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Senate Amendment 5714

Amendment Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend the amendment, S-5631, to House File 2533, as
  1  2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, as
  1  3 follows:
  1  4    #1.  Page 3, by striking line 48 and inserting the
  1  5 following:  "30, line 6, and inserting the following:
  1  6    "Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  261.28  REWARDING IOWA'S
  1  7 STUDENTS EDUCATIONALLY PROGRAM.
  1  8    1.  A rewarding Iowa's students educationally
  1  9 program is established to be administered by the
  1 10 commission.  A resident of this state who receives a
  1 11 high school diploma or a high school equivalency
  1 12 diploma from a school district or an accredited
  1 13 nonpublic school in this state after July 1, 1998, and
  1 14 who otherwise meets the qualifications of this
  1 15 section, is eligible to receive a rewarding Iowa's
  1 16 students educationally scholarship under the program
  1 17 to attend an eligible institution.
  1 18    2.  In addition to the requirements of subsection
  1 19 1, to be eligible for a scholarship under this
  1 20 section, an individual shall meet the following
  1 21 requirements:
  1 22    a.  Is a citizen of the United States or has been
  1 23 classified as a permanent resident alien by the United
  1 24 States immigration and naturalization service.
  1 25    b.  Have satisfactorily met the entrance
  1 26 requirements for admission to an eligible institution.
  1 27    c.  Upon completing the equivalent of two full
  1 28 semesters or three full quarters at an eligible
  1 29 institution, to continue to be eligible for a
  1 30 scholarship under this section, the student shall have
  1 31 a three-point cumulative grade average on a four-point
  1 32 scale.
  1 33    3.  "Eligible institution", for purposes of this
  1 34 section, means a community college as defined in
  1 35 chapter 260C, an institution of higher learning under
  1 36 the control of the state board of regents, or an
  1 37 accredited private institution, as defined in section
  1 38 261.9.
  1 39    4.  The amount of a scholarship awarded to a
  1 40 qualified student for an upcoming academic year in
  1 41 accordance with this section shall be the amount of
  1 42 the student's financial need for that period,
  1 43 including tuition, mandatory fees, and a book
  1 44 allowance.  However, the scholarship amount shall not
  1 45 exceed the resident tuition rate and mandatory fees
  1 46 established for institutions of higher learning under
  1 47 the control of the state board of regents plus a book
  1 48 allowance.  The book allowance for a full-time student
  1 49 shall be one hundred dollars per quarter or the
  1 50 semester equivalent, and fifty dollars per quarter or
  2  1 the semester equivalent for a student enrolled for
  2  2 less than half-time.
  2  3    5.  No minimum number of hours of enrollment is
  2  4 required for eligibility.
  2  5    6.  An eligible individual shall not receive a
  2  6 scholarship under this section for more than the
  2  7 equivalent of eight full semesters.
  2  8    7.  An individual who qualifies for a federal Pell
  2  9 grant is ineligible for a scholarship under this
  2 10 section.  Federal educational assistance received by
  2 11 an eligible individual shall be applied to reduce the
  2 12 individual's tuition and mandatory fee charges.
  2 13    8.  Scholarship moneys may be expended for remedial
  2 14 coursework.
  2 15    9.  The college student aid commission shall adopt
  2 16 rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this
  2 17 section.  Rules adopted by the commission shall, at a
  2 18 minimum, establish criteria for deferment of a
  2 19 scholarship and provide for an appeals process.
  2 20    10.  There is appropriated from the general fund of
  2 21 the state to the commission for each fiscal year the
  2 22 sum of ten million dollars for rewarding Iowa's
  2 23 students educationally scholarships."" 
  2 24 
  2 25 
  2 26                               
  2 27 JOHNIE HAMMOND 
  2 28 HF 2533.241 77
  2 29 kh/jl/28
     

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