House Study Bill 4 - Introduced SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DEFENSE BILL) A BILL FOR An Act modifying provisions related to the national guard 1 service scholarship program. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1396XD (3) 91 jda/jh
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 256.210, subsection 2, Code 2025, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. a. Scholarship Subject to paragraph b , scholarship 3 awards paid pursuant to this section shall not exceed the 4 resident tuition rate established for institutions of higher 5 learning under the control of the state board of regents . 6 If the amount appropriated in a fiscal year for purposes of 7 this section is insufficient to provide scholarships to all 8 national guard members who apply for the program and who are 9 determined by the adjutant general to be eligible for the 10 program, the adjutant general shall, in coordination with 11 the commission, determine the distribution of scholarships. 12 However, scholarship awards paid pursuant to this section and 13 shall not be less than fifty percent of the resident tuition 14 rate established for institutions of higher learning under 15 the control of the state board of regents or fifty percent of 16 the tuition rate at the institution attended by the national 17 guard member, whichever is lower. Neither eligibility nor 18 scholarship award determinations shall be based upon a national 19 guard members unit, the location at which drills are attended, 20 or whether the eligible individual is a member of the Iowa army 21 or air national guard. 22 b. Scholarship awards paid pursuant to this section shall 23 not exceed the difference between the tuition rate at the 24 institution attended by the national guard member less any 25 financial aid the national guard member receives under 10 26 U.S.C. 2007. 27 c. If the amount appropriated in a fiscal year for purposes 28 of this section is insufficient to provide scholarships to 29 all national guard members who apply for the program and who 30 are determined by the adjutant general to be eligible for the 31 program, the adjutant general shall, in coordination with the 32 commission, determine the distribution of scholarships. 33 EXPLANATION 34 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 35 -1- LSB 1396XD (3) 91 jda/jh 1/ 2
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 This bill modifies provisions related to the national guard 2 service scholarship program. 3 The national guard service scholarship program, administered 4 by the college student aid commission, provides annual 5 awards to Iowa national guard members who attend eligible 6 Iowa colleges and universities. Current law provides that 7 scholarship awards under the program shall not exceed the 8 resident tuition rate established for institutions of higher 9 learning under the control of the state board of regents. The 10 bill provides that the amount of the scholarship awards also 11 shall not exceed the difference between the tuition rate at 12 the institution attended by the national guard member less any 13 financial aid the national guard member receives under certain 14 specified federal programs. 15 Current law provides that, for purposes of the national 16 guard service scholarship program, neither eligibility nor 17 scholarship award determinations shall be based upon a national 18 guard members unit, the location at which drills are attended, 19 or whether the eligible individual is a member of the Iowa army 20 or air national guard. The bill strikes this provision. 21 -2- LSB 1396XD (3) 91 jda/jh 2/ 2