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IA SF222
Bill
AI Summary
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Restructures Iowa Department of Workforce Development duties by eliminating responsibilities for statewide employment skills assessments, job posting systems for education-related openings, and selection of service providers
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Repeals several workforce programs including the Iowa Conservation Corps, workforce investment program, statewide mentoring program, new employment opportunity program, and nursing workforce data clearinghouse
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Modifies unemployment insurance by limiting "taxable wages" to wages paid in Iowa only, removing reciprocity provisions that previously included wages paid in other states extending like comity to Iowa
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Appropriates $1,039,425 from the general fund for FY 2025-2026 for the Iowa student internship fund, while eliminating one component of the internship program that linked students to small and medium-sized Iowa firms
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Transfers adult education and literacy program oversight from joint implementation by the department and community colleges to sole responsibility of the Department of Workforce Development
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to workforce training, unemployment insurance, adult education, and other functions and programs of the department of workforce development, the workforce development board, and local workforce development boards, and making appropriations.(Formerly SSB 1068; See SF 603.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 603. S.J. 493.
3/11/2025