House File 2427 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2427 BY PRICHARD A BILL FOR An Act relating to the national guard service scholarship 1 program. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6109YH (4) 88 kh/jh

H.F. 2427 Section 1. Section 261.86, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 1 2020, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. (1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), an An 3 eligible member of the national guard, attending an institution 4 as provided in subsection 1 , paragraph “d” , shall not receive 5 scholarship awards under this section for more than one 6 hundred twenty thirty semester, or the equivalent, credit 7 hours of undergraduate study. Only courses that lead to an 8 undergraduate certificate or degree or to a commission in the 9 armed services of the United States are eligible for award 10 funding under this program. 11 (2) An eligible member of the national guard, attending an 12 institution as provided in subsection 1 , paragraph “d” , who is 13 enrolled in a program of education leading to a postsecondary 14 degree that meets the eligibility requirements for the federal 15 Edith Nourse Rogers STEM scholarship established under 38 16 U.S.C. §3320 , shall not receive scholarship awards issued under 17 this section for more than one hundred thirty semester, or the 18 equivalent, credit hours of undergraduate study. 19 (3) A national guard member who has met the educational 20 requirements for a baccalaureate degree is ineligible for a 21 scholarship award under this section . 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 increases the number of credit hours certain 26 national guard members may receive scholarship awards for 27 under the national guard service scholarship program from 120 28 credit hours of undergraduate study to 130 credit hours of 29 undergraduate study, and provides that award funding can only 30 be used for courses leading to an undergraduate certificate or 31 degree or to a commission in the United States armed services. 32 Currently, only national guard members who are enrolled 33 in a program of education leading to a postsecondary degree 34 that meets the eligibility requirements for a federal STEM 35 -1- LSB 6109YH (4) 88 kh/jh 1/ 2

H.F. 2427 scholarship are eligible for scholarship awards for up to 130 1 credit hours. The bill eliminates this exception. 2 -2- LSB 6109YH (4) 88 kh/jh 2/ 2