Bill Text: IA SF346 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring that regents universities and community colleges waive tuition and mandatory fees for children of veterans with service-connected disabilities.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-28 - Subcommittee: Costello, Allen, and Bertrand. S.J. 426. [SF346 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF346-Introduced.html
Senate File 346 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY DANIELSON A BILL FOR 1 An Act requiring that regents universities and community 2 colleges waive tuition and mandatory fees for children of 3 veterans with service=connected disabilities. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2199SS (4) 87 kh/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 260C.14, Code 2017, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 25. a. Waive tuition and mandatory fees 1 4 for a child of a disabled veteran of the United States armed 1 5 services or the Iowa national guard if all of the following 1 6 conditions are met: 1 7 (1) The child is an unmarried resident of the state who 1 8 is no more than twenty=seven years old or, if the child is 1 9 a veteran as defined in section 35.1, no more than thirty 1 10 years old, and whose annual income, including the value of any 1 11 support received from a parent, does not exceed the national 1 12 poverty level. A child who is an adopted child or a stepchild 1 13 of a disabled veteran must have entered into such status 1 14 prior to the child's twenty=fourth birthday. As used in this 1 15 subsection, "national poverty level" is the poverty threshold 1 16 for one person, as most recently calculated by the United 1 17 States census bureau. 1 18 (2) The child is the natural or adopted child or stepchild 1 19 of a veteran who meets any of the following criteria: 1 20 (a) At the time of entry into the armed services of the 1 21 United States was a resident of this state, and who was 1 22 subsequently determined by the United States government to be 1 23 totally and permanently disabled due to a service=connected 1 24 disability or whose death was officially rated as 1 25 service=connected as certified by the United States department 1 26 of veterans affairs and, if discharged, was discharged under 1 27 honorable conditions. 1 28 (b) At the time of entry into state active duty or national 1 29 guard duty as defined in section 29A.1, was a resident of this 1 30 state and was subsequently determined by the United States 1 31 government to be totally and permanently disabled due to a 1 32 service=connected disability or whose death was officially 1 33 rated as service=connected as certified by the United States 1 34 department of veterans affairs and, if discharged, was 1 35 discharged under honorable conditions. 2 1 (3) The event which caused the veteran to be determined to 2 2 be totally and permanently disabled due to a service=connected 2 3 disability or which resulted in the veteran's death being rated 2 4 as service=connected occurred prior to the child's twenty=first 2 5 birthday. 2 6 b. The department of veterans affairs shall determine the 2 7 eligibility of any applicant for a tuition and fee waiver under 2 8 this subsection. 2 9 c. Tuition and mandatory fees for prior years of enrollment 2 10 shall not be waived under this subsection. 2 11 Sec. 2. Section 262.9, Code 2017, is amended by adding the 2 12 following new subsection: 2 13 NEW SUBSECTION. 39. a. Direct the institutions of higher 2 14 learning governed by the board to waive tuition and mandatory 2 15 fees for a child of a disabled veteran of the United States 2 16 armed forces or the Iowa national guard if all of the following 2 17 conditions are met: 2 18 (1) The child is an unmarried resident of the state who 2 19 is no more than twenty=seven years old or, if the child is 2 20 a veteran as defined in section 35.1, no more than thirty 2 21 years old, and whose annual income, including the value of any 2 22 support received from a parent, does not exceed the national 2 23 poverty level. A child who is an adopted child or a stepchild 2 24 of a disabled veteran must have entered into such status 2 25 prior to the child's twenty=fourth birthday. As used in this 2 26 subsection, "national poverty level" is the poverty threshold 2 27 for one person, as most recently calculated by the United 2 28 States census bureau. 2 29 (2) The child is the natural or adopted child or stepchild 2 30 of a veteran who meets any of the following criteria: 2 31 (a) At the time of entry into the armed services of 2 32 the United States, was a resident of this state and was 2 33 subsequently determined by the United States government to be 2 34 totally and permanently disabled due to a service=connected 2 35 disability or whose death was officially rated as 3 1 service=connected as certified by the United States department 3 2 of veterans affairs and, if discharged, was discharged under 3 3 honorable conditions. 3 4 (b) At the time of entry into state active duty or national 3 5 guard duty as defined in section 29A.1, was a resident of this 3 6 state and was subsequently determined by the United States 3 7 government to be totally and permanently disabled due to a 3 8 service=connected disability or whose death was officially 3 9 rated as service=connected as certified by the United States 3 10 department of veterans affairs and, if discharged, was 3 11 discharged under honorable conditions. 3 12 (3) The event which caused the veteran to be determined to 3 13 be totally and permanently disabled due to a service=connected 3 14 disability or which resulted in the veteran's death being rated 3 15 as service=connected occurred prior to the child's twenty=first 3 16 birthday. 3 17 b. The department of veterans affairs shall determine the 3 18 eligibility of any applicant for a tuition and fee waiver under 3 19 this subsection. 3 20 c. Tuition and mandatory fees for prior years of enrollment 3 21 shall not be waived under this subsection. 3 22 Sec. 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 3 23 3, shall not apply to this Act. 3 24 EXPLANATION 3 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 26 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 3 27 This bill directs that the tuition and mandatory fees at the 3 28 community colleges and regents universities be waived for the 3 29 children of veterans with service=connected disabilities. 3 30 The natural or adopted child or stepchild of a 3 31 service=disabled veteran must be an unmarried resident of the 3 32 state who is no more than 27 years old, or 30 if the child is 3 33 a veteran; and must have an annual income, including parental 3 34 support, that does not exceed the national poverty level. An 3 35 adopted child or stepchild must have entered into such status 4 1 prior to the child's 24th birthday. 4 2 At the time of entry into the United States armed services, 4 3 state active duty, or national guard duty, the veteran must 4 4 have been a resident of this state who was subsequently 4 5 determined by the United States government to be totally and 4 6 permanently disabled due to a service=connected disability 4 7 or whose death was officially rated as service=connected as 4 8 certified by the United States department of veterans affairs 4 9 and, if discharged, was discharged under honorable conditions. 4 10 The event which caused the veteran's total and permanent 4 11 service=connected disability or death must have occurred prior 4 12 to the child's 21st birthday. 4 13 The department of veterans affairs shall determine the 4 14 eligibility of any applicant for a tuition and fee waiver. 4 15 The waiver cannot be retroactively applied for coursework 4 16 completed. 4 17 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 4 18 section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, 4 19 subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from 4 20 complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of 4 21 the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, 4 22 political subdivisions are required to comply with any state 4 23 mandate included in the bill. LSB 2199SS (4) 87 kh/nh
