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 PAG LIN 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