SF 90 (LSB 1794XS (2) 86)

SENATE FILE 90

BY  ZAUN

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at regents universities for Iowa national guard members who are residents of Iowa.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 262.9, subsection 17, Code 2015, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  (1)  Direct each institution of higher learning governed by the board to waive tuition and mandatory fee charges to a member of the Iowa national guard who is a resident of this state or who was a resident of this state at the time of entry into the Iowa national guard. Tuition and mandatory fees shall be waived for not more than one hundred twenty-eight semester credit hours or eight semesters of undergraduate study, or the equivalent. The limitation on credit hours and semesters of study shall be applied cumulatively within the regents university system. The waiver shall apply only for the amount of tuition and mandatory fee charges that exceeds the total amount of any state and federal education benefits, grants, or scholarships the national guard member is eligible for or receives, including but not limited to the federal Pell grant, federal educational assistance for the selected reserve, and the national guard educational assistance program under section 261.86.
   (2)  The department of veterans affairs and the college student aid commission shall provide information and assistance to such an institution upon request.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the state board of regents to direct each of its universities to waive tuition and mandatory fee charges to a member of the Iowa national guard who is a resident of this state or who was a resident of this state at the time of entry into the Iowa national guard.
   Tuition and mandatory fees shall be waived for not more than 128 semester credit hours or eight semesters of undergraduate study within the regents university system. The waiver shall apply only for the amount of tuition and mandatory fee charges that exceeds the total amount of any state and federal education benefits, grants, or scholarships the national guard member is eligible for or receives.
   The department of veterans affairs and the college student aid commission must provide information and assistance to a regents university upon request.