H-8082

   Amend House File 2351 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 
<DIVISION I
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE —— SURVIVING SPOUSE AND CHILDREN>
   2.  Page 3, line 22, by striking <This> and inserting <Division I of this>
   3.  Page 3, line 24, by striking <This> and inserting <Division I of this>
   4.  Page 3, after line 25 by inserting: 
<DIVISION II
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SURVIVING CHILDREN OF CERTAIN PERSONS KILLED 
IN THE LINE OF DUTY

   Sec. ___.  Section 261.87, subsection 1, Code 2018, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  0d.  “Eligible surviving-child student” means a qualified student who is under the age of twenty-six, or under the age of thirty if the student is a veteran who is eligible for benefits, or has exhausted the benefits, under the federal Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008; who is not a convicted felon as defined in section 910.15; and who meets any of the following criteria:
   (1)  Is the child of a peace officer, as defined in section 97A.1, who was killed in the line of duty as determined by the board of trustees of the Iowa department of public safety peace officers’ retirement, accident, and disability system in accordance with section 97A.6, subsection 16.
   (2)  Is the child of a police officer or a fire fighter, as each is defined in section 411.1, who was killed in the line of duty as determined by the statewide fire and police retirement system in accordance with section 411.6, subsection 15.
   (3)  Is the child of a sheriff or deputy sheriff as each is defined in section 97B.49C, who was killed in the line of duty as determined by the Iowa public employees’ retirement system in accordance with section 97B.52, subsection 2.
   (4)  Is the child of a fire fighter or police officer included under section 97B.49B, who was killed in the line of duty as determined by the Iowa public employees’ retirement system in accordance with section 97B.52, subsection 2.
   Sec. ___.  Section 261.87, subsection 3, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Priority for scholarship awards.  Priority for scholarships under this section shall be given to eligible foster care students, then to eligible surviving-child students, who meet the eligibility criteria under subsection 2. Following distribution to students who meet the eligibility criteria under subsection 2, the commission may establish priority for awarding scholarships using any moneys that remain in the all Iowa opportunity scholarship fund.>
   5.  Title page, line 1, by striking <continuation of health care coverage> and inserting <benefits>
   6.  Title page, line 2, by striking <peace officers> and inserting <certain peace officers and fire fighters>
   7.  By renumbering as necessary.

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SEXTON of Calhoun