House
File
154
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
154
BY
SIEGRIST
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
a
waiver
of
undergraduate
tuition
and
1
mandatory
fees
and
a
stipend
at
regents
institutions
for
2
Iowa
residents
who
receive
the
maximum
score
on
certain
3
standardized
tests.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
262.9,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
39.
Direct
the
institutions
of
higher
3
learning
governed
by
the
board
to
waive
undergraduate
tuition
4
and
mandatory
fees
for
a
resident
of
Iowa
who
receives
the
5
maximum
score
possible
on
the
college
readiness
assessment
6
administered
by
ACT,
inc.,
or
the
college
readiness
assessment
7
administered
by
the
college
board
and
to
provide
the
student
8
with
a
stipend
of
five
thousand
dollars
per
semester.
The
9
board
may
require
that
documentation
of
the
score
be
provided
10
in
order
to
qualify
for
such
a
waiver
and
stipend.
A
student
11
must
make
satisfactory
academic
progress
toward
graduation
in
12
order
to
continue
to
receive
such
a
waiver
and
stipend.
The
13
board
may
establish
standards
for
such
progress.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
requires
regents
institutions
to
waive
18
undergraduate
tuition
and
mandatory
fees
for
a
resident
of
19
Iowa
who
receives
the
maximum
score
possible
on
the
college
20
readiness
assessment
administered
by
ACT,
inc.,
or
the
college
21
readiness
assessment
administered
by
the
college
board
and
to
22
provide
the
student
with
a
stipend
of
$5,000
per
semester.
The
23
board
may
require
that
documentation
of
the
score
be
provided
24
in
order
to
qualify
for
such
a
waiver
and
stipend.
A
student
25
must
make
satisfactory
academic
progress
toward
graduation
in
26
order
to
continue
to
receive
such
a
waiver
and
stipend.
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