Senate File 484 - Introduced
SENATE FILE 484
BY COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND
BUSINESS RELATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1173)
(COMPANION TO HF 559 BY
COMMITTEE ON LABOR)
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to financial assistance provided by the
2 economic development authority to certain apprenticeship
3 sponsors and lead apprenticeship sponsors, and including
4 applicability provisions.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 Section 1. Section 15B.2, Code 2021, is amended by adding
2 the following new subsection:
3 NEW SUBSECTION. 06. “Contact hours” means the number
4 of hours of in-person instruction received by an apprentice
5 participating in an apprenticeship program.
6 Sec. 2. Section 15B.4, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2021,
7 is amended to read as follows:
8 a. An apprenticeship sponsor or lead apprenticeship sponsor
9 conducting that conducts an apprenticeship programs program
10 that is registered with the United States department of labor,
11 office of apprenticeship, through Iowa, for apprentices who
12 will be employed at Iowa worksites located in this state
13 may apply to the authority for a training grant financial
14 assistance under this section if the apprenticeship program
15 includes a minimum of one hundred contact hours per apprentice
16 for each training year of the apprenticeship program.
17 Sec. 3. Section 15B.4, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph
18 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
19 The authority shall provide financial assistance in the form
20 of training grants to eligible apprenticeship sponsors or lead
21 apprenticeship sponsors in the following manner:
22 Sec. 4. Section 15B.4, subsection 2, paragraphs b, c, and d,
23 Code 2021, are amended to read as follows:
24 b. By adding together all of the following:
25 (1) The determining the total number of apprentices trained
26 during the most recent training year, as calculated on the
27 last day of the training year, in all apprenticeship programs
28 conducted by all applying apprenticeship sponsors or lead
29 apprenticeship sponsors during the most recent training year
30 as calculated on the last day of the training year eligible to
31 apply for financial assistance under subsection 1.
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
35 during the most recent training year. For purposes of
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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 c. By adding together all of the following:
9 (1) The determining the total number of apprentices
10 trained during the most recent training year, as calculated
11 on the last day of the training year, in each apprenticeship
12 program conducted by a single applying each apprenticeship
13 sponsor or lead apprenticeship sponsor during the most recent
14 training year as calculated on the last day of the training
15 year eligible to apply under subsection 1, and that applied for
16 financial assistance under subsection 1.
17 (2) The total number of contact hours that apprenticeship
18 instructors for a single applying apprenticeship sponsor or
19 lead apprenticeship sponsor spent in contact with apprentices
20 during the most recent training year. For purposes of
21 this subparagraph, “contact hours” includes the time spent
22 instructing apprentices in person or, in the case of a lead
23 apprenticeship sponsor with programs totaling one hundred or
24 more total instructional hours, “contact hours” includes the
25 time spent in online training if the total amount of online
26 instruction does not account for more than thirty percent of
27 the total instructional hours.
28 d. By determining the proportion, stated as a percentage,
29 that a single each applying apprenticeship sponsor’s or lead
30 apprenticeship sponsor’s total calculated pursuant to paragraph
31 “c” bears to all applying apprenticeship sponsors’ or lead
32 apprenticeship sponsors’ total calculated pursuant to paragraph
33 “b”.
34 Sec. 5. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to financial
35 assistance provided by the economic development authority to
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1 apprenticeship sponsors and lead apprenticeship sponsors that
2 apply for financial assistance on or after July 1, 2021.
3 EXPLANATION
4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
5 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
6 This bill relates to financial assistance (assistance)
7 provided by the economic development authority (authority)
8 to certain apprenticeship sponsors (sponsor) and lead
9 apprenticeship sponsors (lead sponsor).
10 The bill provides that to be eligible for assistance,
11 a sponsor or lead sponsor must include a minimum of 100
12 contact hours per apprentice for each training year of an
13 apprenticeship program conducted by the sponsor or lead
14 sponsor. Under current law, there is not a minimum contact
15 hour requirement to be eligible for assistance. The bill
16 defines “contact hours” as the number of hours of in-person
17 instruction received by an apprentice participating in an
18 apprenticeship program. Current law defines “contact hours”
19 as the time spent instructing apprentices in person or, in the
20 case of a lead sponsor with an apprenticeship program totaling
21 100 or more total instructional hours, “contact hours” includes
22 online training if the total amount of online instruction is
23 not more than 30 percent of the total instructional hours.
24 Under current law, the authority provides financial
25 assistance in the form of grants to sponsors or lead sponsors
26 pursuant to a calculation as specified in Code section 15B.4,
27 subsection 2. Under the bill, the calculation is modified
28 to account for the minimum 100 contact hours eligibility
29 requirement and the revised definition of “contact hours”.
30 The bill applies to financial assistance provided by the
31 authority to eligible sponsors and lead sponsors that apply for
32 financial assistance on or after July 1, 2021.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 15B.2, 15B.4