House
File
2370
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Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
2370
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2251)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
1,
2016
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
exemptions
from
registration
of
1
postsecondary
schools
by
the
college
student
aid
commission.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
261B.11,
subsection
1,
Code
2016,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
o.
A
school
of
religious
study
located
3
in
Iowa
that
was
established
in
Spain
in
1982,
is
affiliated
4
with
the
department
of
global
missions
of
open
bible
churches,
5
grants
bachelor’s
degrees,
and
is
accredited
by
a
nationally
6
recognized
accrediting
agency
as
determined
by
the
United
7
States
department
of
education.
8
Sec.
2.
Section
261B.11,
subsections
2
and
3,
Code
2016,
are
9
amended
to
read
as
follows:
10
2.
A
school
that
claims
an
exemption
from
registration
11
under
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“h”
,
“i”
,
“k”
,
“l”
,
or
“m”
,
must
,
12
at
the
commission’s
request
and
in
the
manner
prescribed
by
13
rule
of
the
commission,
apply
for
approval
of
the
exemption
14
and
demonstrate
to
the
commission
or
its
designee
that
it
15
qualifies
for
the
exemption.
The
school
must
apply
for
16
approval
of
its
exemption
claim
on
an
application
supplied
by
17
the
commission.
The
commission
or
its
designee
may
approve
the
18
school’s
exemption
claim
for
a
period
not
to
exceed
two
years,
19
or
may
deny
it
the
exemption
claim
.
A
school
whose
exemption
20
claim
is
approved
must
reapply
to
renew
its
an
exemption
no
21
less
frequently
than
every
two
years
approved
pursuant
to
this
22
section
.
23
a.
A
school
that
is
granted
approved
for
an
exemption
under
24
this
section
must
file
evidence
of
financial
responsibility
25
under
section
714.18
or
demonstrate
to
the
commission
or
its
26
designee
that
the
school
qualifies
for
an
exemption
under
27
section
714.18
or
714.19
.
28
b.
A
for-profit
school
with
at
least
one
program
of
29
more
than
four
months
in
length
that
leads
to
a
recognized
30
educational
credential,
such
as
an
academic
or
professional
31
degree,
diploma,
or
license,
must
submit
to
the
commission
or
32
its
designee
a
tuition
refund
policy
that
meets
the
conditions
33
of
section
714.23
.
34
3.
A
school
that
is
denied
an
exemption
claim
by
the
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commission
or
its
designee
,
or
that
no
longer
qualifies
for
1
a
claimed
exemption,
shall
apply
for
registration
or
cease
2
operating
in
Iowa.
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