Senate Study Bill 1168
SENATE FILE
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
VETERANS AFFAIRS BILL
BY CHAIRPERSON BEALL)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act requiring the state's community colleges and regents
2 universities to include persons serving on active duty who are
3 stationed at Rock Island arsenal, and their families, in the
4 definition of resident for purposes of tuition and fees.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 260C.14, subsection 14, Code 2009, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 14. a. In its discretion, adopt rules relating to the
1 4 classification of students enrolled in the community college
1 5 who are residents of Iowa's sister states as residents or
1 6 nonresidents for tuition and fee purposes.
1 7 b. Adopt rules to classify qualified military persons and
1 8 their spouses and children as residents for purposes of
1 9 tuition and fees.
1 10 c. For purposes of this subsection:
1 11 (1) "Qualified military person" means a person on active
1 12 duty in the military service of the United States who is
1 13 stationed at Rock Island arsenal. If the qualified military
1 14 person is transferred, deployed, or restationed while the
1 15 person's spouse or child is enrolled in the community college,
1 16 the spouse or child shall continue to be classified as a
1 17 resident until the close of the fiscal year in which the
1 18 spouse or child is enrolled.
1 19 (2) "Child" means an individual who was claimed by a
1 20 qualified military person as a dependent on the qualified
1 21 military person's internal revenue service tax filing for the
1 22 previous tax year.
1 23 Sec. 2. Section 262.9, subsection 16, Code 2009, is
1 24 amended to read as follows:
1 25 16. a. In its discretion, adopt rules relating to the
1 26 classification of students enrolled in institutions of higher
1 27 education under the board who are residents of Iowa's sister
1 28 states as residents or nonresidents for fee purposes.
1 29 b. Adopt rules to classify qualified military persons and
1 30 their spouses and children as residents for purposes of
1 31 tuition and fees.
1 32 c. For purposes of this subsection:
1 33 (1) "Qualified military person" means a person on active
1 34 duty in the military service of the United States who is
1 35 stationed at Rock Island arsenal. If the qualified military
2 1 person is transferred, deployed, or restationed while the
2 2 person's spouse or child is enrolled in an institution of
2 3 higher education under the control of the board, the spouse or
2 4 child shall continue to be classified as a resident until the
2 5 close of the fiscal year in which the spouse or child is
2 6 enrolled.
2 7 (2) "Child" means an individual who was claimed by a
2 8 qualified military person as a dependent on the qualified
2 9 military person's internal revenue service tax filing for the
2 10 previous tax year.
2 11 EXPLANATION
2 12 This bill requires the state board of regents and the
2 13 boards of directors of the state's community colleges to adopt
2 14 rules that classify qualified military persons and their
2 15 spouses and children as residents for purposes of tuition and
2 16 fees. The military person must be on active duty in the
2 17 military service of the United States and stationed at Rock
2 18 Island arsenal in Illinois in order for the military person
2 19 and family to qualify for resident status under the bill.
2 20 If the military person is transferred, deployed, or
2 21 restationed while the person's spouse or child is enrolled in
2 22 a public postsecondary institution, the spouse or child shall
2 23 continue to be classified as a resident until the close of the
2 24 fiscal year in which the spouse or child is enrolled.
2 25 The bill may create a state mandate as provided in Code
2 26 chapter 25B.
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