Bill Text: IA HF2350 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing the Iowa for all college corps program in the college student aid commission and making appropriations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-10 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 235. [HF2350 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-HF2350-Introduced.html
House File 2350 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2350 BY WESSEL-KROESCHELL A BILL FOR An Act establishing the Iowa for all college corps program 1 in the college student aid commission and making 2 appropriations. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6042YH (3) 89 jda/jh
H.F. 2350 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 261.133 Iowa for all college corps 1 program. 2 1. An Iowa for all college corps program is established 3 to provide grants to selected students to make higher 4 education more affordable. The college student aid commission 5 shall administer the Iowa for all college corps program in 6 collaboration with the state board of regents. 7 2. An Iowa resident applicant who graduated from a high 8 school in this state shall be eligible for an Iowa for all 9 college corps program grant if the applicant meets all of the 10 criteria specified under, or established in accordance with, 11 subsection 3. The commission shall award Iowa for all college 12 corps program grants on a first-come, first-served basis based 13 on the date the applicant submits an application. 14 3. Criteria for eligibility for an Iowa for all college 15 corps program grant shall be established by the college student 16 aid commission and shall include all of the following: 17 a. The applicant has completed and filed an application 18 with the college student aid commission. The applicant shall 19 be responsible for the prompt submission of any information 20 required by the college student aid commission and for the 21 prompt submission of applications related to community service 22 completed during different academic years. 23 b. The applicant is enrolled in an eligible university. 24 For purposes of this subsection, “eligible university” means 25 an institution of higher learning under the control of the 26 state board of regents or an accredited private institution as 27 defined in section 261.9. 28 c. The applicant has completed at least four hundred fifty 29 hours of community service during the eligible university’s 30 academic year. 31 d. Any other criteria established by the college student aid 32 commission. 33 4. An Iowa for all college corps program grant shall not 34 exceed the highest resident tuition rate established for 35 -1- LSB 6042YH (3) 89 jda/jh 1/ 4
H.F. 2350 institutions of higher education governed by the state board 1 of regents during the school year the applicant submitted an 2 application for an Iowa for all college corps program grant. 3 5. The college student aid commission shall use not more 4 than three percent of the moneys in the Iowa for all college 5 corps program fund at the beginning of the fiscal year to pay 6 the costs and expenses associated with the administration and 7 operation of the Iowa for all college corps program. 8 6. The college student aid commission, in collaboration 9 with the state board of regents, shall adopt rules pursuant 10 to chapter 17A to administer this section. The rules shall 11 include a process for use by the college student aid commission 12 to determine which eligible applicants will receive an Iowa for 13 all college corps program grant. 14 7. An Iowa for all college corps program fund is established 15 in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the 16 college student aid commission and shall consist of moneys 17 appropriated by the general assembly and any other moneys 18 received by the college student aid commission for deposit 19 in the fund. The moneys in the fund are appropriated to the 20 college student aid commission for the Iowa for all college 21 corps program. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the 22 fund at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert to 23 the general fund of the state but shall remain available for 24 expenditure for the Iowa for all college corps program for 25 subsequent fiscal years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, 26 subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall 27 be credited to the fund. 28 Sec. 2. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION —— IOWA FOR ALL 29 COLLEGE CORPS PROGRAM —— APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated 30 from the general fund of the state to the college student aid 31 commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and 32 ending June 30, 2023, the following amount, or so much thereof 33 as is necessary, to be used for the purposes designated: 34 For deposit in the Iowa for all college corps program fund 35 -2- LSB 6042YH (3) 89 jda/jh 2/ 4
H.F. 2350 established pursuant to section 261.133: 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,000,000 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 3.00 3 EXPLANATION 4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 5 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 6 This bill establishes the Iowa for all college corps program 7 in the college student aid commission (commission). 8 The bill provides that the purpose of the program is to 9 provide grants to selected students to make higher education 10 more affordable. The bill requires the commission to 11 administer the program in collaboration with the state board 12 of regents (BOR). 13 The bill establishes that an Iowa resident applicant who 14 graduated from a high school in this state shall be eligible 15 for a grant under the program if the applicant has completed 16 and filed an application with the commission, is enrolled in 17 an eligible university, has completed at least 450 hours of 18 community service during the eligible university’s academic 19 year, and if the applicant satisfies any other criteria 20 established by the commission. 21 The bill limits the amount of a grant under the program 22 to an amount not to exceed the highest resident tuition rate 23 established for institutions of higher education governed by 24 the state board of regents during the school year the applicant 25 submitted an application under the program. The bill requires 26 the commission to award grants on a first-come, first-served 27 basis based on the date the applicant submits an application. 28 The bill requires the commission, in collaboration with the 29 BOR, to adopt rules to administer the program. 30 The bill establishes a fund for the program in the state 31 treasury. The bill provides that the commission shall use not 32 more than 3 percent of the moneys in the fund at the beginning 33 of the fiscal year to pay the costs and expenses associated 34 with the administration and operation of the program. The 35 -3- LSB 6042YH (3) 89 jda/jh 3/ 4
H.F. 2350 bill appropriates $10 million from the general fund to the 1 commission for FY 2022-2023 for deposit in the fund. The 2 bill also authorizes the commission to hire three full-time 3 employees. 4 The bill defines “eligible university”. 5 -4- LSB 6042YH (3) 89 jda/jh 4/ 4
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