Bill Text: IA HF2083 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the college student aid commission, including grant programs and the definition of accredited private institutions. (Formerly HSB 519.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-03-24 - Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 620. [HF2083 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2083-Amended.html
House
File
2083
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Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
2083
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
519)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
February
23,
2022
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
matters
under
the
purview
of
the
college
1
student
aid
commission,
including
grant
programs
and
the
2
definition
of
accredited
private
institutions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
261.9,
subsection
1,
unnumbered
1
paragraph
1,
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
“Accredited
private
institution”
means
an
institution
of
3
higher
learning
that
was
established
in
Iowa
on
or
before
4
January
1,
2020,
that
is
currently
located
in
Iowa
which
,
that
5
is
operated
privately
and
not
controlled
or
administered
by
any
6
state
agency
or
any
subdivision
of
the
state
,
and
which
that
7
meets
the
criteria
in
paragraphs
“a”
and
“b”
and
all
of
the
8
criteria
in
paragraphs
“d”
through
“i”
,
except
that
institutions
9
defined
in
paragraph
“c”
of
this
subsection
are
exempt
from
the
10
requirements
of
paragraphs
“a”
and
“b”
:
11
Sec.
2.
Section
261.110,
subsection
3,
Code
2022,
is
amended
12
to
read
as
follows:
13
3.
Criteria
for
eligibility
shall
be
established
by
the
14
commission
and
shall
include
but
are
not
limited
to
the
15
following:
16
a.
The
applicant
was
in
the
top
twenty-five
percent
17
academically
of
students
exiting
a
teacher
preparation
program
18
approved
by
the
state
board
of
education
pursuant
to
section
19
256.7,
subsection
3,
or
a
similar
teacher
preparation
program
20
in
another
state,
or
had
earned
other
comparable
academic
21
credentials.
22
b.
a.
The
applicant
is
preparing
to
teach
become
a
teacher
23
who
provides
classroom
instruction
in
fields
including
but
not
24
limited
to
science,
technology,
engineering,
or
mathematics;
25
English
as
a
second
language
or
special
education
instruction;
26
or
is
preparing
to
teach
in
a
hard-to-staff
subject
as
27
identified
by
the
department.
The
department
shall
take
28
into
account
the
varying
regional
needs
in
the
state
for
29
teachers
in
these
subject
areas
when
applying
the
criterion
30
of
this
paragraph.
The
department
shall
annually
identify
31
and
designate
hard-to-staff
subjects
for
the
purpose
of
this
32
paragraph.
The
eligibility
of
an
applicant
who
receives
a
33
teach
Iowa
scholar
grant
and
who
is
preparing
to
teach
in
a
34
hard-to-staff
subject
as
identified
by
the
department
shall
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not
be
affected
in
subsequent
years
if
the
department
does
not
1
continue
to
identify
that
subject
as
a
hard-to-staff
subject
2
any
of
the
following
located
in
this
state:
3
(1)
A
school
district
.
4
(2)
A
charter
school.
5
(3)
An
area
education
agency.
6
(4)
An
accredited
nonpublic
school.
7
c.
b.
The
applicant
met
all
of
the
eligibility
requirements
8
of
this
section
on
or
after
January
1,
2013.
A
person
who
met
9
the
program
eligibility
requirements
of
this
section
prior
to
10
January
1,
2013,
is
ineligible
for
this
program.
11
c.
On
or
after
July
1,
2022,
the
total
value
of
grants
12
awarded
under
this
section
each
year
to
applicants
who
are
13
preparing
to
become
teachers
who
provide
classroom
instruction
14
in
a
school
district,
charter
school,
area
education
agency,
or
15
an
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
be
as
follows:
16
(1)
Fifty
percent
shall
be
awarded
to
applicants
preparing
17
to
become
teachers
who
provide
classroom
instruction
in
a
18
school
district,
charter
school,
area
education
agency,
or
19
an
accredited
nonpublic
school,
with
less
than
or
equal
to
20
one
thousand
two
hundred
students.
However,
if
the
amount
21
requested
by
applicants
pursuant
to
subparagraph
(2)
is
less
22
than
the
amount
reserved
for
applicants
under
subparagraph
(2),
23
the
commission
may
award
the
difference
to
applicants
under
24
this
subparagraph.
25
(2)
Fifty
percent
shall
be
awarded
to
applicants
preparing
26
to
become
teachers
who
provide
classroom
instruction
in
a
27
school
district,
charter
school,
area
education
agency,
or
an
28
accredited
nonpublic
school,
with
greater
than
one
thousand
29
two
hundred
students.
However,
if
the
amount
requested
by
30
applicants
pursuant
to
subparagraph
(1)
is
less
than
the
amount
31
reserved
for
applicants
under
subparagraph
(1),
the
commission
32
may
award
the
difference
to
applicants
under
this
subparagraph.
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