§ 260E.2 — Definitions

Iowa § 260E.2

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VII: EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE
• Ch. 260E: INDUSTRIAL NEW JOBS TRAINING

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When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Agreement” is the agreement between an employer and a community college
concerning a project.
2. “Board of directors” means the board of directors of a community college.
3. “Certificate” means industrial new jobs training certificates issued pursuant to section
260E.6.
4. “Community college” means a community college established under chapter 260C.
5. “Date of commencement of the project” means the date of the agreement.
6. “Employee” means the person employed in a new job. “Employee” does not include
a person not subject to the withholding of Iowa income pursuant to a reciprocal agreement
under section 422.8, subsection 4.
7. “Employer” means the person providing new jobs in the merged area served by the
community college and entering into an agreement.
8. “Incremental property taxes” means the taxes as provided in sections 403.19 and
260E.4.
9. “Industry” means a business engaged in interstate or intrastate commerce for the
purpose of manufacturing, processing, or assembling products, conducting research and
development, or providing services in interstate commerce, but excludes retail, health, or
professional services. “Industry” does not include a business which closes or substantially
reduces its operation in one area of the state of Iowa and relocates substantially the same
operation in another area of the state of Iowa. This subsection does not prohibit a business
from expanding its operations in another area of the state provided that existing operations
of a similar nature are not closed or substantially reduced.
10. “New job” means a job in a new or expanding industry but does not include jobs of
recalled workers, or replacement jobs or other jobs that formerly existed in the industry in
the state of Iowa.
11. “New jobs credit from withholding” means the credit as provided in section 260E.5.
12. “Newjobstrainingprogram”or“program”meanstheprojectorprojectsestablishedby
a community college for the creation of jobs by providing education and training of workers
for new jobs for new or expanding industry in the merged area served by the community
college.
13. “Program costs” means all necessary and incidental costs of providing program
services.
14. “Program services” includes but is not limited to the following:
a. New jobs training.
b. Adult basic education and job-related instruction.
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c. Career and technical skill-assessment services and testing.
d. Training facilities, equipment, materials, and supplies.
e. On-the-job training.
f. Administrative expenses for the new jobs training program.
g. Subcontracted services with institutions governed by the board of regents, private
colleges or universities, or other federal, state, or local agencies.
h. Contracted or professional services.
i. Issuance of certificates.
15. “Project” means a training arrangement which is the subject of an agreement entered
into between the community college and an employer to provide program services.