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1 1 Amend House File 2477 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 32, by inserting after line 25 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. 101. NEW SECTION. 261.110 DEFINITIONS.
1 5 As used in this division, unless the context
1 6 otherwise requires:
1 7 1. "Accredited higher education institution" means
1 8 a public or private institution of higher learning
1 9 located in Iowa that meets the requirements
1 10 established in section 261.92, subsection 1.
1 11 2. "Commission" means the college student aid
1 12 commission.
1 13 3. "Full-time resident student" means an
1 14 individual resident of Iowa who is enrolled at an
1 15 accredited higher education institution located in
1 16 Iowa in a course of study including at least twelve
1 17 semester hours or the trimester equivalent of twelve
1 18 semester hours or the quarter equivalent of twelve
1 19 semester hours. "Course of study" does not include
1 20 correspondence courses.
1 21 4. "Grant" means an award by the state of Iowa to
1 22 an accredited higher education institution for a
1 23 qualified resident student under the Iowa military
1 24 service grant program.
1 25 5. "Part-time resident student" means an
1 26 individual resident of Iowa who is enrolled at an
1 27 accredited higher education institution located in
1 28 Iowa in a course of study including at least three
1 29 semester hours or the trimester or the four quarter
1 30 equivalent of three semester hours. "Course of study"
1 31 does not include correspondence courses.
1 32 6. "Qualified student" means a resident student
1 33 who entered military service on or after January 1,
1 34 1994, has received an honorable discharge from a
1 35 branch of the armed services of the United States of
1 36 America or the state military forces, after having
1 37 served a minimum of four years on active duty, and who
1 38 is making satisfactory progress toward graduation.
1 39 Sec. 102. NEW SECTION. 261.111 PROGRAM
1 40 ESTABLISHED – ELIGIBILITY.
1 41 An Iowa military service grant program is
1 42 established. A military service grant may be awarded
1 43 to a resident of Iowa who is admitted and in
1 44 attendance as a full-time or part-time resident
1 45 student at an accredited higher education institution
1 46 and who has received an honorable discharge from a
1 47 branch of the armed services of the United States of
1 48 America or the state military forces, after having
1 49 served a minimum of four years on active duty. The
1 50 individual's permanent residence during the years of
2 1 service on active duty shall have been in Iowa.
2 2 Grants awarded shall be distributed to the appropriate
2 3 accredited higher education institution for payment of
2 4 educational expenses, including tuition, room, board,
2 5 and mandatory fees, with any balance to be distributed
2 6 to the student for whom the grant is awarded.
2 7 Sec. 103. NEW SECTION. 261.112 EXTENT OF GRANT.
2 8 A qualified full-time resident student may receive
2 9 grants for not more than eight semesters of
2 10 undergraduate study or the trimester or quarter
2 11 equivalent. A qualified part-time resident student
2 12 may receive grants for not more than sixteen semesters
2 13 of undergraduate study or the trimester or quarter
2 14 equivalent.
2 15 Sec. 104. NEW SECTION. 261.113 AMOUNT OF GRANT.
2 16 1. The amount of a grant to a qualified full-time
2 17 student for an academic year shall be one thousand
2 18 dollars.
2 19 2. The amount of a grant to a qualified part-time
2 20 student enrolled in a course of study shall be equal
2 21 to the average amount of a grant to a full-time
2 22 student times a number which represents twenty-four
2 23 semester hours, or the trimester or quarter
2 24 equivalent, divided by the number of hours in which
2 25 the part-time student is actually enrolled.
2 26 3. A grant may be made annually for both the fall
2 27 and spring semesters or the trimester equivalent.
2 28 Payments under the grant shall be allocated equally
2 29 among the semesters or trimesters and shall be paid at
2 30 the beginning of each semester or trimester, upon
2 31 certification by the accredited higher education
2 32 institution that the student is admitted and in
2 33 attendance. If the student discontinues attendance
2 34 before the end of the semester or trimester after
2 35 receiving payment under the grant, the entire amount
2 36 of any refund due that student, up to the amount of
2 37 any payments made under the annual grant, shall be
2 38 paid by the accredited higher education institution to
2 39 the state.
2 40 Sec. 105. NEW SECTION. 261.114 ADMINISTRATION BY
2 41 COMMISSION – RULES.
2 42 The commission shall administer this program and
2 43 shall:
2 44 1. Provide application forms to qualified students
2 45 enrolled and attending or seeking to enroll and attend
2 46 an accredited higher education institution.
2 47 2. Adopt rules for defining tuition and mandatory
2 48 fees, defining residence for the purposes of the Iowa
2 49 military service grant program, and processing and
2 50 approving applications for grants. In determining who
3 1 is a resident of Iowa, the commission's rules shall be
3 2 at least as restrictive as those of the board of
3 3 regents.
3 4 3. Approve and award grants to accredited higher
3 5 education institutions under the program.
3 6 4. Report annually to the governor and general
3 7 assembly and include in the report an evaluation of
3 8 the Iowa military service grant program for the
3 9 period. The commission may require the accredited
3 10 higher education institution to promptly furnish any
3 11 information that the commission may request in
3 12 connection with the Iowa military service grant
3 13 program.
3 14 5. Provide for the proration of funds among
3 15 qualified applicants if funds available are
3 16 insufficient to pay all approved grants.
3 17 6. Contact the appropriate officials from each
3 18 branch of the armed services of the United States and
3 19 the adjutant general of the state to determine the
3 20 number of possible eligible applicants for this
3 21 program.
3 22 Sec. 106. NEW SECTION. 261.115 APPLICATION FOR
3 23 GRANTS.
3 24 Each applicant, in accordance with the rules of the
3 25 commission, shall:
3 26 1. Complete and file an application for a grant on
3 27 forms provided by the commission.
3 28 2. Submit promptly information requested by the
3 29 commission.
3 30 3. File a new application annually, by which the
3 31 applicant's eligibility for a renewed grant will be
3 32 evaluated and determined.
3 33 Sec. 107. NEW SECTION. 261.116 APPROPRIATION.
3 34 There is appropriated from the general fund of the
3 35 state to the college student aid commission funds
3 36 sufficient to pay the Iowa military service tuition
3 37 grants approved pursuant to this division."
3 38 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
3 39
3 40
3 41
3 42 WARNSTADT of Woodbury
3 43 HF 2477.508 76
3 44 kh/jw
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