Bill > HF2384

This bill: 1. Amends existing law to allow apprenticeship sponsors receiving financial assistance under the Future Ready Iowa Expanded Registered Apprenticeship Opportunities Program to be ineligible for financial assistance under other related programs during the same fiscal year. 2. Establishes the Future Ready Iowa Expanded Registered Apprenticeship Opportunities Program, which will provide financial assistance in the form of reimbursement grants to encourage apprenticeship sponsors with 20 or fewer apprentices to maintain apprenticeship programs in high-demand occupations. 3. Requires the workforce development board to create and update a list of high-demand jobs statewide for various workforce development programs, and allows community colleges to identify and maintain a list of up to 5 regional high-demand jobs. 4. Creates the Iowa Child Care Challenge Program and Fund to encourage businesses, nonprofits, and consortia to establish local child care facilities and increase the availability of quality, affordable child care for working Iowans. 5. Establishes a Workforce Diploma Pilot Program to assist adult students in obtaining a high school diploma while developing employability and career and technical skills. 6. Requires computer science instruction to be offered in at least one grade level in elementary and middle schools starting in the 2022-2023 school year, and requires a 0.5 unit of computer science to be offered at the high school level starting in the 2021-2022 school year. 7. Provides supplementary weighting for school districts that share a work-based learning coordinator position with a political subdivision. 8. Makes changes to the Future Ready Iowa Skilled Workforce Last-Dollar Scholarship Program, including expanding eligibility. 9. Modifies the Senior Year Plus Program and Postsecondary Enrollment Options to remove certain restrictions.

Budget and Finance

Commerce (House)

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