____________________________________________________________ Introduction
Cooperating Agencies
The Work-based Learning Guide 2002 was developed in cooperation with the Iowa
Association of Business and Industry Foundation, Iowa Department of Economic
Development, Iowa Department of Education, Iowa Division of Labor Services, the
South Central Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO, and the School-to-Work Office.
As attorney for the Iowa Department of Education and the School-to-Work Office,
Andrew J. Bracken, of Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie, Smith & Allbee, P.C. in Des
Moines, provides legal advice on federal and state child labor laws.
As Managing Agent for insurance programs of the Iowa Association of School Boards,
Robert E. Jester of Jester Insurance Services, Inc., in Des Moines, provides advice to
Iowa schools and school districts on insurance and liability issues.
Work-based Learning Review 2002
Through a review committee, information in a collection of previously published
documents has been revised in the form of this Work-based Learning Guide 2002. Input
was provided from colleagues and constituents of many agencies, including the Iowa
Department of Education (Ray Morley, Jim Fliehler, Colleen Hunt, Laurie Phelan), the
Iowa Department of Economic Development (Jean Johnson, Michael Brown), Iowa
Workforce Development/Iowa Division of Labor Services (Gail Sheridan-Lucht), and the
Iowa Center for Career and Occupational Resources (Penelope Shenk). Jill J. Jensen of
The Jensen Group, West Des Moines, Iowa-based developers of communication and
multi-media, served as writer/editor and project manager.
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