House File 2104 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY PETTENGILL, TYMESON, ARNOLD,
HORBACH, RAYHONS, DE BOEF,
MAY, S. OLSON, WIENCEK,
BOAL, HUSEMAN, DRAKE,
GREINER, LUKAN, DEYOE,
RASMUSSEN, BAUDLER, and
SODERBERG
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to a postsecondary tuition and mandatory fee
2 waiver for Iowa national guard veterans attending community
3 colleges or state universities.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 260C.14, subsection 2, Code 2007, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 2. Have authority to determine tuition rates for
1 4 instruction.
1 5 a. Tuition for residents of Iowa shall not exceed the
1 6 lowest tuition rate per semester, or the equivalent, charged
1 7 by an institution of higher education under the state board of
1 8 regents for a full=time resident student. However, except for
1 9 students enrolled under chapter 261C, if a local school
1 10 district pays tuition for a resident pupil of high school age,
1 11 the limitation on tuition for residents of Iowa shall not
1 12 apply, the amount of tuition shall be determined by the board
1 13 of directors of the community college with the consent of the
1 14 local school board, and the pupil shall not be included in the
1 15 full=time equivalent enrollment of the community college for
1 16 the purpose of computing general aid to the community college.
1 17 b. Tuition for nonresidents of Iowa shall not be less than
1 18 the marginal cost of instruction of a student attending the
1 19 college.
1 20 c. A lower tuition for nonresidents may be permitted under
1 21 a reciprocal tuition agreement between a merged area and an
1 22 educational institution in another state, if the agreement is
1 23 approved by the director.
1 24 d. (1) The board shall waive tuition and mandatory fee
1 25 charges for not more than one hundred twenty=eight semester
1 26 credit hours or eight semesters of undergraduate study, or the
1 27 trimester or quarter equivalent, less the amount of any fees
1 28 paid under 10 U.S.C. } 2107(c) or 38 U.S.C. } 3104(a)(7)(A),
1 29 if applicable, for a student who is a veteran. The limitation
1 30 on credit hours and semesters of study shall be applied
1 31 cumulatively within the state postsecondary education system.
1 32 The waiver shall apply only for the amount of tuition and
1 33 mandatory fee charges that exceeds the total amount of any
1 34 state and federal education benefits, grants, or scholarships
1 35 received by the veteran, including but not limited to the
2 1 federal Pell grant and the federal Montgomery GI bill.
2 2 (2) The department of veterans affairs shall verify that
2 3 the veteran meets the requirements of this lettered paragraph
2 4 and was a resident of this state at the time of entry into the
2 5 Iowa national guard.
2 6 (3) For purposes of this lettered paragraph, "veteran"
2 7 means a resident of this state who served in active federal
2 8 service after September 11, 2001, for a minimum of eighteen
2 9 months while in the Iowa national guard, and who was
2 10 discharged under honorable conditions.
2 11 e. The board may designate that a portion of the tuition
2 12 moneys collected from students be used for student aid
2 13 purposes.
2 14 Sec. 2. Section 262.9, subsection 18, Code Supplement
2 15 2007, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
2 16 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. (1) Direct each institution of higher
2 17 education to waive tuition and mandatory fee charges for not
2 18 more than one hundred twenty=eight semester credit hours or
2 19 eight semesters of undergraduate study, or fifty semester
2 20 credit hours or four semesters of postgraduate study, or the
2 21 trimester or quarter equivalent, less the amount of any fees
2 22 paid under 10 U.S.C. } 2107(c) or 38 U.S.C. } 3104(a)(7)(A),
2 23 if applicable, for a student who is a veteran. The limitation
2 24 on credit hours and semesters of study shall be applied
2 25 cumulatively within the state postsecondary education system.
2 26 The waiver shall apply only for the amount of tuition and
2 27 mandatory fee charges that exceeds the total amount of any
2 28 state and federal education benefits, grants, or scholarships
2 29 received by the veteran, including but not limited to the
2 30 federal Pell grant and the federal Montgomery GI bill.
2 31 (2) The department of veterans affairs shall verify that
2 32 the veteran meets the requirements of this lettered paragraph
2 33 and was a resident of this state at the time of entry into the
2 34 Iowa national guard.
2 35 (3) For purposes of this lettered paragraph, "veteran"
3 1 means a resident of this state who served in active federal
3 2 service after September 11, 2001, for a minimum of eighteen
3 3 months while in the Iowa national guard, and who was
3 4 discharged under honorable conditions.
3 5 EXPLANATION
3 6 This bill requires community colleges and state
3 7 universities to waive tuition and mandatory fee charges for
3 8 not more than 128 semester credit hours or eight semesters of
3 9 undergraduate study, whichever is longer, or 50 semester
3 10 credit hours or four semesters of postgraduate study, minus
3 11 senior reserve officers' training corps scholarship and
3 12 federal veterans administration's vocational rehabilitation
3 13 and education program funds, if applicable, and any other
3 14 state and federal education benefits, grants, or scholarships
3 15 received by the veteran, including but not limited to the
3 16 federal Pell grant and the federal Montgomery GI bill.
3 17 The limitation on credit hours and semesters of study shall
3 18 be applied cumulatively within the state postsecondary
3 19 education system.
3 20 The bill defines veteran to mean a resident of this state
3 21 who served in federal active service after September 11, 2001,
3 22 for a minimum of 18 months while in the Iowa national guard,
3 23 and who was discharged under honorable conditions.
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