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 than four five hundred dollars; or
  1 11    b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000 2009, and
  1 12 for each following fiscal year, four five 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