House File 2180 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  CHAMBERS


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act expanding the national guard educational assistance
  2    program to provide assistance to students enrolled in graduate
  3    school.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5199YH 82
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 261.86, subsection 1, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 1, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    A national guard educational assistance program is
  1  4 established to be administered by the college student aid
  1  5 commission for members of the Iowa national guard who are
  1  6 enrolled as undergraduate students in a community college, an
  1  7 institution of higher learning under the state board of
  1  8 regents, or an accredited private institution.  The college
  1  9 student aid commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
  1 10 17A to administer this section.  An individual is eligible for
  1 11 the national guard educational assistance program if the
  1 12 individual meets all of the following conditions:
  1 13    Sec. 2.  Section 261.86, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code
  1 14 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1 15    d.  Is enrolled as an undergraduate student in a community
  1 16 college as defined in section 260C.2, an institution of higher
  1 17 learning under the control of the board of regents, or an
  1 18 accredited private institution as defined in section 261.9,
  1 19 and is maintaining satisfactory academic progress.
  1 20    Sec. 3.  Section 261.86, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
  1 21 amended to read as follows:
  1 22    3.  An eligible member of the national guard, attending an
  1 23 institution as provided in subsection 1, paragraph "d", as a
  1 24 full=time student, shall not receive educational assistance
  1 25 under this section for more than eight the following:
  1 26    a.  Eight semesters, or if attending as a part=time student
  1 27 for not more than sixteen semesters, of undergraduate study,
  1 28 or the trimester or quarter equivalent.
  1 29    b.  Four semesters, or if attending as a part=time student
  1 30 for not more than eight semesters, of graduate study or the
  1 31 trimester or quarter equivalent.
  1 32    3A.  A national guard member who has met the educational
  1 33 requirements for a baccalaureate master's degree is ineligible
  1 34 for educational assistance under this section.
  1 35                           EXPLANATION
  2  1    This bill expands the national guard educational assistance
  2  2 program, which currently provides educational assistance to
  2  3 members of the Iowa national guard who are enrolled as
  2  4 undergraduate students in a community college, a regents
  2  5 university, or an accredited private institution, to national
  2  6 guard members enrolled as graduate students in regents
  2  7 universities or accredited private institutions.
  2  8    The bill caps assistance at four semesters for full=time
  2  9 graduate students and eight semesters for part=time graduate
  2 10 students.
  2 11    Current law provides that the amount of educational
  2 12 assistance paid cannot be less than 50 percent of the resident
  2 13 tuition rate established for regents universities.
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