Workforce Development

Bills that would change its laws

Recent bills that add to, rewrite or repeal the Iowa Code chapters it mainly carries out²: chapter 84A, chapter 96.

• HF 2725Relating to education reporting, including the sharing of unit-level wage data for secondary and postsecondary program evaluation, the establishment of the condition of education report, consolidating certain required reports, modifying responsibilities for the future ready Iowa last-dollar scholarship report, modifying Iowa workforce development data-sharing provisions, and creating a return on investment reporting system to be overseen by the Iowa student aid commissionDied when the session ended
• SF 2407Relating to education reporting, including the sharing of unit-level wage data for secondary and postsecondary program evaluation, the establishment of the condition of education report, consolidating certain required reports, modifying responsibilities for the future ready Iowa last-dollar scholarship report, modifying Iowa workforce development data-sharing provisions, and creating a return on investment reporting system to be overseen by the Iowa student aid commissionDied when the session ended
• HF 2631Relating to a family leave and medical leave insurance program that provides for paid, job-protected leave for certain family leave and medical leave reasons for eligible employees of specified employersDied when the session ended
• HF 2607Exempting service performed for certain employers from eligibility for unemployment insurance, and including applicability provisionsDied when the session ended
• SF 2372Relating to statutory corrections that adjust language to reflect current practices, correct grammar, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, remove ambiguities, and establish Code editor directivesWithdrawn
• HF 2547Relating to 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, and by requiring the state board of regents to submit a report related to establishing a performance-based funding model for the institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regentsDied when the session ended
• HF 2528Modifying the duties of the workforce development board, state board of education, and department of education related to cyber and artificial intelligenceDied when the session ended
• HF 2466Relating to apprenticeships and other career training and making appropriationsDied when the session ended
• HF 2458Establishing the teacher and para-educator grant program within the department of workforce development, and making appropriationsDied when the session ended
• HF 2396Modifying provisions related to programs administered by the college student aid commission, including the skilled workforce shortage tuition grant program, Iowa workforce grant and incentive program, vocational-technical tuition grant program, the future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship program, and the gap tuition assistance program, and making appropriationsDied when the session ended
• HF 2385Prohibiting the misclassification of employees as independent contractors, providing penalties, and including applicability provisionsDied when the session ended
• HF 2384Relating to the maximum amount of unemployment benefits payable during a benefit yearDied when the session ended