§ 260G.3 — Program agreements

Iowa § 260G.3

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VII: EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE
• Ch. 260G: ACCELERATED CAREER EDUCATION PROGRAM

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1. A community college may enter into an agreement with an employer in the community
college’s merged area to establish an accelerated career education program. The program
shall be developed by an employer, a community college, and any employee of an employer
who represents a program job. If a bargaining agreement is in place, a representative of the
employee bargaining unit shall also take part in the development of the program.
2. An agreement may include reasonable and necessary provisions to implement the
accelerated career education program. If an agreement is entered into, the community
college and the employer shall notify the department of revenue as soon as possible. The
community college shall also file a copy of the agreement with the department of workforce
development as required in section 260G.4B. The agreement shall provide for program
costs, including deferred costs, which may be paid from any of the following sources:
a. Program job credits which the employer receives based on the number of program job
positions agreed to by the employer to be available under the agreement.
b. Cashorin-kindcontributionsbytheemployertowardtheprogramcost. Ataminimum,
the employer contribution shall be twenty percent of the program costs.
c. Tuition, student fees, or special charges fixed by the board of directors to defray
program costs.
d. Guarantee by the employer of payments to be received under paragraphs “a” and “b”.
3. An agreement shall include a provision which specifies the type and amount of funding
sources which shall be used to pay for program costs.
4. An agreement shall describe program services and schedules for implementation.
5. The term of an agreement shall not exceed five years from the date of the agreement.
However, the agreement may be renewed.
6. As part of the agreement, the employer shall agree to interview graduating participants
forfull-timepositionswiththeemployerandtoprovidefuturehiringpreferencestograduates
of the accelerated career education program provided for in the agreement.
7. As part of an agreement, if an employer has more than four sponsored participants in
theprogram,theemployershallagreetoofferaprogramjobpositionoffull-timeemployment
to at least twenty-five percent of those participants who successfully complete the program.
8. An agreement shall provide for a wage level of no less than two hundred percent of
the federal poverty level for a family of two as defined by the most recently revised poverty
incomeguidelinesaspublishedbytheUnitedStatesdepartmentofhealthandhumanservices
at the time the agreement is entered into. The wage level shall be recertified for each year
provided in the agreement on the anniversary of the effective date of the agreement.
9. An agreement shall allow an employer to decline to satisfy any provisions in the
agreement relating to subsections 6 and 7 if an employer experiences an economic downturn.
For purposes of this subsection, “economic downturn” may include a layoff of existing
employees, reduced employment levels, increased inventories, or reduced sales, if specified
in the agreement.
10. Participants shall agree to interview with the employer following completion of the
accelerated career education program.
3 ACCELERATED CAREER EDUCATION PROGRAM, §260G.4B
11. An agreement shall provide for employer default procedures.