H-8045

   Amend House File 2224 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, after line 14 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 261.9, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:

   “Accredited private institution” means an institution of higher learning located in Iowa which is operated privately and not controlled or administered by any state agency or any subdivision of the state and which meets the criteria in paragraphs “a” and “b” and all of the criteria in paragraphs “d” through “h” “i”, except that institutions defined in paragraph “c” of this subsection are exempt from the requirements of paragraphs “a” and “b”:
   Sec. ___.  Section 261.9, subsection 1, Code 2014, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  i.  (1)  Adopts a policy to require that the institution shall annually, beginning December 15, 2015, file a report with the governor and the general assembly providing information and statistics for the previous five academic years on the number of students per year who are veterans who received education credit for military education, training, and service, that number as a percentage of veterans known to be enrolled at the institution, the average number of credits received by students, and the average number of credits applied towards the award or completion of a course of instruction, postsecondary diploma, degree, or other evidences of distinction.
   (2)  For purposes of this paragraph, “veteran” means a veteran as defined in section 35.1.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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MASCHER of Johnson