Bill Text: IA HF256 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to an enrollment limitation under the postsecondary enrollment options program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-14 - Subcommittee: Moore, Brown-Powers and Dolecheck. H.J. 305. [HF256 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF256-Introduced.html
House File 256 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY HEATON A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to an enrollment limitation under the 2 postsecondary enrollment options program. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2293YH (2) 87 kh/jh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 261E.6, subsection 1, Code 2017, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. Program established. The postsecondary enrollment 1 4 options program is established to promote rigorous academic or 1 5 career and technical pursuits and to provide a wider variety 1 6 of options to high school students by enabling ninth and 1 7 tenth grade students who have been identified by the school 1 8 district as gifted and talented, and eleventh and twelfth 1 9 grade students, to enroll in eligible courses at an eligible 1 10 postsecondary institution of higher learning as apart=time1 11 student. 1 12 Sec. 2. Section 261E.7, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended 1 13 by striking the subsection. 1 14 EXPLANATION 1 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 16 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 17 This bill strikes a provision that prohibits a student from 1 18 enrolling on a full=time basis in an eligible postsecondary 1 19 institution under the postsecondary enrollment options program. 1 20 The provision penalizes full=time enrollment by providing that 1 21 a student enrolled on such a full=time basis shall not receive 1 22 any payments under the program. The bill includes a conforming 1 23 change. LSB 2293YH (2) 87 kh/jh