House Study Bill 561 - Introduced SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION/COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION BILL) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the resumption of tuition grant eligibility. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 5341XD (5) 83 kh/nh

S.F. _____ H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 261.11, Code 2009, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 261.11 Extent of grant. 3 A qualified full-time resident student may receive tuition 4 grants for not more than eight semesters of undergraduate study 5 or the trimester or quarter equivalent. A qualified part-time 6 resident student may receive tuition grants for not more than 7 sixteen semesters of undergraduate study or the trimester 8 or quarter equivalent. However, a person who previously 9 received tuition grants and who resumes study after an absence 10 from postsecondary education studies of not less than four 11 consecutive years and who meets the requirements established 12 pursuant to section 261.10 shall regain eligibility for tuition 13 grants to the full extent specified in this section. 14 Sec. 2. Section 261.86, subsection 3, Code 2009, is amended 15 to read as follows: 16 3. a. An eligible member of the national guard, attending 17 an institution as provided in subsection 1, paragraph “d” , as 18 a full-time student, shall not receive educational assistance 19 under this section for more than eight semesters, or if 20 attending as a part-time student for not more than sixteen 21 semesters, of undergraduate study, or the trimester or quarter 22 equivalent. 23 b. A national guard member who has met the educational 24 requirements for a baccalaureate degree is ineligible for 25 educational assistance under this section. 26 c. Notwithstanding paragraph “a” , an eligible member of the 27 national guard who previously received educational assistance 28 under this section and who resumes study after an absence 29 from postsecondary education studies of not less than four 30 consecutive years shall regain eligibility for educational 31 assistance under this section to the full extent specified in 32 paragraph “a” . 33 Sec. 3. Section 261.94, Code 2009, is amended to read as 34 follows: 35 -1- LSB 5341XD (5) 83 kh/nh 1/ 2

S.F. _____ H.F. _____ 261.94 Extent of grant. 1 A qualified full-time resident student may receive grants 2 for not more than eight semesters of undergraduate study or 3 the trimester or quarter equivalent. A qualified part-time 4 resident student may receive grants for not more than sixteen 5 semesters of undergraduate study or the trimester or quarter 6 equivalent. However, a person who previously received grants 7 and who resumes study after an absence from postsecondary 8 education studies of not less than four consecutive years and 9 who meets the requirements established pursuant to section 10 261.93 shall regain eligibility for tuition grants to the full 11 extent specified in this section. 12 EXPLANATION 13 This bill permits a person who was receiving an Iowa tuition 14 grant, an Iowa grant, or national guard educational assistance 15 and who abandoned postsecondary educational studies for not 16 less than four consecutive years, to regain eligibility for 17 the full extent of the Iowa tuition grant, Iowa grant, or 18 national guard educational assistance, whether or not the 19 person received Iowa tuition grant, Iowa grant, or national 20 guard educational assistance moneys prior to the person’s 21 minimum four-year absence from postsecondary education studies. 22 The full extent of grant or tuition assistance is up to eight 23 full-time, or 16 part-time, semesters of undergraduate study, 24 or the trimester or quarter equivalent. 25 -2- LSB 5341XD (5) 83 kh/nh 2/ 2