Senate
File
349
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
349
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1083)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
amount
of
tuition
grant
received
by
a
1
qualified
resident
student.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
261.12,
subsection
1,
Code
2017,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
The
amount
of
a
tuition
grant
to
a
qualified
full-time
3
student
for
the
fall
and
spring
semesters,
or
the
trimester
4
equivalent,
shall
be
the
amount
of
the
student’s
financial
need
5
for
that
period.
However,
a
tuition
grant
shall
not
exceed
the
6
lesser
of:
7
a.
The
total
average
resident
tuition
and
mandatory
fees
8
for
that
student
for
two
semesters
or
the
trimester
or
quarter
9
equivalent,
less
the
base
amount
determined
annually
by
the
10
college
student
aid
commission,
which
base
amount
shall
be
11
within
ten
dollars
of
the
average
tuition
for
two
semesters
or
12
the
trimester
equivalent
of
undergraduate
study
at
the
state
13
universities
under
institutions
of
higher
learning
governed
by
14
the
state
board
of
regents
,
but
in
any
event
the
base
amount
15
shall
not
be
less
than
four
hundred
dollars;
or
16
b.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2015,
and
for
each
17
succeeding
fiscal
year,
six
thousand
dollars
.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
relates
to
the
amount
of
an
Iowa
tuition
grant
22
that
may
be
awarded
by
the
college
student
aid
commission
to
a
23
qualified
student
enrolled
full-time
at
an
accredited
private
24
institution.
“Qualified
student”
is
defined
in
current
law
as
25
a
resident
student
who
has
established
financial
need
and
who
26
is
making
satisfactory
progress
toward
graduation.
27
Currently,
the
amount
of
a
tuition
grant
to
a
full-time
28
student
is
limited
to
the
least
of
the
student’s
financial
29
need,
$6,000,
or
the
total
tuition
and
mandatory
fees
for
30
that
student
for
two
semesters,
or
the
trimester
or
quarter
31
equivalent,
less
the
base
amount,
which
is
approximately
the
32
average
tuition
for
two
semesters
at
the
regents
universities
33
but
in
any
event
not
less
than
$400.
The
bill
eliminates
34
the
$6,000
limitation
and
establishes
that
the
total
amount
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of
tuition
grant
to
a
full-time
student
shall
not
exceed
the
1
total
average
resident
tuition
and
mandatory
fees
at
a
regents
2
university.
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