Bill Text: IA HF2275 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the disbursement of all Iowa opportunity scholarships. Effective 7-1-16.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-03-30 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 585. [HF2275 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF2275-Enrolled.html

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House File 2275 - Enrolled




                              HOUSE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                              (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 569)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                        House File 2275

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO THE DISBURSEMENT OF ALL IOWA OPPORTUNITY
    SCHOLARSHIPS.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 261.87, subsection 3, Code 2016, is
 amended to read as follows:
    3.  Extent of scholarship.  A qualified student at an
 eligible institution may receive scholarships for not more than
 the equivalent of two full=time academic years of undergraduate
 study, excluding summer semesters. Scholarships awarded
 pursuant to this section may, at the qualified student's
 request, be awarded on an annual basis or semester disbursed
 over a single academic year or two academic years, and shall
 not exceed the lesser least of the following amounts, as
 determined by the commission:
    a.  The student's financial need.
    b.  One=half of the The average resident tuition rate and
 mandatory fees established for institutions of higher learning
 governed by the state board of regents for a scholarship
 disbursed over one academic year, or one=half of that amount
 for a scholarship disbursed over two academic years.
    c.  The resident tuition and mandatory fees charged for the
 program of enrollment by the eligible institution at which the
 student is enrolled.


                                                             
                               LINDA UPMEYER
                               Speaker of the House


                                                             
                               PAM JOCHUM
                               President of the Senate
    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
 is known as House File 2275, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.


                                                             
                               CARMINE BOAL
                               Chief Clerk of the House
 Approved                , 2016


                                                             
                               TERRY E. BRANSTAD
                               Governor

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