SF 2227 (LSB 5835SV (1) 91)

SENATE FILE 2227

BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2002)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to tuition charged to resident undergraduate students enrolled at regents institutions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 262.9, Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  43.  Direct each institution of higher education governed by the board to establish a policy whereby the tuition amount charged to students classified as residents that is charged to an undergraduate student in the student’s first academic year of enrollment, commencing with a first academic year of enrollment beginning in or after 2027, will not increase in the student’s subsequent academic years of undergraduate enrollment. For a student who begins their first academic year of undergraduate enrollment with sufficient academic transfer credits that the student can complete a baccalaureate degree program in less than four academic years, this requirement only applies for the number of academic years necessary for the student to complete a degree program with their academic transfer credits, rounded up. This subsection does not apply to any academic years beyond three consecutive academic years of undergraduate enrollment after a student’s first academic year of enrollment.
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 the state board of regents to direct each regents institution to establish a policy whereby the tuition amount charged to students classified as residents that is charged to an undergraduate student in the student’s first academic year of enrollment will not increase in the student’s subsequent academic years of undergraduate enrollment. This requirement applies to a student’s first academic year of enrollment that begins in or after 2027. The bill provides limitations on this requirement.