House File 2208 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY UPMEYER Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to a state tuition aid subsidy for resident 2 community college students and making an appropriation. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5393YH 82 5 kh/nh/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 260C.18D STATE TUITION AID 1 2 SUBSIDY == APPROPRIATION. 1 3 1. a. Notwithstanding section 260C.14, subsection 2, the 1 4 board of directors of each community college shall charge 1 5 residents of the state a tuition rate for the fiscal year 1 6 beginning July 1, 2008, that is fifty percent less than the 1 7 tuition rate the board charged for the fiscal year beginning 1 8 July 1, 2007. 1 9 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, and each 1 10 fiscal year thereafter, action by the board of directors of a 1 11 community college to increase tuition, fees, or charges shall 1 12 be limited to an amount equivalent to the increase in the most 1 13 recent higher education price index issued by the commonfund 1 14 institute. 1 15 2. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and each 1 16 fiscal year thereafter, each community college in the state is 1 17 entitled to receive a state tuition aid subsidy. The subsidy 1 18 shall be based upon the amount of revenues received by a 1 19 community college in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, 1 20 from the community college's resident enrollment as reported 1 21 in the college and university enrollment report prepared by 1 22 the university of Iowa for the coordinating council on 1 23 post=high school education, plus an amount adjusted annually 1 24 to reflect the increase in the higher education price index 1 25 issued by the commonfund institute. The subsidy shall be 1 26 distributed based upon each community college's proportional 1 27 share of the total full=time equivalent enrollments for all 1 28 community colleges. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1 29 2009, and each fiscal year thereafter, the subsidy shall be 1 30 included in the base funding when calculating state aid for 1 31 community colleges. 1 32 3. There is appropriated from the general fund of the 1 33 state to the department for each fiscal year an amount 1 34 sufficient to pay the state tuition aid subsidy to community 1 35 colleges under this section. In making computations and 2 1 payments under this section the department shall round amounts 2 2 to the nearest whole dollar. 2 3 EXPLANATION 2 4 This bill reduces community college tuitions for resident 2 5 students by 50 percent of the amount charged in fiscal year 2 6 2007=2008. The bill limits increases in the tuition rate to 2 7 an amount equivalent to the increase in the most recent higher 2 8 education price index issued by the commonfund institute. The 2 9 bill provides for a standing annual appropriation from the 2 10 general fund of the state to the department of education to 2 11 pay the subsidy to community colleges. 2 12 The subsidy shall be based upon the amount of revenues 2 13 received by a community college in the fiscal year beginning 2 14 July 1, 2006, from the community college's resident 2 15 enrollment, plus an amount adjusted annually to reflect the 2 16 increase in the higher education price index issued by the 2 17 commonfund institute. The subsidy is to be distributed based 2 18 upon each community college's proportional share of the 2 19 average full=time equivalent enrollments for all community 2 20 colleges. The subsidy will be included in the base funding 2 21 when calculating state aid in fiscal years beginning on or 2 22 after July 1, 2009. 2 23 LSB 5393YH 82 2 24 kh/nh/5