Bill Text: IA HF2128 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring proof of citizenship or lawful presence in the country for a student to be classified for in-state tuition and fees at a regents institution or community college.(See HF 2320.)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 20-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-05 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2320. [HF2128 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF2128-Introduced.html
House File 2128 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2128 BY HOLT , WHEELER , BODEN , GERHOLD , COLLINS , JENEARY , GEHLBACH , GOLDING , JOHNSON , MOMMSEN , HENDERSON , STOLTENBERG , FISHER , HAYES , M. THOMPSON , CARLSON , WILLS , MOORE , BRADLEY , and STONE A BILL FOR An Act requiring proof of citizenship or lawful presence in the 1 country for a student to be classified for in-state tuition 2 and fees at a regents institution or community college. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5649YH (4) 90 je/jh
H.F. 2128 Section 1. Section 260C.14, subsection 14, Code 2024, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . c. Adopt rules to prohibit the community 3 college from classifying a student as a resident of this state 4 for purposes of tuition and fees unless the student provides 5 proof of United States citizenship or proof that the individual 6 is lawfully present in the United States. 7 Sec. 2. Section 262.9, subsection 17, Code 2024, is amended 8 by adding the following new paragraph: 9 NEW PARAGRAPH . c. Adopt rules to prohibit institutions of 10 higher education under its control from classifying a student 11 as a resident of this state for purposes of tuition and fees 12 unless the student provides proof of United States citizenship 13 or proof that the individual is lawfully present in the United 14 States. 15 EXPLANATION 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 17 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 18 This bill requires the board of regents and the board of 19 directors of a community college to adopt rules to prohibit a 20 regents institution or community college from classifying a 21 student as a resident of this state for purposes of tuition 22 and fees unless the student provides proof of United States 23 citizenship or proof that the individual is lawfully present in 24 the United States. 25 -1- LSB 5649YH (4) 90 je/jh 1/ 1
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