HOUSE FILE 2174

BY  KAUFMANN, BYRNES, GRASSLEY, LOFGREN, R. OLSON, BRANDENBURG, PETTENGILL, JACOBY, ROGERS, and LUKAN

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring the state board of regents to provide for a reduction in undergraduate resident tuition for residents who earn an associate degree at an Iowa community college and who transfer to an institution of higher education governed by the board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 262.9, subsection 17, Code Supplement 2011, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  Adopt rules to require the institutions of higher education under the board to reduce the resident undergraduate tuition rate by not less than ten percent for a person who is a resident and who transfers to such an institution after obtaining an associate degree from an Iowa community college. The reduction shall be applied to the tuition charged a student prior to the disbursement of any financial aid for which the student is eligible.
EXPLANATION
   This bill directs the state board of regents to require its universities to reduce the resident undergraduate tuition rate by not less than 10 percent for a person who is a resident and who obtains from an Iowa community college an associate degree and transfers to a regents university. The reduction shall be applied to the tuition charged before any financial aid is disbursed for the student.