House File 62
HOUSE FILE
BY JOCHUM
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to vocational=technical tuition grants
2 administered by the college student aid commission.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 1674HH 82
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 261.17, subsections 1, 2, and 5, Code
1 2 2007, are amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. A vocational=technical tuition grant may be awarded to
1 4 any resident of Iowa who establishes financial need and is
1 5 admitted and in attendance as a full=time or part=time student
1 6 in a vocational=technical or career option program at a
1 7 community college in the state, and who establishes financial
1 8 need or in a course of study at a school of cosmetology arts
1 9 and sciences licensed under chapter 157 and accredited by a
1 10 national accrediting agency recognized by the United States
1 11 department of education.
1 12 2. All classes, including liberal arts classes, identified
1 13 by the community college or school of cosmetology arts and
1 14 sciences as required for completion of the student's
1 15 vocational=technical or career option program, or for the
1 16 completion of a cosmetology course of study required for
1 17 licensure as provided in section 157.10, shall be considered a
1 18 part of the student's vocational=technical or career option
1 19 program or cosmetology course of study for the purpose of
1 20 determining the student's eligibility for a grant.
1 21 Notwithstanding subsection 3, if a student is making
1 22 satisfactory academic progress but the student cannot complete
1 23 a vocational=technical or career option program or cosmetology
1 24 course of study in the time frame allowed for a student to
1 25 receive a vocational=technical tuition grant as provided in
1 26 subsection 3 because additional classes are required to
1 27 complete the program or course of study, the student may
1 28 continue to receive a vocational=technical tuition grant for
1 29 not more than one additional enrollment period.
1 30 5. A vocational=technical tuition grant shall be awarded
1 31 on an annual basis, requiring reapplication by the student for
1 32 each year. Payments under the grant shall be allocated
1 33 equally among the semesters or quarters of the year upon
1 34 certification by the institution that the student is in
1 35 full=time or part=time attendance in a vocational=technical or
2 1 career option program, as defined under rules of the
2 2 department of education, or in a course of study at a school
2 3 of cosmetology arts and sciences licensed pursuant to chapter
2 4 157. If the student discontinues attendance before the end of
2 5 any term after receiving payment of the grant, the entire
2 6 amount of any refund due that student, up to the amount of any
2 7 payments made under the annual grant, shall be paid by the
2 8 institution to the state.
2 9 Sec. 2. Section 261.17, subsection 7, paragraph a, Code
2 10 2007, is amended to read as follows:
2 11 a. Provide application forms for distribution to students
2 12 by Iowa high schools, schools of cosmetology arts and sciences
2 13 licensed under chapter 157, and community colleges.
2 14 EXPLANATION
2 15 This bill expands the eligibility for vocational=technical
2 16 tuition grants administered by the college student aid
2 17 commission for students enrolled in a vocational=technical or
2 18 career option program at a community college, to include
2 19 students enrolled in a course of study at a school of
2 20 cosmetology arts and sciences licensed under Code chapter 157
2 21 and accredited by a national accrediting agency recognized by
2 22 the United States department of education. The bill makes
2 23 conforming changes.
2 24 LSB 1674HH 82
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