Senate File 2411 - Enrolled
Senate File 2411
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, THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
RESERVE FUND, AND THE FUTURE READY IOWA SKILLED WORKFORCE
LAST-DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS, AND
INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.
12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 DIVISION I
2 REGIONAL INDUSTRY SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS AND STATEWIDE WORK-BASED
3 LEARNING INTERMEDIARY NETWORK
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4 Section 1. Section 84A.5, subsection 5, paragraph f, Code
5 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
6 Sec. 2. Section 85.61, subsection 3, paragraph c, Code 2024,
7 is amended to read as follows:
8 c. An eligible postsecondary institution as defined in
9 section 261E.2, a school district, or an accredited nonpublic
10 school if a student enrolled in the eligible postsecondary
11 institution, school district, or accredited nonpublic school
12 is providing unpaid services under a work-based learning
13 opportunity offered in accordance with section 84A.16.
14 However, if the student participating in a work-based learning
15 opportunity is participating in open enrollment under section
16 282.18, “employer” means the receiving district.
17 Sec. 3. Section 85.61, subsection 12, paragraph a,
18 subparagraphs (4) and (5), Code 2024, are amended to read as
19 follows:
20 (4) A student enrolled in a school district or accredited
21 nonpublic school who is participating in a work-based learning
22 opportunity offered in accordance with section 84A.16.
23 (5) A student enrolled in a community college as defined in
24 section 260C.2, who is participating in a work-based learning
25 opportunity offered in accordance with section 84A.16 that is
26 offered by the community college.
27 Sec. 4. Section 256.125, subsections 6 and 9, Code 2024, are
28 amended by striking the subsections.
29 Sec. 5. Section 256.133, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2024, are
30 amended by striking the subsections.
31 Sec. 6. Section 256.136, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code
32 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
33 Sec. 7. Section 256.136, subsection 4, paragraph d, Code
34 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph.
35 Sec. 8. Section 256.136, subsection 4, paragraph f, Code
1 2024, is amended to read as follows:
2 f. Representatives of business and industry, including
3 representatives of regional industry sector partnerships
4 established pursuant to section 84A.15.
5 Sec. 9. REPEAL. Sections 84A.15 and 84A.16, Code 2024, are
6 repealed.
7 Sec. 10. STATEWIDE WORK-BASED LEARNING INTERMEDIARY NETWORK
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8 FUND. Any moneys appropriated to the department of workforce
9 development for purposes of the statewide work-based learning
10 intermediary network fund established pursuant to section
11 84A.16 that remain unencumbered or unobligated as of July 1,
12 2024, shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.
13 DIVISION II
14 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND WORK-BASED LEARNING
15 Sec. 11. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph h,
16 subparagraph (2), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
17 (2) Instructional programs provided under subparagraph
18 (1) shall comply with the provisions of subchapter VII, part
19 2, relating to career and technical education, and shall be
20 articulated with postsecondary programs of study and include
21 field, laboratory, or on-the-job training, or work-based
22 learning, as defined in section 256.125. Each sequential
23 unit shall contain a portion of a career and technical
24 education program approved by the department. Standards for
25 instructional programs shall include but not be limited to new
26 and emerging technologies; job-seeking, job-adaptability, and
27 other employment, self-employment and entrepreneurial skills
28 that reflect current industry standards and labor-market needs;
29 and reinforcement of basic academic skills. Instructional
30 programs that include work-based learning may be provided when
31 school is not in session, including but not limited to during
32 the summer months.
33 Sec. 12. Section 256.146, Code 2024, is amended by adding
34 the following new subsection:
35 NEW SUBSECTION. 25. By September 1, 2024, adopt rules
1 pursuant to chapter 17A establishing endorsements for
2 instruction related to career and technical fields in schools
3 providing instruction to students enrolled in prekindergarten
4 through grade twelve, including but not limited to business,
5 agriculture, industrial technology, consumer science, and
6 information technology.
7 Sec. 13. EMERGENCY RULES. The board of educational
8 examiners may adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4,
9 subsection 3, and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph “b”,
10 to implement the provisions of this division of this Act and
11 the rules shall be effective immediately upon filing unless
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12 a later date is specified in the rules. Any rules adopted
13 in accordance with this section shall also be published as a
14 notice of intended action as provided in section 17A.4.
15 Sec. 14. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
16 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
17 DIVISION III
18 STUDENT TEACHING
19 Sec. 15. Section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
20 2024, is amended to read as follows:
21 c. (1) Require that each student admitted to an approved
22 practitioner preparation program participate in pre-student
23 teaching field experiences that include both observation and
24 participation in teaching activities in a variety of school
25 settings.
26 (a) Pre-student teaching field experiences for students
27 participating in an initial teacher preparation program shall
28 comprise a total of at least eighty hours in duration, at least
29 ten hours of which shall occur prior to a student’s acceptance
30 in an approved practitioner preparation program.
31 (b) Pre-student teaching field experiences for students
32 participating in a teacher intern preparation program shall
33 comprise a total of at least fifty hours in duration. The
34 (2) Require that the student teaching experience shall be
35 a minimum of fourteen weeks in duration during the student’s
1 final year of the practitioner preparation program.
2 (a) A student shall be credited a minimum of one week,
3 but not more than ten weeks, of prior work experience as
4 a substitute teacher or a para-educator, including prior
5 experience under the teacher and para-educator registered
6 apprenticeship grant program, toward the requirements
7 associated with the fourteen-week student teaching experience,
8 if all of the following requirements are satisfied:
9 (i) The board of educational examiners has issued
10 a substitute license, substitute authorization, or a
11 para-educator certificate to the student.
12 (ii) The student’s prior work experience took place in
13 the classroom of a cooperating teacher who is appropriately
14 licensed in the subject area and grade level endorsement for
15 which the student is being prepared.
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16 (iii) The student bears the primary responsibility for
17 planning, instruction, and assessment within the classroom
18 during the student teaching experience.
19 (b) A student shall be credited a minimum of one week,
20 but not more than fourteen weeks, of work experience as a
21 para-educator toward the requirements associated with the
22 fourteen-week student teaching experience, if all of the
23 following requirements are satisfied:
24 (i) The board of educational examiners has issued a
25 para-educator certificate to the student.
26 (ii) The student works as a para-educator for at least
27 one-half of each school day during the student teaching
28 experience.
29 (iii) The student’s work experience takes place in the
30 classroom of a cooperating teacher who is appropriately
31 licensed in the subject area and grade level endorsement for
32 which the student is being prepared.
33 (iv) The student bears the primary responsibility for
34 planning, instruction, and assessment within the classroom
35 during the student teaching experience.
1 (3) The program shall make every reasonable effort to offer
2 the student teaching experience prior to a student’s last
3 semester, or equivalent, in the program, and to expand the
4 student’s student teaching opportunities beyond one semester
5 or the equivalent.
6 DIVISION IV
7 CHANGES TO DEFINED TERMS
8 Sec. 16. Section 84D.2, subsections 18, 24, and 25, Code
9 2024, are amended by striking the subsections and inserting in
10 lieu thereof the following:
11 18. “Quality pre-apprenticeship program” means a program
12 or set of strategies, registered by and for purposes of the
13 Iowa office of apprenticeship, including basic skills training,
14 academic skills remediation, or introduction to the industry,
15 designed to prepare individuals for entry into a registered
16 apprenticeship program.
17 24. “Work-based learning” means opportunities and
18 experiences that include but are not limited to sustained
19 project-based learning in partnership with an employer,
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20 simulated work experiences aligned with industry-recognized
21 credentials, high-quality pre-apprenticeships aligned to an
22 apprenticeship, student learner programs, internships, and
23 apprenticeships.
24 25. “Youth apprenticeship”, for purposes of the Iowa
25 office of apprenticeship, means a program that is designed
26 specifically for an apprentice eighteen years of age or under.
27 Sec. 17. Section 256.125, subsection 8, Code 2024, is
28 amended to read as follows:
29 8. “Work-based learning” means opportunities and
30 experiences that include but are not limited to tours,
31 job shadowing, rotations, mentoring, entrepreneurship,
32 service learning, sustained project-based learning in
33 partnership with an employer, simulated work experiences
34 aligned with industry-recognized credentials, high-quality
35 pre-apprenticeships aligned to an apprenticeship, student
1 learner programs, internships, and apprenticeships.
2 Sec. 18. EFFECTIVE DATE. The following, being deemed of
3 immediate importance, take effect upon enactment:
4 1. The portion of the section of this division of this Act
5 amending section 84D.2, subsection 18.
6 2. The portion of the section of this division of this Act
7 amending section 84D.2, subsection 25.
8 DIVISION V
9 DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT —— WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITY
10 FUND
11 Sec. 19. NEW SECTION. 84A.20 Workforce opportunity fund.
12 1. A workforce opportunity fund is created in the
13 state treasury as a separate fund under the control of
14 the department of workforce development. The fund shall
15 consist of appropriations made to the fund, any other moneys
16 available to and obtained or accepted by the department from
17 the federal government or private sources for placement in
18 the fund, and transfers of interest, earnings, and moneys
19 from other funds as provided by law. Moneys in the fund are
20 appropriated to the department of workforce development for
21 the purposes of training and infrastructure related to the
22 growth and maintenance of the state’s workforce programs.
23 Permitted uses of the moneys in the fund include but are not
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24 limited to equipment, instructional materials, stipends, and
25 other training-related costs. The department of workforce
26 development shall only distribute moneys in the fund to
27 workforce programs located within this state.
28 2. Annually, on or before December 31 of each year, the
29 department of workforce development shall submit a report
30 to the general assembly and the legislative services agency
31 that contains a list of all expenditures from the workforce
32 opportunity fund made in the previous fiscal year. The
33 legislative services agency shall provide a copy of the
34 report to the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint
35 appropriations subcommittee on economic development.
1 3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the workforce
2 opportunity fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated
3 at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall
4 remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated
5 for subsequent fiscal years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7,
6 subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall
7 be credited to the fund.
8 4. This section is repealed July 1, 2029.
9 Sec. 20. Section 96.9, subsection 8, Code 2024, is amended
10 by striking the subsection.
11 Sec. 21. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION RESERVE FUND —— TRANSFER
12 TO WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITY FUND.
13 1. Any moneys appropriated to the department of workforce
14 development for purposes of the unemployment compensation
15 reserve fund established pursuant to section 96.9 that
16 remain unencumbered or unobligated as of July 1, 2024, but
17 not more than thirty million dollars, shall be deposited in
18 the workforce opportunity fund created in section 84A.20, if
19 enacted by this division of this Act.
20 2. Any moneys remaining in the unemployment compensation
21 reserve fund after the deposit described in subsection 1 shall
22 be transferred to the account of this state in the unemployment
23 trust fund; provided, however, that any interest earned on
24 moneys remaining in the unemployment compensation reserve
25 fund after the deposit described in subsection 1 shall be
26 transferred to the special employment security contingency
27 fund.
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28 DIVISION VI
29 FUTURE READY IOWA SKILLED WORKFORCE LAST-DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP
30 PROGRAM
31 Sec. 22. Section 256.228, subsection 1, paragraph g,
32 subparagraph (2), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
33 (2) Completes and submits application forms required by the
34 commission, including the free application for federal student
35 aid; applies for all available state and federal financial
1 aid; attends orientation in person or virtually; registers
2 for classes with the assistance of an academic advisor;
3 and participates in academic and career advising sessions
4 required under the eligible program. To receive a renewal of
5 a scholarship awarded under this section, an eligible student
6 must annually submit a new application to the commission for
7 reevaluation of eligibility.
8 Sec. 23. Section 256.228, subsection 1, paragraph g, Code
9 2024, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
10 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (5) Has a student aid index of less than
11 or equal to twenty thousand dollars at the time of initial
12 application, as determined by the application forms submitted
13 pursuant to subparagraph (2), including the free application
14 for federal student aid.
15 Sec. 24. Section 256.228, subsection 3, paragraph d, Code
16 2024, is amended to read as follows:
17 d. A future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar
18 scholarship shall be awarded on an annual basis, requiring
19 reapplication by an eligible student each year for a two-year
20 period, or prior to the expiration of a two-year period if
21 the student earns the credential or associate degree sought
22 within such period. Scholarship payments shall be allocated
23 equally among the semesters, or the equivalent, and paid upon
24 certification by the eligible institution that the student
25 meets the requirements of subsection 1, paragraph “g”.
26 Sec. 25. EMERGENCY RULES. The college student aid
27 commission, in consultation with the department of workforce
28 development, may adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4,
29 subsection 3, and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph “b”,
30 to implement the provisions of this division of this Act and
31 the rules shall be effective immediately upon filing unless
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32 a later date is specified in the rules. Any rules adopted
33 in accordance with this section shall also be published as a
34 notice of intended action as provided in section 17A.4.
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AMY SINCLAIR PAT GRASSLEY
President of the Senate Speaker of the House