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House File 2516 - Introduced
                                   HOUSE FILE 2516
                                   BY COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND
                                       WORKFORCE
                                   (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 686)
                             A BILL FOR
An Act relating to work-based learning, including by repealing
  provisions related to regional industry sector partnerships
  and the statewide work-based learning intermediary network,
  establishing the workforce opportunity fund within the
  department of workforce development, modifying provisions
  related to career and technical education, student teacher
  requirements for students with substitute teaching or
  para-educator experience, and the future ready Iowa skilled
  workforce last-dollar scholarship program, and making
  appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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                             DIVISION I
  REGIONAL INDUSTRY SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS AND STATEWIDE WORK-BASED
                   LEARNING INTERMEDIARY NETWORK
    Section 1. Section 84A.5, subsection 5, paragraph f, Code
 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 2. Section 85.61, subsection 3, paragraph c, Code 2024,
 is amended to read as follows:
    c. An eligible postsecondary institution as defined in
 section 261E.2, a school district, or an accredited nonpublic
 school if a student enrolled in the eligible postsecondary
 institution, school district, or accredited nonpublic school
 is providing unpaid services under a work-based learning
 opportunity offered in accordance with section 84A.16.
 However, if the student participating in a work-based learning
 opportunity is participating in open enrollment under section
 282.18, “employer” means the receiving district.
    Sec. 3. Section 85.61, subsection 12, paragraph a,
 subparagraphs (4) and (5), Code 2024, are amended by striking
 the subparagraphs.
    Sec. 4. Section 256.125, subsections 6 and 9, Code 2024, are
 amended by striking the subsections.
    Sec. 5. Section 256.133, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2024, are
 amended by striking the subsections.
    Sec. 6. Section 256.136, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code
 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 7. Section 256.136, subsection 4, paragraph d, Code
 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
    Sec. 8. Section 256.136, subsection 4, paragraph f, Code
 2024, is amended to read as follows:
    f. Representatives of business and industry, including
 representatives of regional industry sector partnerships
 established pursuant to section 84A.15.
    Sec. 9. REPEAL. Sections 84A.15 and 84A.16, Code 2024, are
 repealed.
    Sec. 10. STATEWIDE WORK-BASED LEARNING INTERMEDIARY NETWORK
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 FUND. Any moneys appropriated to the department of workforce
 development for purposes of the statewide work-based learning
 intermediary network fund established pursuant to section
 84A.16 that remain unencumbered or unobligated as of July 1,
 2024, shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.
                            DIVISION II
      CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND WORK-BASED LEARNING
    Sec. 11. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph h,
 subparagraph (2), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
    (2) Instructional programs provided under subparagraph
 (1) shall comply with the provisions of subchapter VII, part
 2, relating to career and technical education, and shall be
 articulated with postsecondary programs of study and include
 field, laboratory, or on-the-job training, or work-based
 learning, as defined in section 256.125. Each sequential
 unit shall contain a portion of a career and technical
 education program approved by the department. Standards for
 instructional programs shall include but not be limited to new
 and emerging technologies; job-seeking, job-adaptability, and
 other employment, self-employment and entrepreneurial skills
 that reflect current industry standards and labor-market needs;
 and reinforcement of basic academic skills. Instructional
 programs that include work-based learning may be provided when
 school is not in session, including but not limited to during
 the summer months.
                           DIVISION III
                         STUDENT TEACHING
    Sec. 12. Section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
 2024, is amended to read as follows:
    c. (1) Require that each student admitted to an approved
 practitioner preparation program participate in pre-student
 teaching field experiences that include both observation and
 participation in teaching activities in a variety of school
 settings. Pre-student teaching field experiences for students
 participating in an initial teacher preparation program shall
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 comprise a total of at least eighty hours in duration, at least
 ten hours of which shall occur prior to a student’s acceptance
 in an approved practitioner preparation program. Pre-student
 teaching field experiences for students participating in a
 teacher intern preparation program shall comprise a total of at
 least fifty hours in duration.
    (2) (a) The student teaching experience shall be a minimum
 of fourteen weeks in duration during the student’s final year
 of the practitioner preparation program. The program shall
 make every reasonable effort to offer the student teaching
 experience prior to a student’s last semester, or equivalent,
 in the program, and to expand the student’s student teaching
 opportunities beyond one semester or the equivalent.
    (b) Notwithstanding subparagraph division (a), the student
 teaching experience shall be four weeks in duration during the
 student’s final year of the practitioner preparation program if
 all of the following requirements are met:
    (i) The student bears the primary responsibility for
 planning, instruction, and assessment within the classroom for
 a minimum of four weeks during the student teaching experience.
    (ii) The board of educational examiners has issued a
 substitute license, substitute authorization, or para-educator
 certificate to the student, and the student has prior
 experience working as a substitute teacher or a para-educator,
 including prior experience under the teacher and para-educator
 registered apprenticeship grant program.
    (iii) The student teaching experience takes place in
 the classroom of a cooperating teacher who is appropriately
 licensed in the subject area and grade level endorsement for
 which the student is being prepared.
    (c) A student may satisfy requirements related to
 the student teaching experience if all of the following
 requirements are met:
    (i) The student teaching experience takes place in the
 classroom of a cooperating teacher who is appropriately
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 licensed in the subject area and grade level endorsement for
 which the student is being prepared, and lasts for at least
 one-half of each school day.
    (ii) Under the supervision of the cooperating teacher, and
 for at least one-half of each school day, the student bears
 the primary responsibility for planning, instruction, and
 assessment within the classroom for a minimum of four weeks
 during the student teaching experience.
    (iii) The board of educational examiners has issued a
 para-educator certificate to the student, and the student works
 as a para-educator for at least one-half of each school day
 during the fourteen-week student teaching experience.
                           DIVISION IV
                     CHANGES TO DEFINED TERMS
    Sec. 13. Section 84D.2, subsections 18, 24, and 25, Code
 2024, are amended by striking the subsections and inserting in
 lieu thereof the following:
    18. “Quality pre-apprenticeship program” means a program
 or set of strategies, registered by and for purposes of the
 Iowa office of apprenticeship, including basic skills training,
 academic skills remediation, or introduction to the industry,
 designed to prepare individuals for entry into a registered
 apprenticeship program.
    24. “Work-based learning” means opportunities and
 experiences that include but are not limited to sustained
 project-based learning in partnership with an employer,
 simulated work experiences aligned with industry-recognized
 credentials, high-quality pre-apprenticeships aligned to an
 apprenticeship, student learner programs, internships, and
 apprenticeships.
    25. “Youth apprenticeship”, for purposes of the Iowa
 office of apprenticeship, means a program that is designed
 specifically for an apprentice eighteen years of age or under.
    Sec. 14. Section 256.125, subsection 8, Code 2024, is
 amended to read as follows:
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    8. “Work-based learning” means opportunities and
 experiences that include but are not limited to tours,
 job shadowing, rotations, mentoring, entrepreneurship,
 service learning, sustained project-based learning in
 partnership with an employer, simulated work experiences
 aligned with industry-recognized credentials, high-quality
 pre-apprenticeships aligned to an apprenticeship, student
 learner programs, internships, and apprenticeships.
                            DIVISION V
   DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT —— WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITY
                               FUND
    Sec. 15. NEW SECTION. 84A.20 Workforce opportunity fund.
    1. A workforce opportunity fund is created in the
 state treasury as a separate fund under the control of
 the department of workforce development. The fund shall
 consist of appropriations made to the fund, any other moneys
 available to and obtained or accepted by the department from
 the federal government or private sources for placement in
 the fund, and transfers of interest, earnings, and moneys
 from other funds as provided by law. Moneys in the fund are
 appropriated to the department of workforce development for
 the purposes of training and infrastructure related to the
 growth and maintenance of the state’s workforce programs.
 Permitted uses of the moneys in the fund include but are not
 limited to equipment, instructional materials, stipends, and
 other training-related costs. The department of workforce
 development shall only distribute moneys in the fund to
 workforce programs located within this state.
    2. Annually, on or before December 31 of each year, the
 department of workforce development shall submit a report
 to the general assembly and the legislative services agency
 that contains a list of all expenditures from the workforce
 opportunity fund made in the previous fiscal year. The
 legislative services agency shall provide a copy of the
 report to the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint
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 appropriations subcommittee on economic development.
    3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the workforce
 opportunity fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated
 at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall
 remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated
 for subsequent fiscal years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7,
 subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall
 be credited to the fund.
                           DIVISION VI
   FUTURE READY IOWA SKILLED WORKFORCE LAST-DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP
                             PROGRAM
    Sec. 16. Section 256.228, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code
 2024, is amended to read as follows:
    f. “Eligible program” means a any of the following:
    (1) A program of study or an academic major jointly approved
 by the commission and the department of workforce development,
 in consultation with an eligible institution, that leads to a
 credential aligned with a high-demand job designated by the
 workforce development board or a community college pursuant to
 section 84A.1B, subsection 14. If the board or a community
 college removes a high-demand job from a list created under
 section 84A.1B, subsection 14, an eligible student who received
 a scholarship for a program based on that high-demand job
 shall continue to receive the scholarship until achieving
 a postsecondary credential, up to an associate degree, as
 long as the student continues to meet all other eligibility
 requirements.
    (2) A program of study or an academic major jointly approved
 by the commission and the department of workforce development
 that leads to a credential aligned with at least one of ten
 priority in-demand fields designated by rule adopted by the
 workforce development board. If the board discontinues the
 designation of a previously designated priority in-demand
 field, an eligible student who received a scholarship for a
 program based on the designation of that priority in-demand
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 field shall continue to receive the scholarship until achieving
 a postsecondary credential, up to an associate degree, as
 long as the student continues to meet all other eligibility
 requirements.
    Sec. 17. Section 256.228, subsection 1, paragraph g, Code
 2024, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (5) Has an expected family contribution
 of less than or equal to twenty thousand dollars, as determined
 by the free application for federal student aid.
    Sec. 18. Section 256.228, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code
 2024, is amended to read as follows:
    b. Adopt rules under chapter 17A, in collaboration with the
 department of workforce development, for administration of this
 section, including but not limited to establishing rules that
 do all of the following:
    (1) Establish the duties and responsibilities of eligible
 institutions under the program; defining.
    (2) Define residence and satisfactory academic progress for
 purposes of the program; and establishing.
    (3) Establish procedures for scholarship application,
 processing, and approval. The rules shall provide for
 determining
    (4) Determine the priority awarding of scholarships if
 funds available for purposes of this section are insufficient
 to pay all eligible students. Priority shall be given to fully
 awarding each eligible student approved for a scholarship
 rather than to prorating scholarship awards among all eligible
 students.
    (5) Determine the annual amount of a future ready
 Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship, within
 the limitations established in subsection 3, based on the
 type of eligible program in which the eligible student is
 participating.
    Sec. 19. Section 256.228, subsection 4, Code 2024, is
 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
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    NEW PARAGRAPH. e. Annually establish a two-year budget that
 shows amounts the commission expects to expend on Iowa skilled
 workforce last-dollar scholarship awards under this section for
 all eligible students.
    Sec. 20. Section 256.228, Code 2024, is amended by adding
 the following new subsection:
    NEW SUBSECTION. 4A. Scholarship awards —— reductions. The
 commission may ratably reduce scholarship awards to more
 closely align with the funds the general assembly has
 appropriated for purposes of this section.
                           EXPLANATION
         The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
          the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
    This bill relates to work-based learning, including by
 repealing provisions related to regional industry sector
 partnerships and the statewide work-based learning intermediary
 network, establishing the workforce opportunity fund within
 the department of workforce development, and modifying
 provisions related to career and technical education, student
 teacher requirements for students with substitute teaching or
 para-educator experience, and the fut