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1 1 Section 1. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION. There is
1 2 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college
1 3 student aid commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1 4 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, the following amount, or so
1 5 much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose
1 6 designated:
1 7 For the access education program as established in section
1 8 261.98:
1 9 .................................................. $ 150,000
1 10 Sec. 2. Section 261.92, Code 1999, is amended by adding
1 11 the following new subsection:
1 12 NEW SUBSECTION. 6A. "Person with a disability" means a
1 13 person who is considered to be a person with a disability
1 14 under the disability criteria specified in Title II or Title
1 15 XVI of the federal Social Security Act or who has a physical
1 16 or mental illness or condition which, in the expected natural
1 17 course of the illness or condition, to a reasonable degree of
1 18 medical certainty, is expected to continue for an
1 19 uninterrupted period of twelve months or more and
1 20 substantially impairs the person's ability to provide for the
1 21 person's care or custody.
1 22 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 261.98 ACCESS EDUCATION GRANT
1 23 PROGRAM.
1 24 1. An access education grant program is established within
1 25 the Iowa grant program administered by the commission. The
1 26 provisions of sections 261.92 and 261.94 through 261.97 shall
1 27 apply to the access education grant program except as follows:
1 28 a. A grant may be awarded to a person with a disability
1 29 who is a resident of Iowa, is admitted and in attendance as a
1 30 full-time or part-time resident student at an accredited
1 31 higher education institution, and who establishes financial
1 32 need. Grants awarded in accordance with this section shall be
1 33 distributed in the same manner as provided in section 261.93.
1 34 b. Notwithstanding section 261.95, subsection 1, the
1 35 amount of a grant to a qualified full-time student for an
2 1 academic year shall be the lesser of the student's financial
2 2 need for that academic year or up to two thousand dollars.
2 3 2. The provisions of section 261.93A shall not apply to
2 4 funds appropriated for purposes of this section.
2 5 EXPLANATION
2 6 This bill establishes the access education grant program
2 7 within the Iowa grant program administered by the college
2 8 student aid commission and appropriates $150,000 from the
2 9 general fund of the state for FY 1999-2000 for purposes of the
2 10 program.
2 11 The provisions of the Iowa grant program apply to the
2 12 access education program except that in addition to the
2 13 eligibility requirements for the Iowa grant program, an
2 14 individual must be a person with a disability to qualify for
2 15 an access education grant. The bill defines "person with a
2 16 disability" to mean a person who is considered to be a person
2 17 with a disability under the disability criteria specified in
2 18 Title II or Title XVI of the federal Social Security Act or
2 19 who has a physical or mental illness or condition which, in
2 20 the expected natural course of the illness or condition, to a
2 21 reasonable degree of medical certainty, is expected to
2 22 continue for a continuous period of 12 months or more and
2 23 substantially impairs the person's ability to provide for the
2 24 person's care or custody.
2 25 The maximum grant amount for a full-time student under the
2 26 access education grant program is $2,000, while the maximum
2 27 amount for an Iowa grant program award is $1,000.
2 28 The Code requires that moneys appropriated for the Iowa
2 29 grant program be distributed to community colleges, accredited
2 30 private institutions, and regents universities according to
2 31 set percentages. Moneys appropriated for purposes of the
2 32 access education grant program are not to be distributed using
2 33 these percentages.
2 34 LSB 2418YH 78
2 35 kh/sc/14
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