260G.4 - PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY AND DESIGNATION. - Iowa Statutes

260G.4 PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY AND DESIGNATION. 1. Any of the following community college programs are eligible for designation and approval as an accelerated career education program by the board of directors: a. A credit career, vocational, or technical education program resulting in the conferring of a certificate, diploma, associate of science degree, or associate of applied science degree, which increases program capacity to enroll added participants. b. A credit equivalent career, vocational, or technical educational program consisting of not less than five hundred forty contact hours of classroom and laboratory instruction and resulting in the conferring of a certificate or other recognized, competency-based credential, which increases program capacity to enroll added participants. 2. Program costs shall be calculated or recalculated on an annual basis based on the required program services and for a specific number of participant positions.          Section History: Recent Form 99 Acts, ch 179, §4, 12