178.893. Agreement, community college district, employer--approval, terms, provisions.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

178.893. Agreement, community college district, employer--approval, terms, provisions.

Agreement, community college district, employer--approval, terms,provisions.

178.893. A community college district, with the approval of thedepartment of economic development in consultation with the office ofadministration, may enter into an agreement to establish a project and provideprogram services to an employer. As soon as possible after initial contactbetween a community college district and a potential employer regarding thepossibility of entering into an agreement, the district shall inform thedivision of job development and training of the department of economicdevelopment and the office of administration about the potential project. Thedivision of job development and training shall evaluate the proposed projectwithin the overall job training efforts of the state to ensure that theproject will not duplicate other job training programs. The department ofeconomic development shall have fourteen days from receipt of the applicationto approve or disapprove projects. If no response is received by thecommunity college within fourteen days the projects are approved. Any projectthat is disapproved must be in writing stating the reasons for thedisapproval. If an agreement is entered into, the district and the employershall notify the department of revenue within fifteen calendar days. Anagreement may provide, but is not limited to:

(1) Payment of program costs, including deferred costs, which may bepaid from one or a combination of the following sources:

(a) Funds appropriated by the general assembly from the Missouricommunity college job training program fund and disbursed by the division ofjob development and training in respect of new jobs credit from withholding tobe received or derived from new employment resulting from the project;

(b) Tuition, student fees, or special charges fixed by the board oftrustees to defray program costs in whole or in part;

(2) Payment of program costs shall not be deferred for a period longerthan ten years if program costs do not exceed five hundred thousand dollars,or eight years if program costs exceed five hundred thousand dollars from thedate of commencement of the project;

(3) Costs of on-the-job training for employees, shall include wages orsalaries of participating employees. Payments for on-the-job training shallnot exceed the average of fifty percent of the total percent of the totalwages paid by the employer to each participant during the period of training.Payment for on-the-job training may continue for up to six months after theplacement of the participant in the new job;

(4) A provision which fixes the minimum amount of new jobs credit fromwithholding, or tuition and fee payments which shall be paid for programcosts;

(5) Any payment required to be made by an employer is a lien upon theemployer's business property until paid and has equal precedence with ordinarytaxes and shall not be divested by a judicial sale. Property subject to thelien may be sold for sums due and delinquent at a tax sale, with the sameforfeitures, penalties, and consequences as for the nonpayment of ordinarytaxes. The purchasers at tax sale obtain the property subject to theremaining payments.