Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 877 - Workforce Development Board and Workforce Development Center Administration Division › Chapter 22 - Accelerated Career Education (ACE) Program › Rule 877-22.2 - 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 Iowa workforce development
				created in Iowa Code section
				84A.1.
"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 board"
means the governing
				board of a merged area as defined in Iowa Code section
				260C.11.
"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.