Bill Text: IA SF133 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act modifying reporting requirements relating to veterans attending postsecondary educational institutions. (Formerly SSB 1057.)

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-24 - Withdrawn. S.J. 362. [SF133 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF133-Introduced.html

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Senate File 133 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                     1057)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act modifying reporting requirements relating to veterans
  2    attending postsecondary educational institutions.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 260C.14, subsection 24, paragraph b,
  1  2 Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  For purposes of this subsection, "veteran" means a
  1  4 veteran as defined in section 35.1 or a member of the reserve
  1  5 forces of the United States or the national guard as defined in
  1  6 section 29A.1 who has served at least one year of the member's
  1  7 commitment and is eligible for or has exhausted federal
  1  8 veterans education benefits under 38 U.S.C. ch. 30, 32, 33, or
  1  9 36 or 10 U.S.C. ch. 1606 or 1607, respectively.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 261.9, subsection 1, paragraph i,
  1 11 subparagraph (2), Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  1 12    (2)  For purposes of this paragraph, "veteran" means a
  1 13 veteran as defined in section 35.1 or a member of the reserve
  1 14 forces of the United States or the national guard as defined in
  1 15 section 29A.1 who has served at least one year of the member's
  1 16 commitment and is eligible for or has exhausted federal
  1 17 veterans education benefits under 38 U.S.C. ch. 30, 32, 33, or
  1 18 36 or 10 U.S.C. ch. 1606 or 1607, respectively.
  1 19    Sec. 3.  Section 262.9, subsection 38, paragraph b, Code
  1 20 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  1 21    b.  For purposes of this subsection, "veteran" means a
  1 22 veteran as defined in section 35.1 or a member of the reserve
  1 23 forces of the United States or the national guard as defined in
  1 24 section 29A.1 who has served at least one year of the member's
  1 25 commitment and is eligible for or has exhausted federal
  1 26 veterans education benefits under 38 U.S.C. ch. 30, 32, 33, or
  1 27 36 or 10 U.S.C. ch. 1606 or 1607, respectively.
  1 28                           EXPLANATION
  1 29 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 30 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 31    This bill extends veterans reporting requirements of
  1 32 postsecondary educational institutions to include certain
  1 33 members of the reserve forces of the United States and certain
  1 34 members of the national guard.
  1 35    Current law requires that community colleges, accredited
  2  1 private postsecondary institutions, and the board of regents
  2  2 file annual reports with the governor and the general assembly
  2  3 relating to the award of educational credits to veterans for
  2  4 military education, training, and experience. The bill amends
  2  5 the definition of veteran to include members of the reserve
  2  6 forces of the United States and of the national guard who have
  2  7 served at least one year of the service commitment and are
  2  8 eligible for, or have exhausted, federal education benefits for
  2  9 veterans.
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