Title VII, EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE (Ch. 256 - 305B)

The board of directors of each merged area shall audit claims against the merged area to ensure proper and just payment of all claims. Each payment shall be made payable to the vendor entitled to receive the payment with appropriate justification to ensure that the payment is in …

1. Each community college is authorized to establish or contract for the establishment of apprenticeship programs for apprenticeable occupations. Any apprenticeship program established under this section shall comply with requirements established by the United States department o…

The department shall establish guidelines and an approval process for program sharing agreements and for administrative sharing agreements entered into by two or more community colleges or by a community college and a higher education institution under the control of the board of…

1. The state board of education shall establish an accreditation process for community college programs. The process shall be jointly developed and agreed upon by the department of education and the community colleges. The state accreditation process shall be integrated with the …

1. The state board shall develop standards and rules for the accreditation of community college programs. Except as provided in this subsection and subsection 4 , standards developed shall be general in nature so as to apply to more than one specific program of instruction. With …

The department of education shall adopt rules and definitions of terms necessary for the administration of this chapter . The school budget review committee shall adopt rules under chapter 17A to carry out section 260C.18B . 96 Acts, ch 1215, §35

The director shall appoint the bureau chief, and the bureau chief shall direct the work of the personnel as necessary to carry out this chapter . The bureau chief shall do all of the following: 1. Designate a community college as an “area career and technical education school” wi…

1. For purposes of this section , “adult education” means integrated basic education and technical skills instruction. 2. The department and the community colleges shall jointly implement adult education to assist adults and youths sixteen years of age and older who are not in sc…

As used in this subchapter : 1. “Board” means a board of directors of a community college. 2. “Bonds or notes” means revenue bonds or revenue notes which are payable solely from net rents, profits, and other income derived from the operation of residence halls, dormitories, incid…

Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter , the board of directors of each community college is hereby authorized to undertake and carry out any project at a community college under the board’s control and to operate, control, maintain, and manage studen…

1. To pay all or any part of the cost of carrying out any project at any institution the board is authorized to borrow money and to issue and sell negotiable bonds or notes and to refund and refinance bonds or notes issued for any project or for refunding purposes at a lower rate…

The bonds or notes may bear a date or dates, may bear interest at such rate or rates, may mature at such time or times, may be in such form, carry such registration privileges, may be payable at such place or places, may be subject to such terms of redemption prior to maturity wi…

A community colleges bureau shall be established within the higher education division of the department. The bureau shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred by law upon the department with respect to community colleges. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §280A.27 ] 9…

Upon the determination by the board to undertake and carry out any project or to refund outstanding bonds or notes, the board shall adopt a resolution generally describing the contemplated project and setting forth the estimated cost, or describing the obligations to be refunded,…

If bonds or notes are issued by a board, the board shall establish, impose, and collect rates, fees or rentals for the use of and services provided by the residence halls and dormitories, including dining and other incidental facilities therefor, at the institution on behalf of w…

1. A certified copy of each resolution providing for the issuance of bonds or notes under this subchapter shall be filed with the treasurer of the institution on behalf of which the bonds or notes are issued and the treasurer shall keep and maintain separate accounts for each iss…

Under no circumstances shall any bonds or notes issued under the terms of this subchapter be or become or be construed to constitute a charge against the state of Iowa within the purview of any constitutional or statutory limitation or provision. Taxes, appropriations, or other f…

All banks, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on an investment business, all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, a…

The board of directors of each community college may apply for and accept federal aid or nonfederal gifts or grants of funds, and may use the aid, gifts, or funds to pay all or any part of the cost of carrying out any project at any institution under the terms of this subchapter …

1. The board of directors of each community college shall determine, in consultation with the legislative services agency, the financial information to be included in line item budget information for projects funded by the issuance of bonds or notes under this chapter and shall s…

This subchapter shall be construed as providing an alternative and independent method for carrying out any project at any institution under the control of a community college board of directors, for the issuance and sale or exchange of bonds or notes in connection with a project …

All rights previously acquired in connection with the financing of any project at any institution are preserved and all acts and proceedings taken by the board preliminary to and in connection with the authorization and issuance of any previously issued and outstanding notes or o…

1. Each community college which completes a project, as defined under section 260C.56, subsection 4 , shall set aside a percentage of available dormitory space for the purposes of meeting the needs of the following: a. Students, with families, who are participating in specialized…

1. As used in this section and section 260C.72 , unless the context otherwise requires: a. “Authority” means the Iowa finance authority. b. “Bonds” means revenue bonds which are payable solely as provided in this section and section 260C.72 . 2. The authority shall cooperate with…

1. a. The authority may provide in the resolution, trust agreement, or other instrument authorizing the issuance of its bonds or notes pursuant to section 260C.71 that the principal of, premium, and interest on the bonds or notes are payable from any of the following and may pled…

The authority shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement sections 260C.71 and 260C.72 . 90 Acts, ch 1253, §78 C91, §280A.73 C93, §260C.73

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training Act” . 83 Acts, ch 171, §1, 8 CS83, §280B.1 C93, §260E.1

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 …

1. A community college may enter into an agreement to establish a project. If an agreement is entered into, the community college and the employer shall notify the department of revenue as soon as possible. An agreement shall provide for program costs, including deferred costs, w…

If an agreement provides that all or part of program costs are to be paid for by incremental property taxes, the board of directors shall provide by resolution that taxes levied on the employer’s taxable business property, where new jobs are created as a result of a project, each…

If an agreement provides that all or part of program costs are to be met by receipt of new jobs credit from withholding, it shall be done as follows: 1. New jobs credit from withholding shall be based upon the wages paid to the employees in the new jobs. 2. An amount equal to one…

To provide funds for the present payment of the costs of new jobs training programs, a community college may borrow money and issue and sell certificates payable from a sufficient portion of the future receipts of payments authorized by the agreement. The receipts shall be pledge…

1. The department of workforce development, in consultation with the department of education and the department of revenue, shall coordinate and review the new jobs training program. The department of workforce development shall adopt, amend, and repeal rules under chapter 17A th…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Iowa Jobs Training Act” . 85 Acts, ch 235, §1 CS85, §280C.1 C93, §260F.1 96 Acts, ch 1180, §9

When used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Agreement” is the agreement between a business and a community college concerning a project. 2. “Community college” means a community college established under chapter 260C . 3. “Date of commencement of the pr…

A community college may enter into an agreement to establish a project. An agreement shall provide for, but is not limited to, the following: 1. Date of agreement. 2. Anticipated number of employees to be trained. 3. Estimated cost of training. 4. Anticipated dates of commencemen…

1. There is established for the community colleges a job training fund in the department of workforce development in the workforce development fund established in section 84G.3 . The job training fund consists of moneys appropriated for the purposes of this chapter plus the inter…

The community colleges and the department are authorized to fund business network training projects which include five or more businesses and are located in two or more community college districts. A business network training project must have a designated organization or lead bu…

The community colleges and the department are authorized to fund high technology apprenticeship programs which comply with the requirements specified in section 260C.44 and which may include both new and statewide apprenticeship programs. Notwithstanding the provisions of section…

The department, in consultation with the department of education, shall coordinate the jobs training program. A project shall not be funded under this chapter unless the department approves the project. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A governing the progra…

1. For each fiscal year, the department shall make funds available to the community colleges. The department shall allocate by formula from the moneys in the fund an amount for each community college to be used to provide the financial assistance for proposals of businesses whose…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Accelerated Career Education Program Act” . 99 Acts, ch 179, §1, 12

When used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Accelerated career education program” means a program established pursuant to section 260G.3 . 2. “Agreement” means a program agreement referred to in section 260G.3 between an employer and a community college…

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 pr…

1. Any of the following community college programs are eligible for designation and approval as an accelerated career education program by the board of directors: a. A credit career and technical education program resulting in the conferring of a certificate, diploma, associate o…

In order to develop and retain program jobs within the state, an agreement entered into under section 260G.3 may include a provision for program job credits based on program jobs identified in the agreement. If a program provides that part of the program costs are to be met by re…