Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 261 - Economic Development Authority › Part II - Workforce Development Coordination › Chapter 7 - Iowa Jobs Training Program › Rule 261-7.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Act"
means Iowa Code chapter 260F.
"Agreement"
means the agreement between a
				  business and a community college concerning a project.
"Apprentice"
means a person who is at least
				  16 years of age, except where a higher minimum age is required by law, who is
				  employed in an apprenticeable occupation, and is registered with the United
				  States Department of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training.
"Apprenticeable occupation"
means an
				  occupation approved for apprenticeship by the United States Department of
				  Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training.
"Apprenticeship program"
means a program
				  registered with the U.S. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training which contains
				  the terms and conditions for the qualification, recruitment, selection,
				  employment and training of apprentices, including the requirement for a written
				  apprenticeship agreement.
"Apprenticeship sponsor"
means an entity
				  operating an apprenticeship program or in whose name an apprenticeship program
				  is being operated, registered or approved by the United States Department of
				  Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training.
"Authority"
means the economic development
				  authority created in Iowa Code section
				  15.105.
"Business network"
means five or more
				  businesses which are located in two or more community college districts and
				  which share a common training need. A business network training project must
				  have a designated lead community college, business, or organization to serve as
				  the administrative entity that will coordinate the training program.
"Certification"
means the community college
				  and business agree that the information contained in the application is
				  accurate. The certification also gives the authority permission to research the
				  history of the business and perform other related activities necessary for the
				  evaluation of the application.
"Community college"
means a community
				  college established under Iowa Code chapter 260C.
"Community college consortium"
means two or
				  more businesses located in the same community college district which share a
				  common training need.
"Date of commencement of the project"
means
				  the date of the preliminary agreement or the date an application for assistance
				  is received by the authority.
"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, warehousing or wholesaling products,
				  conducting research and development, or providing services in interstate
				  commerce, but excludes solely retail, health, or professional services and
				  which meets the other criteria established by the authority. A business engaged
				  in the provision of services must have customers outside of Iowa to be
				  eligible. The business site to receive training must be located in Iowa.
				  "Eligible business" does not include a business whose training costs can be
				  economically funded under Iowa Code chapter 260E, a business which closes or
				  substantially reduces its workforce by more than 20 percent at existing
				  operations 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. If a business closes or substantially reduces its
				  workforce by more than 20 percent at existing operations in order to relocate
				  substantially the same operation to another area of the state, then the
				  business is ineligible for 36 consecutive months at any of its Iowa sites from
				  the date the new establishment opens.
"Employee"
means a person currently employed
				  by a business who is to be trained. An employee for whom training is planned
				  must hold a current position intended by the employer to exist on an ongoing
				  basis with no planned termination date. Training is available only to an
				  employee who is hired by the business, who is currently employed by the
				  business, and for whom the business pays withholding tax. However, "employee"
				  does not include a person with executive responsibilities, a replacement worker
				  who is hired as a result of a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute in Iowa,
				  or an employee hired as a temporary worker. "Employee" does include a person
				  with executive responsibilities if such person works in both an executive- and
				  employee-based capacity for a small business with a total labor force of fewer
				  than 50 persons.
"High technology apprenticeship program"
means a program that includes the definitions of apprenticeship program and
				  high technology training.
"High technology training"
means training
				  that provides knowledge or skills that are clearly recognized throughout the
				  industry as technologically up to date or advanced for a particular
				  occupation.
"Jobs training program"
or
"program"
means the project or projects established by a
				  community college for the training of employees.
"Lead apprenticeship sponsor"
means an
				  apprenticeship sponsor that is the applicant for an apprenticeship
				  project.
"Lead organization"
means a trade
				  organization, labor organization or other incorporated entity representing a
				  group of businesses that is the applicant for a business network
				  project.
"Participating business"
means a business
				  training employees which enters into an agreement with the community
				  college.
"Program costs"
means all necessary and
				  incidental costs of providing program services.
"Program services"
includes but is not
				  limited to the following:
1. Training
				of employees;
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. Administrative expenses for the jobs
				training program;
6. Subcontracted
				services with institutions governed by the state board of regents, private
				colleges or universities, or other federal, state, or local agencies;
7. Contracted or professional
				services;
8. Training-related
				travel and meals.
"Project"
means a training arrangement which
				  is the subject of an agreement entered into between a community college and an
				  eligible business to provide program services. "Project" also means an
				  authority-sponsored training arrangement which is sponsored by the authority
				  and administered under Iowa Code sections
				  260F.6A and
				  260F.6B.