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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 261.21A TUITION AND FEES
1 2 EXEMPTION FOR PERSONS WHO RECEIVED FOSTER CARE.
1 3 1. For the purposes of this section, unless the context
1 4 otherwise requires, "eligible student" means an individual who
1 5 meets both of the following conditions:
1 6 a. The student was subject to a court order under chapter
1 7 232, division III or IV, which transferred the custody of the
1 8 student to the department of human services and the student
1 9 was in a foster care placement or another out-of-home
1 10 placement for a period of six months or longer at any of the
1 11 following times in the student's life:
1 12 (1) The day before the student's eighteenth birthday.
1 13 (2) The day of the student's fourteenth birthday, if the
1 14 student was eligible for adoption on or after that date.
1 15 (3) The day on which the student graduated from high
1 16 school or received the equivalent of a high school diploma.
1 17 b. The student enrolls in an undergraduate course of study
1 18 at a community college as defined in section 260C.2, an
1 19 institution of higher learning under the control of the state
1 20 board of regents, or an accredited private institution on or
1 21 before the third anniversary of the date the student was
1 22 discharged from foster care, graduated from high school, or
1 23 received the equivalent of a high school diploma.
1 24 2. a. An eligible student is exempt from payment of
1 25 undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees at a community
1 26 college as defined in section 260C.2 or an institution of
1 27 higher learning under the control of the state board of
1 28 regents.
1 29 b. Accredited private institutions are encouraged to
1 30 assist with the application process for a tuition grant and
1 31 other forms of financial assistance or use other means to
1 32 exempt an eligible student from payment of undergraduate
1 33 tuition and mandatory fees. Subject to an appropriation of
1 34 sufficient funding for this purpose, the college student aid
1 35 commission shall reimburse an accredited private institution
2 1 for the eligible student's undergraduate tuition and fees that
2 2 are not paid by tuition grants or other forms of financial
2 3 assistance, not to exceed the maximum amount of undergraduate
2 4 tuition and mandatory fees payable for a comparable course of
2 5 study at a community college or regents institution of higher
2 6 learning.
2 7 EXPLANATION
2 8 This bill provides an exemption from the tuition and fees
2 9 charged by regents institutions and community colleges for
2 10 certain persons who were placed in foster care or another out-
2 11 of-home placement.
2 12 New Code section 261.21A would include the exemption as
2 13 part of the Code's college student aid commission chapter.
2 14 Eligibility is limited to students who were in the custody of
2 15 the department of human services under a child in need of
2 16 assistance or termination of parental rights court order and
2 17 in foster care placement for a period of six months or longer
2 18 at any of the following times: on the day prior to their 18th
2 19 birthday, on the day of their 14th birthday if eligible for
2 20 adoption, or on the day of high school graduation or the
2 21 receipt of an equivalency diploma. The student must be
2 22 enrolled in an undergraduate course of study at a community
2 23 college, regents institution, or Iowa private college or
2 24 university on or within three years of the date of discharge
2 25 from foster care, high school graduation, or receipt of the
2 26 equivalent of a high school diploma.
2 27 Iowa private colleges and universities are encouraged to
2 28 assist with the application process for an Iowa tuition grant
2 29 and other forms of financial assistance or to exempt such
2 30 students from payment of undergraduate tuition and mandatory
2 31 fees. Subject to an appropriation of funding for this
2 32 purpose, the college student aid commission is to reimburse
2 33 the private colleges and universities for tuition and fees
2 34 that are not paid by other forms of financial assistance up to
2 35 the maximum payable for comparable courses at community
3 1 colleges and regents institutions.
3 2 LSB 6083HH 78
3 3 jp/cls/14.1
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