House
File
472
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Enrolled
House
File
472
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
GRANT
AND
LOAN
FORGIVENESS
PROGRAMS
ADMINISTERED
BY
THE
COLLEGE
STUDENT
AID
COMMISSION
THAT
PROVIDE
ASSISTANCE
TO
ELEMENTARY
AND
SECONDARY
SCHOOL
TEACHERS
IN
THIS
STATE,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
AND
APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
261.110,
subsection
2,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
An
Iowa
resident
or
nonresident
applicant
shall
be
eligible
for
a
teach
Iowa
scholar
grant
if
the
applicant
meets
all
of
the
criteria
specified
under,
or
established
in
accordance
with,
subsection
3
.
Priority
shall
be
given
to
applicants
who
are
residents
of
Iowa.
A
person
is
ineligible
for
this
program
if
the
person
receives
a
forgivable
loan
under
section
261.111
or
loan
forgiveness
under
section
261.112.
Sec.
2.
Section
261.112,
subsection
1,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
A
teacher
shortage
loan
forgiveness
program
is
established
to
be
administered
by
the
commission.
A
teacher
is
eligible
for
the
program
if
the
teacher
is
practicing
in
a
teacher
shortage
area
as
designated
by
the
department
of
education
pursuant
to
subsection
2
.
A
person
is
ineligible
for
this
program
if
the
person
receives
a
grant
under
section
261.110
or
a
forgivable
loan
under
section
261.111.
For
purposes
of
this
section
,
“teacher”
means
an
individual
holding
House
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472,
p.
2
a
practitioner’s
license
issued
under
chapter
272
,
who
is
employed
in
a
nonadministrative
position
in
a
designated
shortage
area
by
a
school
district
or
area
education
agency
pursuant
to
a
contract
issued
by
a
board
of
directors
under
section
279.13
.
Sec.
3.
INELIGIBILITY
PROVISIONS
OF
ACT
INAPPLICABLE
TO
CERTAIN
RECIPIENTS.
The
provisions
of
section
261.110,
subsection
2,
as
amended
by
this
Act,
and
section
261.112,
subsection
1,
as
amended
by
this
Act,
making
an
individual
ineligible
to
concurrently
receive
a
grant
and
loan
forgiveness
under
sections
261.110
and
261.112,
shall
not
apply
to
an
individual
who
is
receiving
both
a
teach
Iowa
scholar
grant
under
section
261.110
and
teacher
shortage
loan
forgiveness
under
section
261.112
on
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
472,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor