260E.2 - DEFINITIONS.
260E.2 DEFINITIONS.
When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Agreement" is the agreement between an employer and a
community college concerning a project.
2. "Board of directors" means the board of directors of a
community college.
3. "Certificate" means industrial new jobs training
certificates issued pursuant to section 260E.6.
4. "Community college" means a community college established
under chapter 260C.
5. "Date of commencement of the project" means the date of
the agreement.
6. "Employee" means the person employed in a new job.
7. "Employer" means the person providing new jobs in the
merged area served by the community college and entering into an
agreement.
8. "Incremental property taxes" means the taxes as provided
in sections 403.19 and 260E.4.
9. "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. "Industry" does not include a
business 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 of Iowa. This subsection 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.
10. "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.
11. "New jobs credit from withholding" means the credit as
provided in section 260E.5.
12. "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.
13. "Program costs" means all necessary and incidental costs
of providing program services.
14. "Program services" includes but is not limited to the
following:
a. New jobs training.
b. Adult basic education and job-related instruction.
c. Vocational and skill-assessment services and testing.
d. Training facilities, equipment, materials, and supplies.
e. On-the-job training.
f. Administrative expenses for the new jobs training program.
g. Subcontracted services with institutions governed by the
board of regents, private colleges or universities, or other federal,
state, or local agencies.
h. Contracted or professional services.
i. Issuance of certificates.
15. "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. Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 171, § 2, 8
CS83, § 280B.2
85 Acts, ch 240, §2; 90 Acts, ch 1253, § 73
C93, § 260E.2
Referred to in § 422.11A, 422.33