House File 135 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 135 BY JONES , HORA , and KAUFMANN A BILL FOR An Act providing for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees 1 at regents institutions and community colleges for certain 2 sanitation workers and their children. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1221YH (5) 91 je/jh
H.F. 135 Section 1. Section 260C.14, Code 2025, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 26. a. For purposes of this subsection, 3 sanitation worker means a person employed by a county, city, 4 or township in this state, or a contractor thereof, with a 5 primary job duty to provide collection or transportation of 6 residential or commercial solid waste or recyclables. 7 b. Waive tuition and mandatory fees for a person employed as 8 a sanitation worker for at least one year within the previous 9 five years and for the child of such a person. The board may 10 require that documentation of such employment be provided in 11 order to qualify for such a waiver. 12 Sec. 2. Section 262.9, Code 2025, is amended by adding the 13 following new subsection: 14 NEW SUBSECTION . 39. a. For purposes of this subsection, 15 sanitation worker means a person employed by a county, city, 16 or township in this state, or a contractor thereof, with a 17 primary job duty to provide collection or transportation of 18 residential or commercial solid waste or recyclables. 19 b. Direct the institutions of higher learning governed by 20 the board to waive tuition and mandatory fees for a person 21 employed as a sanitation worker for at least one year within 22 the previous five years and for the child of such a person. 23 The board may require that documentation of such employment be 24 provided in order to qualify for such a waiver. 25 Sec. 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 26 3, shall not apply to this Act. 27 EXPLANATION 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 29 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 30 This bill requires regents institutions and community 31 colleges to waive tuition and mandatory fees for a person 32 employed as a sanitation worker, as defined in the bill, for 33 at least one year within the previous five years and for the 34 child of such a person. The institution or college may require 35 -1- LSB 1221YH (5) 91 je/jh 1/ 2
H.F. 135 that documentation of such employment be provided in order to 1 qualify for such a waiver. 2 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 3 section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, 4 subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from 5 complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of 6 the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, 7 political subdivisions are required to comply with any state 8 mandate included in the bill. 9 -2- LSB 1221YH (5) 91 je/jh 2/ 2