Bill Text: IA HSB657 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to Iowa tuition grants and the definition of accredited private institutions.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-14 - Subcommittee Meeting: 02/15/2022 8:00AM House Lounge (Cancelled). [HSB657 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HSB657-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
657
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HITE)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
Iowa
tuition
grants
and
the
definition
of
1
accredited
private
institutions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
261.9,
subsection
1,
unnumbered
1
paragraph
1,
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
“Accredited
private
institution”
means
an
institution
of
3
higher
learning
that
was
established
in
Iowa
on
or
before
4
January
1,
2020,
that
is
currently
located
in
Iowa
which
,
that
5
is
operated
privately
and
not
controlled
or
administered
by
any
6
state
agency
or
any
subdivision
of
the
state
,
and
which
that
7
meets
the
criteria
in
paragraphs
“a”
and
“b”
and
all
of
the
8
criteria
in
paragraphs
“d”
through
“i”
,
except
that
institutions
9
defined
in
paragraph
“c”
of
this
subsection
are
exempt
from
the
10
requirements
of
paragraphs
“a”
and
“b”
:
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
This
bill
revises
the
definition
of
“accredited
private
15
institution”
for
the
purpose
of
Iowa
tuition
grants
to
require
16
the
institution
of
higher
learning
to
have
been
established
in
17
Iowa
on
or
before
January
1,
2020.
Pursuant
to
Code
chapter
18
261,
tuition
grants
provide
need-based
grant
assistance
to
19
eligible
students
who
attend
private
colleges
and
universities
20
located
in
Iowa
that
meet
the
definition
of
accredited
21
private
institution.
Code
chapter
261
annually
appropriates
22
$48,896,050
for
tuition
grants.
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