House
File
577
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
577
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HIGHER
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
154)
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.,
the
college
readiness
assessment
7
administered
by
the
college
board,
or
the
classic
learning
test
8
developed
by
classic
learning
initiatives
and
to
provide
the
9
student
with
a
stipend
of
five
thousand
dollars
per
semester.
10
The
board
may
require
that
documentation
of
the
score
be
11
provided
in
order
to
qualify
for
such
a
waiver
and
stipend.
12
A
student
must
make
satisfactory
academic
progress
toward
13
graduation
in
order
to
continue
to
receive
such
a
waiver
and
14
stipend.
The
board
may
establish
standards
for
such
progress.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
requires
regents
institutions
to
waive
19
undergraduate
tuition
and
mandatory
fees
for
a
resident
of
20
Iowa
who
receives
the
maximum
score
possible
on
the
college
21
readiness
assessment
administered
by
ACT,
inc.,
the
college
22
readiness
assessment
administered
by
the
college
board,
or
23
the
classical
learning
test
developed
by
classic
learning
24
initiatives
and
to
provide
the
student
with
a
stipend
of
$5,000
25
per
semester.
The
board
may
require
that
documentation
of
the
26
score
be
provided
in
order
to
qualify
for
such
a
waiver
and
27
stipend.
A
student
must
make
satisfactory
academic
progress
28
toward
graduation
in
order
to
continue
to
receive
such
a
waiver
29
and
stipend.
30
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