256.40 - STATEWIDE WORK-BASED LEARNING INTERMEDIARY NETWORK -- FUND -- STEERING COMMITTEE -- REGIONAL NETWORKS.
256.40 STATEWIDE WORK-BASED LEARNING INTERMEDIARY
NETWORK -- FUND -- STEERING COMMITTEE -- REGIONAL NETWORKS.
1. A statewide work-based learning intermediary network program
is established in the department and shall be administered by the
department. A separate, statewide work-based learning intermediary
network fund is created in the state treasury under the control of
the department. The fund shall consist of all moneys deposited in
the fund, including any moneys appropriated by the general assembly
and any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the
department from federal or private sources for purposes of the
program. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund at the end
of a fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state.
Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on
moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
2. The purpose of the program shall be to build a seamless
career, future workforce, and economic development system in Iowa to
accomplish all of the following:
a. Better prepare students to make informed postsecondary
education and career decisions.
b. Provide communication and coordination in order to build
and sustain relationships between employers and local youth, the
education system, and the community at large.
c. Connect students to local career opportunities, creating
economic capital for the region using a skilled and available
workforce.
d. Facilitate the sharing of best practices statewide by
business and education leaders.
e. Provide a one-stop contact point for information useful to
both educators and employers, including a state-level clearinghouse
for internships, job shadowing experiences, and other workplace
learning opportunities for students that are linked to the state's
economic goals.
f. Implement services for all students, staff, and districts
within the region and integrate workplace skills into the curriculum.
g. Develop work-based capacity with employers.
h. Improve the skills of Iowa's future workforce.
i. Provide core services, which may include student job
shadowing, student internships, and teacher or student tours.
3. The department shall establish and facilitate a steering
committee comprised of representatives from the department of
workforce development, the department of economic development, the
community colleges, the institutions under the control of the state
board of regents, accredited private institutions, area education
agencies, school districts, and the workplace learning connection.
The steering committee shall be responsible for the development and
implementation of the statewide work-based learning intermediary
network.
4. The steering committee shall develop a design for a statewide
network comprised of fifteen regional work-based learning
intermediary networks. The design shall include network
specifications, strategic functions, and desired outcomes.
5. Each regional network shall establish an advisory council to
develop and implement the regional network.
6. Funds deposited in the statewide work-based learning
intermediary network fund created in subsection 1 shall be
distributed to each region for the implementation of the statewide
work-based learning intermediary network based upon the distribution
of the kindergarten through grade twelve student enrollments in each
region. The amount shall not exceed three dollars per student.
7. The department shall provide oversight of the statewide
work-based learning intermediary network and shall annually evaluate
the statewide and regional network progress toward the outcomes
identified by the steering committee pursuant to subsection 4.
8. Each regional network shall match the funds received pursuant
to subsection 6 with financial resources equal to at least
twenty-five percent of the amount of the funds received pursuant to
subsection 6. The financial resources used to provide the match may
include private donations, in-kind contributions, or public funds
other than the funds received pursuant to subsection 6. Section History: Recent Form
2005 Acts, ch 154, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1030, §31