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IA SSB3049
SB
AI Summary
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Expands the statewide high-demand jobs list to include postsecondary summer classes for high school students under section 261E.8, subsection 8, allowing these programs to qualify for workforce development initiatives.
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Modifies career academy requirements to specify that programs must include a minimum of two units of secondary education (rather than two years), with at least one unit from a course meeting concurrent enrollment requirements under section 261E.8.
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Adjusts funding weights for district-to-community college concurrent enrollment, assigning 0.70 weighting for career and technical courses and 0.50 weighting for liberal arts and sciences courses based on the percentage of the pupil's school day in those classes.
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Allows summer term concurrent enrollment courses to be counted for funding purposes as if the student attended during the school year that begins following the summer term.
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Permits community colleges to identify up to five regional high-demand jobs in consultation with regional career and technical education planning partnerships, supplementing the statewide list created by the workforce development board.
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to career education, including by modifying provisions related to career academies, the collective statewide articulation agreement between community colleges and the state board of regents, the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program, and individual career and academic plans.(See SF 2223.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2223.
2/4/2026