Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 261 - Economic Development Authority › Part II - Workforce Development Coordination › Chapter 20 - Accelerated Career Education (ACE) Program › Rule 261-20.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"260G data system"
means the data system
				  established by the authority to record data, upload documentation, and track
				  programs and agreements.
"Accelerated career education program"
or
"ACE program"
means the program established pursuant to Iowa
				  Code chapter 260G and administered by the authority.
"Allotment"
means the distribution of
				  program job credits among the community colleges in accordance with Iowa Code
				  section
				  260C.18C.
"Authority"
means the economic development
				  authority created in Iowa Code section
				  15.105.
"Board"
means the members of the economic
				  development authority appointed by the governor and in whom the powers of the
				  authority are vested pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  15.105.
"Community college"
means a community
				  college established under Iowa Code chapter 260C or a consortium of two or more
				  community colleges.
"Community college hoard"
means the
				  governing board of a merged area as defined in Iowa Code section
				  260C.II.
"Employee"
means a person employed in a
				  program job.
"Employer"
means a business or consortium of
				  businesses engaged in interstate or intrastate commerce for the purposes of
				  manufacturing, processing or assembling products; construction; conducting
				  research and development; or providing services in interstate or intrastate
				  commerce, but excluding retail services.
"Highly skilled job"
means a job with a
				  broadly based, high-performance skill profile including advanced computation
				  and communication skills, technology skills and workplace behavior skills, and
				  for which an applied technical education is required.
"Participant"
means an individual who is
				  enrolled in an accelerated career education program at a community
				  college.
"Participant position"
means the individual
				  student enrollment position available in an accelerated career education
				  program.
"Program"
means a program of instruction
				  designed by a community college which has been designated by a community
				  college board and approved by the authority as meeting the requirements of Iowa
				  Code section
				  260G.4.
"Program agreement"
means an agreement
				  between an employer and a community college as described in Iowa Code section
				  260G.3.
"Program costs"
means all necessary and
				  incidental costs of providing program services.
"Program job"
means a highly skilled job
				  available from an employer pursuant to a program agreement.
"Program job credit"
means a credit that an
				  employer may claim against all withholding taxes due in an amount up to 10
				  percent of the gross program job wage of a program job position as authorized
				  in an agreement between a community college and an employer
"Program job position"
means a job position
				  which is planned or available for an employee by the employer pursuant to a
				  program agreement.
"Program services"
means services that
				  include all of the following provided they are pursuant to a program agreement:
				  program needs assessment and development, job task analysis, curriculum
				  development and revision, instruction, instructional materials and supplies,
				  computer software and upgrades, instructional support, administrative and
				  student services, related school to career training programs, skill or career
				  interest assessment services and testing and contracted
				  services.