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1 1 Section 1. Section 261.102, Code 1999, is amended by
1 2 adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. "Biotechnology grant program" means
1 4 the George Washington Carver biotechnology grant program
1 5 established in section 261.106.
1 6 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 261.106 GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
1 7 BIOTECHNOLOGY GRANT.
1 8 1. There is established a George Washington Carver
1 9 biotechnology grant program within the Iowa minority academic
1 10 grants for economic success program administered by the
1 11 commission. The goals of the biotechnology grant program are
1 12 to attract undergraduate and graduate minority students from
1 13 across the country to Iowa's accredited postsecondary
1 14 institutions, to build future leadership within the minority
1 15 community, and to establish an image of the state as a land of
1 16 job opportunities that welcomes its increasing cultural
1 17 diversity.
1 18 2. Notwithstanding sections 261.101 and 261.103, a grant
1 19 under the biotechnology grant program may be awarded to any
1 20 minority person who is a citizen of the United States, who is
1 21 accepted for admission or is attending a community college, an
1 22 institution of higher learning under the control of the state
1 23 board of regents, or an accredited private institution as
1 24 defined in section 261.9 as an undergraduate or graduate
1 25 student pursuing a major in the field of biotechnology, and
1 26 who demonstrates financial need.
1 27 3. Full-time graduate students may receive grants for not
1 28 more than four semesters of graduate study or the trimester or
1 29 quarter equivalent of four semesters of graduate study. Part-
1 30 time graduate students may receive grants for not more than
1 31 eight semesters of graduate study or the trimester or quarter
1 32 equivalent of eight semesters of graduate study.
1 33 4. All other provisions of sections 261.101 through
1 34 261.105 shall apply to the biotechnology grant program.
1 35 EXPLANATION
2 1 This bill establishes the George Washington Carver
2 2 biotechnology grant program within the Iowa minority academic
2 3 grants for economic success program administered by the
2 4 college student aid commission. The goals of the
2 5 biotechnology grant program are to attract undergraduate and
2 6 graduate minority students from across the country to Iowa's
2 7 accredited postsecondary institutions, to build future
2 8 leadership within the minority community, and to establish an
2 9 image of the state as a land of job opportunities that
2 10 welcomes its increasing cultural diversity.
2 11 A grant under the biotechnology grant program may be
2 12 awarded to any minority person who is a citizen of the United
2 13 States, who is accepted for admission or is attending a
2 14 community college, regents university, or an accredited
2 15 private institution as an undergraduate or graduate student
2 16 pursuing a major in the field of biotechnology, and who
2 17 demonstrates financial need.
2 18 Full-time graduate students may receive grants for not more
2 19 than four semesters of graduate study or the trimester or
2 20 quarter equivalent of four semesters of graduate study. Part-
2 21 time graduate students may receive grants for not more than
2 22 eight semesters of graduate study or the trimester or quarter
2 23 equivalent of eight semesters of graduate study.
2 24 LSB 2845HH 78
2 25 kh/sc/14
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