H.F. 562 Section 1. Section 261.130, subsections 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8, 1 Code 2019, are amended to read as follows: 2 1. A skilled workforce shortage tuition grant may be awarded 3 to any resident of Iowa who is admitted and in attendance 4 as a full-time or part-time student in a career-technical or 5 career option program to pursue an associate’s degree or other 6 training at a community college any degree or other training 7 at a postsecondary educational institution in the state, and 8 who establishes financial need. For purposes of this section, 9 “career-technical or career option program” includes a mental 10 health training program. 11 2. Skilled workforce shortage tuition grants shall be 12 awarded only to students pursuing a career-technical or career 13 option program in an industry identified as having a shortage 14 of skilled workers by a community college postsecondary 15 educational institution after conducting a regional skills gap 16 analysis or by the department of workforce development in the 17 department’s most recent quarterly report pursuant to section 18 84A.6, subsection 4 . 19 4. All classes identified by the community college 20 postsecondary educational institution as required for 21 completion of the student’s approved career-technical or 22 career option program shall be considered a part of the 23 student’s career-technical or career option program for 24 the purpose of determining the student’s eligibility for a 25 grant. Notwithstanding subsection 5 , if a student is making 26 satisfactory academic progress but the student cannot complete 27 a career-technical or career option program in the time frame 28 allowed for a student to receive a skilled workforce shortage 29 tuition grant as provided in subsection 5 because additional 30 classes are required to complete the program, the student may 31 continue to receive a skilled workforce shortage tuition grant 32 for not more than one additional enrollment period. 33 6. A skilled workforce shortage tuition grant shall be 34 awarded on an annual basis, requiring reapplication by the 35 -1- LSB 2369YH (3) 88 hb/rh 1/ 3

H.F. 562 student for each year. Payments under the grant shall be 1 allocated equally among the semesters or quarters of the year 2 upon certification by the community college postsecondary 3 educational institution that the student is in full-time or 4 part-time attendance in a career-technical or career option 5 program consistent with the requirements of this section . If 6 the student discontinues attendance before the end of any term 7 after receiving payment of the grant, the entire amount of any 8 refund due that student, up to the amount of any payments made 9 under the annual grant, shall be paid by the community college 10 postsecondary educational institution to the state. 11 8. The commission shall administer this program and shall: 12 a. Provide application forms for distribution to students 13 by Iowa high schools and community colleges postsecondary 14 educational institutions . 15 b. Adopt rules for approving career-technical , or career 16 option programs in industries identified by the department of 17 workforce development pursuant to section 84A.6, subsection 4 ; 18 determining financial need; defining residence for the purposes 19 of this section ; processing and approving applications for 20 grants; and determining priority for grants. 21 c. Approve and award grants on an annual basis. 22 d. Make an annual report to the governor and general 23 assembly. The report shall include the number of students 24 receiving assistance and the industries identified by the 25 community colleges postsecondary educational institutions and 26 by the department of workforce development pursuant to section 27 84A.6, subsection 4 , for which students were admitted to a 28 career-technical or career option program. 29 EXPLANATION 30 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 31 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 32 This bill relates to the skilled workforce shortage tuition 33 grant program. 34 Currently, the Iowa workforce shortage tuition grant program 35 -2- LSB 2369YH (3) 88 hb/rh 2/ 3

H.F. 562 provides tuition grants to students who establish a financial 1 need and who are pursuing an associate’s degree or other 2 training in a career-technical or career option program at a 3 community college in the state in an industry identified as 4 having a shortage of skilled workers by a community college 5 or by the department of workforce development. The grant is 6 renewable for two years. 7 The bill expands current law to provide such tuition grants 8 to Iowa students with a financial need who are pursuing any 9 degree or other training in a career-technical or career option 10 program at a postsecondary educational institution, including 11 a mental health training program, in an industry identified 12 as having a shortage of skilled workers by a postsecondary 13 institution in this state or by the department of workforce 14 development. 15 -3- LSB 2369YH (3) 88 hb/rh 3/ 3