House File 61 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY TYMESON Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act increasing the amount of an Iowa tuition grant a qualified 2 student may receive. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1239YH 83 5 kh/rj/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 261.12, subsection 1, paragraphs a and 1 2 b, Code 2009, are amended to read as follows: 1 3 a. The total tuition and mandatory fees for that student 1 4 for two semesters or the trimester or quarter equivalent, less 1 5 the base amount determined annually by the college student aid 1 6 commission, which base amount shall be within ten dollars of 1 7 the average tuition for two semesters or the trimester 1 8 equivalent of undergraduate study at the state universities 1 9 under the board of regents, but in any event the base amount 1 10 shall not be less thanfourfive hundred dollars; or 1 11 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,20002009, and 1 12 for each following fiscal year,fourfive thousand dollars. 1 13 EXPLANATION 1 14 This bill increases the base amount a qualified student 1 15 receives annually under the Iowa tuition grant program from 1 16 $400 to $500, and increases the total amount a qualified 1 17 student may receive annually from $4,000 to $5,000. The 1 18 maximum amount is currently set at $4,000 for fiscal year 2001 1 19 and succeeding fiscal years. 1 20 LSB 1239YH 83 1 21 kh/rj/8