Bill Text: IA SSB1068 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to suspension of a student's participation in the all Iowa opportunity scholarship program.(See SF 285.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-09 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 285. [SSB1068 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SSB1068-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1068
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COLLEGE
STUDENT
AID
COMMISSION
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
suspension
of
a
student’s
participation
in
1
the
all
Iowa
opportunity
scholarship
program.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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1299DP
(1)
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S.F.
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H.F.
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Section
1.
Section
261.87,
subsection
2,
paragraph
f,
Code
1
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
f.
Begins
enrollment
at
an
eligible
institution
within
3
two
academic
years
of
graduation
from
high
school
or
receipt
4
of
a
high
school
equivalency
diploma
under
chapter
259A
and
5
continuously
receives
awards
as
a
full-time
or
part-time
6
student
to
maintain
eligibility.
However,
the
student
may
7
defer
or
suspend
participation
in
the
program
for
up
to
two
8
years
in
order
to
pursue
obligations
that
meet
conditions
9
established
by
the
commission
by
rule
or
to
fulfill
military
10
obligations.
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
provides
that
a
student
may
suspend
participation
15
in
the
all
Iowa
opportunity
scholarship
program
for
up
to
two
16
years
under
conditions
established
by
rule
by
the
college
17
student
aid
commission
or
to
fulfill
military
obligations.
18
Currently,
a
student
may
only
defer
participation
in
the
19
program
for
up
to
two
years
for
such
purposes.
20
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