Senate
Study
Bill
1045
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
PUBLIC
DEFENSE
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
making
changes
to
certain
limitations
within
the
1
national
guard
educational
assistance
program.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
261.86,
subsection
3,
Code
2015,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
a.
An
eligible
member
of
the
national
guard,
attending
3
an
institution
as
provided
in
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“d”
,
as
4
a
full-time
student,
shall
not
receive
educational
assistance
5
under
this
section
for
more
than
eight
semesters,
or
if
6
attending
as
a
part-time
student
for
not
more
than
sixteen
7
semesters,
one
hundred
twenty
credit
hours
of
undergraduate
8
study
,
or
the
trimester
or
quarter
equivalent
.
A
national
9
guard
member
who
has
met
the
educational
requirements
for
a
10
baccalaureate
degree
is
ineligible
for
educational
assistance
11
under
this
section
.
12
b.
A
member
of
the
national
guard
who
received
educational
13
assistance
under
this
section
prior
to
July
1,
2015,
shall
14
be
deemed
to
have
received
educational
assistance
for
the
15
following
number
of
credit
hours
for
educational
assistance
16
received
before
that
date:
17
(1)
For
each
semester
that
the
member
received
educational
18
assistance
while
attending
an
institution
as
a
full-time
19
student,
twelve
credit
hours.
20
(2)
For
each
semester
that
the
member
received
educational
21
assistance
while
attending
an
institution
as
a
part-time
22
student,
six
credit
hours.
23
(3)
For
each
trimester
or
quarter
that
the
member
received
24
educational
assistance
while
attending
an
institution
as
a
25
full-time
or
part-time
student,
the
number
of
credit
hours
that
26
are
determined
to
be
the
semester
equivalent
by
the
college
27
student
aid
commission.
28
EXPLANATION
29
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
30
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
31
This
bill
makes
changes
to
program
limitations
within
the
32
national
guard
educational
assistance
program.
33
Under
current
law,
participation
in
the
national
guard
34
educational
assistance
program
is
limited
by
semesters
of
35
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attendance,
or
the
trimester
or
quarter
equivalent.
The
bill
1
replaces
these
limitations
by
providing
that
an
eligible
member
2
of
the
Iowa
national
guard
may
not
receive
assistance
under
the
3
program
for
more
than
120
credit
hours
of
undergraduate
study.
4
The
bill
includes
transition
provisions
relating
to
educational
5
assistance
received
under
the
program
prior
to
July
1,
2015.
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