House
File
2352
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2352
BY
ZABNER
,
KONFRST
,
MATSON
,
FORBES
,
CROKEN
,
BAGNIEWSKI
,
SRINIVAS
,
WILSON
,
SCHEETZ
,
LEVIN
,
AMOS
JR.
,
STAED
,
MADISON
,
B.
MEYER
,
COOLING
,
BUCK
,
SCHOLTEN
,
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
,
WILBURN
,
JAMES
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
KRESSIG
,
CAHILL
,
and
OLSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
amount
of
tuition
and
mandatory
fees
1
charged
by
institutions
of
higher
education
governed
by
the
2
state
board
of
regents
and
making
appropriations.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
262.9,
subsection
22,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
22.
a.
Develop
a
policy
and
adopt
rules
relating
to
the
3
establishment
of
tuition
rates
which
provide
a
predictable
4
basis
for
assessing
and
anticipating
changes
in
tuition
rates.
5
b.
(1)
The
rules
shall
provide
that
the
amount
of
tuition
6
and
mandatory
fees
charged
by
an
institution
of
higher
7
education
under
the
board’s
control
to
a
resident
undergraduate
8
student
admitted
on
or
after
July
1,
2024,
and
on
or
before
9
July
1,
2028,
shall
not
increase
during
the
student’s
first
10
four
full
academic
years
of
participation
in
the
undergraduate
11
program.
12
(2)
Commencing
on
or
before
February
1,
2025,
and
annually
13
on
or
before
each
February
1
thereafter,
a
supplemental
14
appropriation
necessary
to
pay
to
the
institutions
of
higher
15
education
under
the
board’s
control
amounts
equal
to
the
16
reduction
in
tuition
and
mandatory
fees
that
result
from
the
17
prohibition
in
subparagraph
(1)
shall
be
established
by
statute
18
which
shall
be
enacted
during
the
regular
legislative
session.
19
(3)
This
paragraph
is
repealed
July
1,
2032.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
This
bill
relates
to
the
amount
of
tuition
and
mandatory
fees
24
charged
by
institutions
of
higher
education
governed
by
the
25
state
board
of
regents.
26
Current
law
requires
the
state
board
of
regents
to
adopt
27
rules
related
to
the
establishment
of
tuition
rates
which
28
provide
a
predictable
basis
for
assessing
and
anticipating
29
changes
in
tuition
rates.
The
bill
requires
these
rules
30
to
provide
that
the
amount
of
tuition
and
mandatory
fees
31
charged
by
an
institution
of
higher
education
to
a
resident
32
undergraduate
student
admitted
on
or
after
July
1,
2024,
and
33
on
or
before
July
1,
2028,
shall
not
increase
during
the
34
student’s
first
four
full
academic
years
of
participation
in
35
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the
undergraduate
program.
The
bill
provides
that,
commencing
1
on
or
before
February
1,
2025,
and
annually
on
or
before
each
2
February
1
thereafter,
a
supplemental
appropriation
necessary
3
to
pay
to
the
institutions
of
higher
education
amounts
equal
to
4
the
reduction
in
tuition
and
mandatory
fees
that
result
from
5
the
freeze
on
tuition
and
mandatory
fees
shall
be
established
6
by
statute.
The
bill’s
provisions
are
repealed
July
1,
2032.
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