House File 250 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  BAUDLER


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring the state board of regents to adopt rules
  2    directing its institutions of higher learning to waive certain
  3    tuition charges for the children of police officers, fire
  4    fighters, sheriffs, deputies, volunteer emergency services
  5    providers, and individuals in protection occupations killed in
  6    the line of duty.
  7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  8 TLSB 1836HH 82
  9 kh/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 262.9, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  31.  a.  Adopt rules that require an
  1  4 institution of higher education under its control to waive the
  1  5 institution's tuition charges for any undergraduate student
  1  6 who is a resident of Iowa and meets any of the following
  1  7 criteria:
  1  8    (1)  Is the child of a peace officer, as defined in section
  1  9 97A.1, who is killed in the line of duty as determined by the
  1 10 board of trustees of the Iowa department of public safety
  1 11 peace officers' retirement, accident, and disability system in
  1 12 accordance with section 97A.6, subsection 16.
  1 13    (2)  Is the child of an individual in a protection
  1 14 occupation, as defined in section 97B.49B, or is the child of
  1 15 a sheriff or deputy sheriff, as defined in section 97B.49C,
  1 16 who is killed in the line of duty as determined by the Iowa
  1 17 public employees' retirement system in accordance with section
  1 18 97B.52, subsection 2.
  1 19    (3)  Is the child of a volunteer emergency services
  1 20 provider, as defined in section 100B.31, who is killed in the
  1 21 line of duty as determined by the department of public safety
  1 22 in accordance with section 100B.31, subsection 2.
  1 23    (4)  Is the child of a police officer or a fire fighter, as
  1 24 defined in section 411.1, who is killed in the line of duty as
  1 25 determined by the statewide fire and police retirement system
  1 26 in accordance with section 411.6, subsection 15.
  1 27    b.  An individual who is eligible for a waiver under
  1 28 paragraph "a" shall complete and file an application, on a
  1 29 form approved by the board, with an institution of higher
  1 30 education under the board's control for a waiver for the
  1 31 ensuing academic year.
  1 32    c.  For purposes of this subsection only, "child" means a
  1 33 person who is the surviving issue of, or a child legally
  1 34 adopted by, a person killed in the line of duty as identified
  1 35 in paragraph "a", who is under the age of thirty years, and is
  2  1 a full=time student.
  2  2                           EXPLANATION
  2  3    This bill requires the state board of regents to adopt
  2  4 rules directing its institutions of higher learning to waive
  2  5 undergraduate tuition charges for the children of peace and
  2  6 police officers, fire fighters, sheriffs, deputies, volunteer
  2  7 emergency services providers, and individuals in protection
  2  8 occupations killed in the line of duty.
  2  9    Eligible individuals must be under the age of 30 and apply
  2 10 to the institutions for a waiver.
  2 11 LSB 1836HH 82
  2 12 kh:nh/es/88