HF 135 (LSB 1221YH (5) 91)

HOUSE FILE 135

BY  JONES, HORA, and KAUFMANN

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at regents institutions and community colleges for certain sanitation workers and their children.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 260C.14, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  26.  a.  For purposes of this subsection, “sanitation worker” means a person employed by a county, city, or township in this state, or a contractor thereof, with a primary job duty to provide collection or transportation of residential or commercial solid waste or recyclables.
   b.  Waive tuition and mandatory fees for a person employed as a sanitation worker for at least one year within the previous five years and for the child of such a person. The board may require that documentation of such employment be provided in order to qualify for such a waiver.
    Sec. 2.  Section 262.9, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  39.  a.  For purposes of this subsection, “sanitation worker” means a person employed by a county, city, or township in this state, or a contractor thereof, with a primary job duty to provide collection or transportation of residential or commercial solid waste or recyclables.
   b.  Direct the institutions of higher learning governed by the board to waive tuition and mandatory fees for a person employed as a sanitation worker for at least one year within the previous five years and for the child of such a person. The board may require that documentation of such employment be provided in order to qualify for such a waiver.
    Sec. 3.  IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT.  Section 25B.2, subsection 3, shall not apply to this Act.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires regents institutions and community colleges to waive tuition and mandatory fees for a person employed as a sanitation worker, as defined in the bill, for at least one year within the previous five years and for the child of such a person. The institution or college may require that documentation of such employment be provided in order to qualify for such a waiver.
   The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with any state mandate included in the bill.