Section 260G.1 – Title.

260G.1 Title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Accelerated Career Education Program Act”. 99 Acts, ch 179, §1, 12

Section 260G.10 – Reporting.

260G.10 Reporting. Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 126, §115 .

Section 260G.2 – Definitions.

260G.2 Definitions. 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. 3. “Board of directors” means the board of directors of a community […]

Section 260G.3 – Program agreements.

260G.3 Program agreements. 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 […]

Section 260G.4 – Program eligibility and designation.

260G.4 Program eligibility and designation. 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 of science degree, or associate of applied science […]

Section 260G.4A – Program job credits from withholding.

260G.4A Program job credits from withholding. 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 […]

Section 260G.4B – Maximum statewide program job credit.

260G.4B Maximum statewide program job credit. 1. The total amount of program job credits from all employers which shall be allocated for all accelerated career education programs in the state in any one fiscal year shall not exceed five million four hundred thousand dollars. A community college shall file a copy of each agreement with […]

Section 260G.4C – Facilitator.

260G.4C Facilitator. The economic development authority shall administer the statewide allocations of program job credits to accelerated career education programs. The authority shall provide information about the accelerated career education programs in accordance with its annual reporting requirements in section 15.107B. 2000 Acts, ch 1196, §6, 10; 2008 Acts, ch 1122, §14; 2011 Acts, ch […]

Section 260G.5 – Customer tracking system.

260G.5 Customer tracking system. All participants in an accelerated career education program shall be included in the customer tracking system implemented by the department of workforce development pursuant to section 84A.5 following program completion. 99 Acts, ch 179, §8, 12

Section 260G.6 – Fund established — allocation of moneys.

260G.6 Fund established — allocation of moneys. 1. An accelerated career education fund is established in the state treasury consisting of moneys appropriated to the fund for purposes of funding the cost of accelerated career education program capital projects. 2. Projects funded pursuant to this section shall be for vertical infrastructure as defined in section […]

Section 260G.7 – Future program discontinuance.

260G.7 Future program discontinuance. Repealed by 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §152.