Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 261 - Economic Development Authority › Part II - Workforce Development Coordination › Chapter 5 - Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training Program › Rule 261-5.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Act"
means Iowa Code chapter 260E.
"Agreement"
means an agreement between an
				  employer and a community college concerning a project and includes any written
				  agreement, or amendment thereto, whether deemed by the parties to be
				  preliminary or final.
"Base year"
means, for the purpose of
				  determining incremental property tax available to fund in part the jobs
				  training agreement, the assessment rolls as of January 1 of the year preceding
				  the first written agreement filed with the county assessor where the property
				  is located or such other valuation as may be determined by the appropriate
				  assessor as provided in Iowa Code section
				  40319(1).
"c."
"Board of directors"
means the board of
				  directors of a community college.
"Certificate"
means an industrial new jobs
				  training certificate issued pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  260E6..
"Community college"
means a community
				  college established under Iowa Code chapter 260C.
"Date of commencement of the project"
means
				  the date of the agreement.
"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				  economic development. Contacts with the department regarding activities
				  referenced in this chapter shall be through the division of administration,
				  workforce development team.
"Employee"
means the person employed in a
				  new job.
"Employer"
means the company providing new
				  jobs in the merged area served by the community college and entering into an
				  agreement.
"Expanding industry"
means an industry which
				  will require the addition of new jobs which did not exist in that industry in
				  Iowa prior to the signing of an agreement for training and which exceeds the
				  level of employment in that industry six months prior to the date of the
				  agreement.
"Formerly existing jobs"
means jobs that
				  were part of the payroll of the industry within the state any of the time
				  during the six months prior to the signing of an agreement for training. Jobs
				  which formerly existed do not qualify for training under the provisions of Iowa
				  Code section
				  260E2., subsection
				  15.
"Incremental property taxes"
means the taxes
				  as provided in Iowa Code sections
				  40319.
				  and
				  260E4..
"Industry"
means a business 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. An industry is a business engaged in activities described as eligible
				  in the Act rather than the generic definition encompassing all businesses in
				  the state doing the same activities. An industry is considered to be a single,
				  corporate entity or operating subdivision. An industry which closes or
				  substantially reduces its operation in one area of the state of Iowa and
				  relocates substantially the same operation in another area of the state is not
				  eligible for a project. This definition does not prohibit a business from
				  expanding its operations in another area of the state provided that existing
				  operations of a similar nature are not closed or substantially reduced.
"New industry"
means an industry which has
				  not done business in Iowa or an existing industry implementing a new process
				  and product used or produced for the first time in Iowa, which results in the
				  creation of new jobs not previously available in that industry in the
				  state.
"New job"
means a job in a new or expanding
				  industry but does not include jobs of recalled workers, or replacement jobs or
				  other jobs that formerly existed in the industry in the state of Iowa. A new
				  job shall be as defined in the Act subject to the clarifications of new and
				  expanding industry described in subrules 5.3(11), 5.3(14), and 5.3(15) above,
				  except that an industry in violation of state or federal labor laws or involved
				  in a lockout or strike in Iowa shall not be eligible for a training program
				  under the Act.
"New jobs credit from withholding"
means the
				  credit as provided in Iowa Code section
				  260E5..
"New jobs training program"
or
"program"
means the project or projects established by a
				  community college for the creation of jobs by providing education and training
				  of workers for new jobs for new or expanding industry in the merged area served
				  by the community college. The proceeds of the certificates, as authorized by
				  the Act, shall be used only to fund program services related to training
				  programs made necessary by the creation of new jobs.
"Program services"
includes but is not
				  limited to the following:
1. New jobs
				training.
2. Adult basic education
				and job-related instruction.
3.
				Career and technical skill assessment services and testing.
4. Training facilities, equipment, materials,
				and supplies.
5. On-the-job
				training.
6. Administrative
				expenses for the new jobs training program.
7. Subcontracted services with institutions
				governed by the board of regents, private colleges or universities, or other
				federal, state, or local agencies.
8. Contracted or professional
				services.
9. Issuance of
				certificates.
"Project"
means a training arrangement which
				  is the subject of an agreement entered into between the community college and
				  an employer to provide program services.