Senate
File
90
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
90
BY
ZAUN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
a
waiver
of
tuition
and
mandatory
fees
at
1
regents
universities
for
Iowa
national
guard
members
who
are
2
residents
of
Iowa.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
262.9,
subsection
17,
Code
2015,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
c.
(1)
Direct
each
institution
of
higher
3
learning
governed
by
the
board
to
waive
tuition
and
mandatory
4
fee
charges
to
a
member
of
the
Iowa
national
guard
who
is
a
5
resident
of
this
state
or
who
was
a
resident
of
this
state
6
at
the
time
of
entry
into
the
Iowa
national
guard.
Tuition
7
and
mandatory
fees
shall
be
waived
for
not
more
than
one
8
hundred
twenty-eight
semester
credit
hours
or
eight
semesters
9
of
undergraduate
study,
or
the
equivalent.
The
limitation
10
on
credit
hours
and
semesters
of
study
shall
be
applied
11
cumulatively
within
the
regents
university
system.
The
waiver
12
shall
apply
only
for
the
amount
of
tuition
and
mandatory
fee
13
charges
that
exceeds
the
total
amount
of
any
state
and
federal
14
education
benefits,
grants,
or
scholarships
the
national
guard
15
member
is
eligible
for
or
receives,
including
but
not
limited
16
to
the
federal
Pell
grant,
federal
educational
assistance
17
for
the
selected
reserve,
and
the
national
guard
educational
18
assistance
program
under
section
261.86.
19
(2)
The
department
of
veterans
affairs
and
the
college
20
student
aid
commission
shall
provide
information
and
assistance
21
to
such
an
institution
upon
request.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
requires
the
state
board
of
regents
to
direct
each
26
of
its
universities
to
waive
tuition
and
mandatory
fee
charges
27
to
a
member
of
the
Iowa
national
guard
who
is
a
resident
of
this
28
state
or
who
was
a
resident
of
this
state
at
the
time
of
entry
29
into
the
Iowa
national
guard.
30
Tuition
and
mandatory
fees
shall
be
waived
for
not
more
than
31
128
semester
credit
hours
or
eight
semesters
of
undergraduate
32
study
within
the
regents
university
system.
The
waiver
33
shall
apply
only
for
the
amount
of
tuition
and
mandatory
fee
34
charges
that
exceeds
the
total
amount
of
any
state
and
federal
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education
benefits,
grants,
or
scholarships
the
national
guard
1
member
is
eligible
for
or
receives.
2
The
department
of
veterans
affairs
and
the
college
student
3
aid
commission
must
provide
information
and
assistance
to
a
4
regents
university
upon
request.
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