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:
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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.
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