HF 595 (LSB 2309HV (2) 85)

HOUSE FILE 595

BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 309)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the definition of resident for purposes of tuition and fees at community colleges and institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of regents.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 260C.14, subsection 14, Code 2013, is amended by adding the following new paragraphs:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  Adopt rules to classify as a resident, for purposes of tuition and mandatory fees, a person who meets the following criteria:
   (1)  Attended an accredited school in this state for at least four consecutive years as of the date the person graduated from an accredited Iowa high school, or was placed under private instruction in accordance with chapter 299A for at least four consecutive years immediately prior to the fiscal year in which the person enrolled in a community college.
   (2)  While a resident of this state in a previous year, was enrolled in, and classified as a resident for purposes of tuition and mandatory fees by, an Iowa community college or an institution of higher learning governed by the state board of regents.
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  d.  Adopt rules establishing the criteria and procedures by which a person demonstrates residency for purposes of tuition and mandatory fees.
    Sec. 2.  Section 262.9, subsection 17, Code 2013, is amended by adding the following new paragraphs:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  Adopt rules to classify as a resident, for purposes of undergraduate and graduate tuition and mandatory fees, a person who meets the following criteria:
   (1)  Attended an accredited school in this state for at least four consecutive years as of the date the person graduated from an accredited Iowa high school, or was placed under private instruction in accordance with chapter 299A for at least four consecutive years immediately prior to the fiscal year in which the person enrolled in an institution of higher learning governed by the state board.
   (2)  While a resident of this state in a previous year, was enrolled in, and classified as a resident for purposes of tuition and mandatory fees by, an Iowa community college or an institution of higher learning governed by the state board.

   NEW PARAGRAPH.  d.  Adopt rules establishing the criteria and procedures by which a person demonstrates residency for purposes of tuition and mandatory fees.
EXPLANATION
   This bill requires community colleges and the state board of regents to classify as a resident for purposes of tuition and mandatory fees a person who either attended an accredited school in this state for at least four consecutive years as of the date the person graduated from an accredited Iowa high school or was placed under private instruction in accordance with Code chapter 299A for at least four years prior to the fiscal year in which the person enrolled in a public postsecondary education institution, and, while a resident of this state in a previous year, was enrolled in, and classified as a resident for purposes of tuition and mandatory fees by, an Iowa community college or an institution of higher learning governed by the state board of regents.
   The bill also requires the community colleges and the state board of regents to adopt rules establishing the criteria and procedures by which a person demonstrates residency for purposes of tuition and mandatory fees.