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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 261.110 IOWA TRIBUTE TUITION
1 2 GRANTS.
1 3 1. An Iowa tribute tuition grant may be awarded to a
1 4 child, whether a resident of this state or not, of a public
1 5 safety employee or volunteer killed in the line of duty.
1 6 2. Eligibility for a tuition grant under this section
1 7 shall be determined upon application to the commission, whose
1 8 decision is final, and admission of the applicant to a
1 9 community college or institution of higher learning under the
1 10 control of the state board of regents.
1 11 3. Grants shall be awarded on an annual basis and shall be
1 12 credited by the institution against the student's tuition at
1 13 the beginning of each semester, trimester, or quarter, in
1 14 equal installments, upon certification by the institution that
1 15 the student is admitted and attending the institution.
1 16 4. An eligible full-time student may receive tribute
1 17 tuition grants for not more than eight semesters of
1 18 undergraduate study or the trimester or quarter equivalent.
1 19 An eligible part-time student may receive tribute tuition
1 20 grants for not more than sixteen semesters of undergraduate
1 21 study or the trimester or quarter equivalent. The grant
1 22 amount is limited to an amount equal to the resident tuition
1 23 rate of the institution to which the eligible student is
1 24 admitted and attending. "Full-time student" means an
1 25 individual who is enrolled at a community college or board of
1 26 regents university for at least twelve semester hours or the
1 27 trimester or quarter equivalent. "Part-time student" means an
1 28 individual who is enrolled at a community college or board of
1 29 regents university in a course of study including at least
1 30 three semester hours or the trimester or quarter equivalent of
1 31 three semester hours.
1 32 5. When used in this section, "public safety employee or
1 33 volunteer killed in the line of duty" means a person whose
1 34 death occurred in the performance of any act which is within
1 35 the scope of the lawful duty or authority of the person while
2 1 paid or volunteering in any of the following capacities in
2 2 this state:
2 3 a. A peace officer as defined in section 801.4.
2 4 b. A law enforcement officer as defined in section 80B.3.
2 5 c. A reserve peace officer as defined in section 80D.1A.
2 6 d. A fire fighter as defined in section 411.1.
2 7 e. A volunteer fire fighter as defined in section 85.61.
2 8 f. An airport fire fighter employed by the military
2 9 division of the department of public defense.
2 10 6. The college student aid commission shall adopt rules
2 11 pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.
2 12 7. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
2 13 state to the college student aid commission for each fiscal
2 14 year an amount sufficient for the purpose of awarding of
2 15 tribute tuition grants as provided in this section.
2 16 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY DATE. This Act applies to the death
2 17 of a public safety employee or volunteer which occurs on or
2 18 after July 1, 1997.
2 19 EXPLANATION
2 20 This bill provides for the awarding of an Iowa tribute
2 21 tuition grant to a child, whether a resident of this state or
2 22 not, of a public safety employee or volunteer killed in the
2 23 line of duty on or after July 1, 1997. The bill defines a
2 24 "public safety employee or volunteer killed in the line of
2 25 duty" as a person whose death occurred in the performance of
2 26 any act which is within the scope of the lawful duty or
2 27 authority of the person while paid or volunteering in any of
2 28 the following capacities in this state: a peace officer, a
2 29 law enforcement officer, a reserve peace officer, a fire
2 30 fighter, a volunteer fire fighter, or an airport fire fighter
2 31 employed by the military division of the department of public
2 32 defense.
2 33 Grant eligibility is determined by the commission and upon
2 34 admission to a community college or institution of higher
2 35 learning under the control of the state board of regents. The
3 1 grant amount is limited to payment of the in-state tuition
3 2 rate and an eligible student may receive tuition grants for
3 3 not more than eight semesters of undergraduate study or the
3 4 trimester or quarter equivalent. An eligible part-time
3 5 resident student may receive tuition grants for not more than
3 6 16 semesters of undergraduate study or the trimester or
3 7 quarter equivalent.
3 8 The bill provides for a standing unlimited appropriation
3 9 from the general fund of the state to pay for the awarding of
3 10 tribute tuition grants.
3 11 LSB 2046SS 77
3 12 kh/cf/24
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