260F.2 - DEFINITIONS.
260F.2 DEFINITIONS.
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 project" means the date of
the preliminary agreement or the date an application for assistance
is received by the department.
4. "Department" means the department of economic development.
5. "Eligible business" or "business" means a business
training employees which is 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 and which meets the other criteria established by the
department. "Eligible business" does not include a business
whose training costs can be economically funded under chapter 260E, a
business which closes or substantially reduces its employment base in
order to relocate substantially the same operation to another area of
the state, or a business which is involved in a strike, lockout, or
other labor dispute in Iowa.
6. "Employee" means a person currently employed by a business
who is to be trained. However, "employee" does not include
replacement workers who are hired as a result of a strike, lockout,
or other labor dispute in Iowa.
7. "Jobs training program" or "program" means the project
or projects established by a community college for the training of
employees.
8. "Participating business" means a business training
employees which enters into an agreement with the community college.
9. "Program costs" means all necessary and incidental costs
of providing program services.
10. "Program services" includes but is not limited to the
following:
a. Training of employees.
b. Adult basic education and job-related instruction.
c. Vocational and skill-assessment services and testing.
d. Training facilities, equipment, materials, and supplies.
e. Administrative expenses for the jobs training program.
f. Subcontracted services with institutions governed by the
state board of regents, private colleges or universities, or other
federal, state, or local agencies.
g. Contracted or professional services.
11. "Project" means a training arrangement which is the
subject of an agreement entered into between the community college
and a business to provide program services. "Project" also means
a department-sponsored training arrangement which is sponsored by the
department and administered under sections 260F.6A and 260F.6B. Section History: Recent Form
85 Acts, ch 235, §2
CS85, § 280C.2
90 Acts, ch 1253, § 83; 92 Acts, ch 1042, §1, 2
C93, § 260F.2
96 Acts, ch 1180, §10; 97 Acts, ch 201, §20