Senate
File
387
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
387
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
104)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
courses
of
study
and
training
programs
of
1
the
Iowa
law
enforcement
academy
and
veterans
educational
2
assistance
benefits,
and
including
effective
date
3
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
80B.11B,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
The
director
of
the
academy,
subject
3
to
the
approval
of
the
Iowa
state
approving
agency
of
the
4
department
of
education,
shall
amend
its
administrative
5
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
require
that
the
academy’s
6
courses
of
study
and
training
programs
meet
the
requirements
7
of
nondegree
programs
under
the
Post-9/11
Veterans
Educational
8
Assistance
Act
of
2008,
38
U.S.C.
§3301
et
seq.,
as
amended.
9
Sec.
2.
IOWA
LAW
ENFORCEMENT
ACADEMY
——
APPLICATION
TO
10
IOWA
STATE
APPROVING
AGENCY.
The
director
of
the
Iowa
law
11
enforcement
academy
shall,
within
thirty
days
of
the
effective
12
date
of
this
Act,
apply
to
the
Iowa
state
approving
agency
13
of
the
department
of
education
for
approval
of
the
academy’s
14
courses
of
study
and
training
programs
as
nondegree
programs
15
under
the
Post-9/11
Veterans
Educational
Assistance
Act
of
16
2008.
17
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
18
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
relates
to
courses
of
study
and
training
programs
23
of
the
Iowa
law
enforcement
academy
and
federal
veterans
24
educational
assistance
benefits.
25
The
bill
directs
the
director
of
the
Iowa
law
enforcement
26
academy,
subject
to
the
approval
of
the
Iowa
state
approving
27
agency
of
the
department
of
education,
to
amend
its
28
administrative
rules
to
require
that
the
academy’s
courses
of
29
study
and
training
programs
meet
the
requirements
of
nondegree
30
programs
under
the
Post-9/11
Veterans
Educational
Assistance
31
Act
of
2008.
Under
current
law,
veterans,
service
members
32
on
active
duty,
and
spouses
and
children
of
veterans
who
33
died
in
the
line
of
duty
cannot
receive
reimbursement
for
34
academy-related
educational
and
training
expenses
and
fees
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under
this
federal
law
because
the
academy
does
not
have
1
approved
nondegree
programs.
2
The
bill
directs
the
director
of
the
academy,
within
30
days
3
of
the
effective
date
of
the
Act,
to
apply
to
the
Iowa
state
4
approving
agency
of
the
department
of
education
for
approval
5
of
the
academy’s
courses
of
study
and
training
programs
as
6
nondegree
programs
under
the
federal
law.
The
Iowa
state
7
approving
agency
of
the
Iowa
department
of
education
is
8
responsible
for
approving
programs
in
Iowa
eligible
to
provide
9
benefits
to
individuals
under
the
Post-9/11
Veterans
Education
10
Assistance
Act
of
2008.
11
The
bill
creates
an
immediate
effective
date
upon
enactment.
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