Senate File 59 - Introduced SENATE FILE 59 BY ZAUN A BILL FOR An Act providing for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at 1 regents universities for Iowa national guard members who are 2 residents of Iowa. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1023SS (3) 84 kh/sc
S.F. 59 Section 1. Section 262.9, subsection 17, Code 2011, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . c. (1) Direct each institution of higher 3 education under the control of the board to waive tuition 4 and mandatory fee charges to a member of the Iowa national 5 guard who is a resident of this state or who was a resident 6 of this state at the time of entry into the Iowa national 7 guard. Tuition and mandatory fees shall be waived for not more 8 than one hundred twenty-eight semester credit hours or eight 9 semesters of undergraduate study, or the trimester or quarter 10 equivalent. The limitation on credit hours and semesters 11 of study shall be applied cumulatively within the regents 12 university system. The waiver shall apply only for the amount 13 of tuition and mandatory fee charges that exceeds the total 14 amount of any state and federal education benefits, grants, 15 or scholarships the national guard member is eligible for or 16 receives, including but not limited to the federal Pell grant, 17 federal educational assistance for the selected reserve, and 18 the national guard educational assistance program under section 19 261.86. 20 (2) The department of veterans affairs and the college 21 student aid commission shall provide information and assistance 22 to the institutions upon request. 23 EXPLANATION 24 This bill requires the state board of regents to direct each 25 of its universities to waive tuition and mandatory fee charges 26 to a member of the Iowa national guard who is a resident of this 27 state or who was a resident of this state at the time of entry 28 into the Iowa national guard. 29 Tuition and mandatory fees shall be waived for not more than 30 128 semester credit hours or eight semesters of undergraduate 31 study within the regents university system. The waiver 32 shall apply only for the amount of tuition and mandatory fee 33 charges that exceeds the total amount of any state and federal 34 education benefits, grants, or scholarships the national guard 35 -1- LSB 1023SS (3) 84 kh/sc 1/ 2
S.F. 59 member is eligible for or receives. 1 The department of veterans affairs and the college student 2 aid commission must provide information and assistance to the 3 institutions upon request. 4 -2- LSB 1023SS (3) 84 kh/sc 2/ 2