House
File
426
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
426
BY
RUNNING-MARQUARDT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
community
colleges
and
state
board
of
regents
1
universities
to
waive
tuition
and
mandatory
fee
charges
for
2
the
children
of
peace
officers,
police
officers,
and
fire
3
fighters
killed
or
totally
and
permanently
incapacitated
in
4
the
line
of
duty.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
260C.14,
Code
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
23.
Adopt
rules
to
waive
tuition
and
3
mandatory
fee
charges
for
any
student
in
good
standing
who
is
4
a
resident
of
Iowa;
is
under
the
age
of
twenty-six,
or
under
5
the
age
of
thirty
if
the
student
is
a
qualified
veteran
as
6
defined
in
subsection
14;
is
not
a
convicted
felon
as
defined
7
in
section
910.15;
and
meets
the
following
criteria:
8
a.
Is
the
child
of
a
peace
officer,
as
defined
in
section
9
97A.1,
who
receives
benefits
under
section
97A.6,
subsection
10
5,
or
was
killed
in
the
line
of
duty
as
determined
by
the
11
board
of
trustees
of
the
Iowa
department
of
public
safety
12
peace
officers’
retirement,
accident,
and
disability
system
in
13
accordance
with
section
97A.6,
subsection
16.
14
b.
Is
the
child
of
a
police
officer
or
a
fire
fighter,
as
15
defined
in
section
411.1,
who
receives
benefits
under
section
16
411.6,
subsection
5,
or
was
killed
in
the
line
of
duty
as
17
determined
by
the
statewide
fire
and
police
retirement
system
18
in
accordance
with
section
411.6,
subsection
15.
19
Sec.
2.
Section
262.9,
Code
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
the
20
following
new
subsection:
21
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
36.
Adopt
rules
that
require
the
22
institutions
of
higher
education
under
its
control
to
waive
23
tuition
and
mandatory
fee
charges
for
any
undergraduate
student
24
in
good
standing
who
is
a
resident
of
Iowa;
is
under
the
age
25
of
twenty-six,
or
under
the
age
of
thirty
if
the
student
is
26
a
qualified
veteran
as
defined
in
subsection
17;
is
not
a
27
convicted
felon
as
defined
in
section
910.15;
and
meets
the
28
following
criteria:
29
a.
Is
the
child
of
a
peace
officer,
as
defined
in
section
30
97A.1,
who
receives
benefits
under
section
97A.6,
subsection
31
5,
or
was
killed
in
the
line
of
duty
as
determined
by
the
32
board
of
trustees
of
the
Iowa
department
of
public
safety
33
peace
officers’
retirement,
accident,
and
disability
system
in
34
accordance
with
section
97A.6,
subsection
16.
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b.
Is
the
child
of
a
police
officer
or
a
fire
fighter,
as
1
defined
in
section
411.1,
who
receives
benefits
under
section
2
411.6,
subsection
5,
or
was
killed
in
the
line
of
duty
as
3
determined
by
the
statewide
fire
and
police
retirement
system
4
in
accordance
with
section
411.6,
subsection
15.
5
Sec.
3.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
ACT.
Section
25B.2,
subsection
6
3,
shall
not
apply
to
this
Act.
7
EXPLANATION
8
This
bill
directs
the
community
colleges
and
regents
9
universities
to
waive
tuition
and
mandatory
fee
charges
for
10
any
undergraduate
student
in
good
standing
who
is
a
resident
11
of
Iowa;
is
under
the
age
of
26,
or
30
if
the
student
is
a
12
veteran
who
is
eligible
for
or
has
exhausted
federal
veterans
13
educational
benefits
and
has
resided
in
this
state
for
at
least
14
one
year
or
sufficient
time
to
have
filed
an
Iowa
tax
return
in
15
the
preceding
12
months;
is
not
a
convicted
felon;
and
is
the
16
child
of
a
peace
officer,
police
officer,
or
fire
fighter
who
17
receives
accidental
disability
benefits
or
who
was
killed
in
18
the
line
of
duty.
19
The
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
20
section
25B.3.
The
bill
makes
inapplicable
Code
section
25B.2,
21
subsection
3,
which
would
relieve
a
political
subdivision
from
22
complying
with
a
state
mandate
if
funding
for
the
cost
of
23
the
state
mandate
is
not
provided
or
specified.
Therefore,
24
political
subdivisions
are
required
to
comply
with
any
state
25
mandate
included
in
the
bill.
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