Bill Text: IA SF278 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act expanding the definition of eligible student for purposes of the future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar scholarship program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SF278 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-SF278-Introduced.html
Senate File 278 - Introduced SENATE FILE 278 BY QUIRMBACH A BILL FOR An Act expanding the definition of eligible student for 1 purposes of the future ready Iowa skilled workforce 2 last-dollar scholarship program. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2419XS (2) 89 kh/jh
S.F. 278 Section 1. Section 261.131, subsection 1, paragraph g, 1 subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (a), Code 2021, is 2 amended to read as follows: 3 (a) A graduate of an Iowa high school, or a person who 4 completed private instruction under chapter 299A , or a person 5 who is a recipient of a high school equivalency diploma, and 6 who prior to becoming an adult learner enrolls full-time or 7 part-time during the academic year , or part-time for a summer 8 semester , in an eligible program at an eligible institution. 9 EXPLANATION 10 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 11 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 12 This bill expands the definition of eligible student for 13 purposes of the future ready Iowa skilled workforce last-dollar 14 scholarship program to include persons who otherwise meet the 15 current requirements but enroll part-time during the academic 16 year. Currently, such a person must enroll full-time during 17 the academic year or part-time for a summer semester. 18 -1- LSB 2419XS (2) 89 kh/jh 1/ 1
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