Bill Text: IA HF472 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to eligibility requirements for grant and loan forgiveness programs administered by the college student aid commission that provide assistance to elementary and secondary school teachers in this state, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 96.) Effective 5-11-17.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-11 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1148. [HF472 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF472-Enrolled.html

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House File 472 - Enrolled




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                              BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                              (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 96)
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                                         House File 472

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR GRANT AND LOAN
    FORGIVENESS PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE COLLEGE STUDENT
    AID COMMISSION THAT PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO ELEMENTARY AND
    SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THIS STATE, AND INCLUDING
    EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 261.110, subsection 2, Code 2017, is
 amended to read as follows:
    2.  An Iowa resident or nonresident applicant shall be
 eligible for a teach Iowa scholar grant if the applicant
 meets all of the criteria specified under, or established in
 accordance with, subsection 3. Priority shall be given to
 applicants who are residents of Iowa.  A person is ineligible
 for this program if the person receives a forgivable loan under
 section 261.111 or loan forgiveness under section 261.112.
    Sec. 2.  Section 261.112, subsection 1, Code 2017, is amended
 to read as follows:
    1.  A teacher shortage loan forgiveness program is
 established to be administered by the commission. A teacher
 is eligible for the program if the teacher is practicing in
 a teacher shortage area as designated by the department of
 education pursuant to subsection 2.  A person is ineligible
 for this program if the person receives a grant under section
 261.110 or a forgivable loan under section 261.111. For
 purposes of this section, "teacher" means an individual holding
 a practitioner's license issued under chapter 272, who is
 employed in a nonadministrative position in a designated
 shortage area by a school district or area education agency
 pursuant to a contract issued by a board of directors under
 section 279.13.
    Sec. 3.  INELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS OF ACT INAPPLICABLE
 TO CERTAIN RECIPIENTS.  The provisions of section 261.110,
 subsection 2, as amended by this Act, and section 261.112,
 subsection 1, as amended by this Act, making an individual
 ineligible to concurrently receive a grant and loan forgiveness
 under sections 261.110 and 261.112, shall not apply to an
 individual who is receiving both a teach Iowa scholar grant
 under section 261.110 and teacher shortage loan forgiveness
 under section 261.112 on the effective date of this Act.
    Sec. 4.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of
 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            JACK WHITVER


                                                                                            CARMINE BOAL


                                                                                            TERRY E. BRANSTA

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