House File 2477 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY STRUYK, WINDSCHITL, BOAL,
PETTENGILL, L. MILLER, WATTS,
ALONS, and SODERBERG
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act requiring students at state postsecondary institutions to
2 provide proof of legal status, reducing funding for state
3 postsecondary institutions that enroll students without such
4 proof, and providing an applicability date.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 260C.14, Code 2007, is amended by
1 2 adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 22. Require an individual who submits an
1 4 application for admission to the community college to provide
1 5 proof of United States citizenship or proof that the
1 6 individual is lawfully present in the United States. An
1 7 individual who cannot provide such proof shall not be admitted
1 8 by the community college as a student. The department of
1 9 education, in consultation with the legislative services
1 10 agency, shall annually calculate the education funding per
1 11 student for community colleges. State assistance to a
1 12 community college for a fiscal year shall be reduced by the
1 13 education funding per student amount calculated for community
1 14 colleges multiplied by the number of students enrolled in the
1 15 community college in the prior fiscal year who failed to
1 16 provide proof as required under this section. This section
1 17 shall not apply to students who are taking courses offered by
1 18 the community college under the provisions of section 257.11
1 19 or under the provisions of chapter 261C.
1 20 Sec. 2. Section 262.9, Code Supplement 2007, is amended by
1 21 adding the following new subsection:
1 22 NEW SUBSECTION. 32. Direct each of the institutions of
1 23 higher education under the board's control to require an
1 24 individual who submits an application for admission to the
1 25 institution to provide proof of United States citizenship or
1 26 proof that the individual is lawfully present in the United
1 27 States. An individual who cannot provide such proof shall not
1 28 be admitted by the institution as a student. The department
1 29 of management, in consultation with the legislative services
1 30 agency, shall annually calculate the education funding per
1 31 student for regents universities. State assistance to an
1 32 institution for a fiscal year shall be reduced by the
1 33 education funding per student amount calculated for regents
1 34 universities multiplied by the number of students enrolled in
1 35 the institution in the prior fiscal year who failed to provide
2 1 proof as required under this section. This section shall not
2 2 apply to students who are taking courses offered by the
2 3 institution under the provisions of chapter 261C.
2 4 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. Notwithstanding section 260C.14,
2 5 subsection 22, as enacted by this Act, and section 262.9,
2 6 subsection 32, as enacted by this Act, state assistance to an
2 7 institution shall not be reduced as provided in those
2 8 subsections on the basis of students who were enrolled in a
2 9 community college or regents university on or before July 1,
2 10 2008.
2 11 EXPLANATION
2 12 This bill requires community colleges and regents
2 13 universities to require that applicants for admission provide
2 14 proof of United States citizenship or proof that the
2 15 individual is lawfully present in the United States. An
2 16 individual who cannot provide such proof shall not be admitted
2 17 as a student.
2 18 State assistance to a community college or regents
2 19 university shall be reduced by the education funding per
2 20 student amount calculated by the department of education, or
2 21 the department of management, as applicable, in consultation
2 22 with the legislative services agency, for community colleges,
2 23 or regents universities as applicable, multiplied by the
2 24 number of students enrolled in the institution in the prior
2 25 fiscal year who failed to provide proof of legal status.
2 26 The provisions do not apply to high school students taking
2 27 courses at a community college or regents university under the
2 28 postsecondary enrollment options Act; or to high school
2 29 students taking courses at a community college under
2 30 district=to=community college sharing, or to high school
2 31 students taking virtual classes or classes via the Iowa
2 32 communications network offered by a community college. The
2 33 bill also does not apply to students who enrolled in the state
2 34 postsecondary institutions on or before July 1, 2008.
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