program costs are greater than five hundred thousand dollars, theagreement may not exceed a period of eight years. No agreement shall beentered into between an employer and a community college district whichinvolves the training of potential employees with the purpose of replacing orsupplanting employees engaged in an authorized work stoppage;
(2) "Board of trustees", the board of trustees of a community collegedistrict;
(3) "Certificate", industrial new jobs training certificates issuedpursuant to section 178.895;
(4) "Date of commencement of the project", the date of the agreement;
(5) "Employee", the person employed in a new job;
(6) "Employer", the person providing new jobs in conjunction with aproject;
(7) "Essential industry", a business that otherwise meets the definitionof industry but instead of creating new jobs maintains existing jobs. To bean essential industry, the business must have maintained at least two thousandjobs each year for a period of four years preceding the year in whichapplication for the program authorized by sections 178.892 to 178.896 is madeand must be located in a home rule city with more than twenty-six thousand butless than twenty-seven thousand inhabitants located in any county with acharter form of government and with more than one million inhabitants;
(8) "Existing job", a job in an essential industry that pays wages orsalary greater than the average of the county in which the project will belocated;
(9) "Industry", a business located within the state of Missouri whichenters into an agreement with a community college district and which isengaged in interstate or intrastate commerce for the purpose of manufacturing,processing, or assembling products, conducting research and development, orproviding services in interstate commerce, but excluding retail services."Industry" does not include a business which closes or substantially reducesits operation in one area of the state and relocates substantially the sameoperation in another area of the state. This does not prohibit a businessfrom expanding its operations in another area of the state provided thatexisting operations of a similar nature are not closed or substantiallyreduced;
(10) "New job", a job in a new or expanding industry not including jobsof recalled workers, or replacement jobs or other jobs that formerly existedin the industry in the state. For an essential industry, an existing jobshall be considered a new job for the purposes of the new job trainingprograms;
(11) "New jobs credit from withholding", the credit as provided insection 178.894;
(12) "New jobs training program" or "program", the project or projectsestablished by a community college district for the creation of jobs byproviding education and training of workers for new jobs for new or expandingindustry in the state;
(13) "Program costs", all necessary and incidental costs of providingprogram services including payment of the principal of, premium, if any, andinterest on certificates, including capitalized interest, issued to finance aproject, funding and maintenance of a debt service reserve fund to secure suchcertificates and wages, salaries and benefits of employees participating inon-the-job training;
(14) "Program services" includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(a) New jobs training;
(b) Adult basic education and job-related instruction;
(c) Vocational and skill-assessment services and testing;
(d) Training facilities, equipment, materials, and supplies;
(e) On-the-job training;
(f) Administrative expenses equal to fifteen percent of the totaltraining costs;
(g) Subcontracted services with state institutions of higher education,private colleges or universities, or other federal, state, or local agencies;
(h) Contracted or professional services; and
(i) Issuance of certificates;
(15) "Project", a training arrangement which is the subject of anagreement entered into between the community college district and an employerto provide program services;
(16) "Total training costs", costs of training, including supplies,wages and benefits of instructors, subcontracted services, on-the-jobtraining, training facilities, equipment, skill assessment and all programservices excluding issuance of certificates.
