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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 261.17, subsection 3, unnumbered 1 2 paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 A qualified full-time student may receive vocational- 1 4 technical tuition grants for not more than four semesters,1 5eight quartersor the trimester or quarter equivalent of two 1 6 full years of study.The amount of a vocational-technical1 7tuition grant to aA qualified part-time student enrolled in a 1 8 course of study including at least three semester hours but 1 9 fewer than twelve semester hours or the trimester or quarter 1 10 equivalentshall be equal to the amount of a tuition grant1 11that would be paid to a full-time student times a number which1 12represents the number of hours in which the part-time student1 13is actually enrolled divided by twelve semester hours,may 1 14 receive vocational-technical tuition grants for not more than 1 15 eight semesters or the trimester or quarter equivalent of two 1 16 full years of full-time study. 1 17 Sec. 2. Section 261.17, subsection 4, Code 1999, is 1 18 amended to read as follows: 1 19 4. a. The amount of a vocational-technical tuition grant 1 20 to a qualified full-time student shall not exceed the lesser 1 21 of six hundred dollars per year or the amount of the student's 1 22 established financial need. 1 23 b. The amount of a vocational-technical tuition grant to a 1 24 qualified part-time student enrolled in a course of study 1 25 including at least three semester hours but fewer than twelve 1 26 semester hours or the trimester or quarter equivalent shall be 1 27 equal to the amount of a vocational-technical tuition grant 1 28 that would be paid to a full-time student, except that the 1 29 commission shall prorate the amount in a manner consistent 1 30 with the federal Pell grant program proration. 1 31 Sec. 3. Section 261.38, subsection 1, Code 1999, is 1 32 amended to read as follows: 1 33 1. The commission shall establish a loan reserve account 1 34from which any default on a guaranteed student loan shall be1 35paidand an agency operating account as authorized by the 2 1 federal Higher Education Act of 1965. The commission shall 2 2 credit tothis accountthese accounts all moneysdesignated2 3exclusively for the reserve fundprovided for the state 2 4 student loan program by the United States, the state of Iowa, 2 5 or any of their agencies, departments or instrumentalities, as 2 6 well as any funds accruing to the program which are not 2 7 required for current administrative expenses. Thedepartment2 8of management shall determine the actuarially sound reserve2 9requirement for the amount of guaranteed loans outstanding2 10 commission may expend moneys in the loan reserve and agency 2 11 operating accounts as authorized by the federal Higher 2 12 Education Act of 1965. 2 13 Sec. 4. Section 261.38, subsection 2, Code 1999, is 2 14 amended by striking the subsection. 2 15 Sec. 5. Section 261.38, subsections 3, 4, and 5, Code 2 16 1999, are amended to read as follows: 2 17 3. The payment of any funds for the default on a 2 18 guaranteed student loan shall be solely from the loan reserve 2 19accountand agency operating accounts. The general assembly 2 20 shall not be obligated to appropriate any moneys to pay for 2 21 any defaults or to appropriate any moneys to be credited to 2 22 the loan reserve account. The commission shall not give or 2 23 lend the credit of the state of Iowa. 2 24 4.FundsNotwithstanding section 8.33, funds on deposit in 2 25 the loan reserveaccount or in the administrative accountand 2 26 operating accounts shall not revert to the state general fund 2 27 at the close of any fiscal year. 2 28 5. The treasurer of state shall invest any funds, 2 29 including those in the loan reserveaccountand operating 2 30 accounts, and, notwithstanding section 12C.7, the interest 2 31 income earned shall be credited back to theloan reserve2 32 appropriate account. 2 33 Sec. 6. Section 261.38, subsection 6, Code 1999, is 2 34 amended by striking the subsection. 2 35 Sec. 7. Section 261.38, subsection 7, unnumbered paragraph 3 1 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 3 2 The commission mayexpend funds in the reserve account and3 3 enter into agreements with the Iowa student loan liquidity 3 4 corporation in order to increase access for students to 3 5 education loan programs that the commission determines meet 3 6 the education needs of Iowa residents. The agreements shall 3 7 permit the establishment, funding, and operation of 3 8 alternative education loan programs, as described in section 3 9 144(b)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended, 3 10 as defined in section 422.3, in addition to programs permitted 3 11 under the federal Higher Education Act of 1965. In accordance 3 12 with those agreements, the Iowa student loan liquidity 3 13 corporation may issue bonds, notes, or other obligations to 3 14 the public and others for the purpose of funding the 3 15 alternative education loan programs. This authority to issue 3 16suchbonds, notes, or other obligations shall be in addition 3 17 to the authority established in the articles of incorporation 3 18 and bylaws of the Iowa student loan liquidity corporation. 3 19 EXPLANATION 3 20 This bill reflects a change in federal law that prohibits 3 21 the state from asserting control over the loan reserve account 3 22 of the state student loan program, which is currently funded 3 23 with federal moneys. Current Code language provides that the 3 24 general assembly appropriates moneys from the loan reserve 3 25 account to the college student aid commission for state 3 26 student loan program operating costs. 3 27 The bill also authorizes the commission to issue 3 28 vocational-technical tuition grants to qualified part-time 3 29 students equal to the grant amount received by a full-time 3 30 student, but prorated in a manner consistent with the federal 3 31 Pell grant program. Currently, the vocational-technical 3 32 tuition grant amount issued to part-time students is equal to 3 33 the amount paid to a full-time student times a number number 3 34 of hours in which the part-time student is enrolled, divided 3 35 by 12 semester hours. 4 1 The federal Higher Education Amendments of 1998, Pub. L. 4 2 No. 105-244, states that the guaranty agency, and the college 4 3 student aid commission, shall deposit all assets contained in 4 4 the current loan reserve account into a federal student loan 4 5 reserve fund. This fund, according to the federal law, is the 4 6 sole property of the federal government and the guaranty 4 7 agency may use moneys from the fund to pay lender claims or 4 8 pay into the agency operating fund. 4 9 The bill authorizes the college student aid commission to 4 10 establish a loan reserve account and an agency operating 4 11 account for the deposit of moneys provided by the state 4 12 student loan program by the United States and the state of 4 13 Iowa or any of their agencies, departments or 4 14 instrumentalities, as well as any funds accruing to the 4 15 program which are not required for current administrative 4 16 expenses. The bill permits the commission to expend moneys in 4 17 the loan reserve and agency operating accounts as authorized 4 18 by the federal Higher Education Act of 1965. 4 19 The bill strikes a subsection that permits the commission 4 20 to exceed the full-time equivalent positions authorized and 4 21 expend moneys in the loan reserve account in excess of the 4 22 amounts appropriated by the general assembly, in order to 4 23 maintain loan guarantee operations. The subsection stricken 4 24 also requires the commission to notify the chairpersons and 4 25 ranking members of the standing appropriations committees of 4 26 the general assembly and the co-chairpersons and ranking 4 27 members of the education appropriations subcommittee of the 4 28 proposed adjustment or transfer. 4 29 LSB 1276HZ 78 4 30 kh/gg/8
Text: HF00763 Text: HF00765 Text: HF00700 - HF00799 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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