Bill Text: IA HSB519 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the eligibility for grants under the teach Iowa scholar program.(See HF 2083.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-24 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2083. [HSB519 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HSB519-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
519
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HITE)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
eligibility
for
grants
under
the
teach
1
Iowa
scholar
program.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
261.110,
subsection
3,
Code
2022,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
Criteria
for
eligibility
shall
be
established
by
the
3
commission
and
shall
include
but
are
not
limited
to
the
4
following:
5
a.
The
applicant
was
in
the
top
twenty-five
fifty
percent
6
academically
of
students
exiting
a
teacher
preparation
program
7
approved
by
the
state
board
of
education
pursuant
to
section
8
256.7,
subsection
3
,
or
a
similar
teacher
preparation
program
9
in
another
state,
or
had
earned
other
comparable
academic
10
credentials.
11
b.
The
applicant
is
preparing
to
teach
in
fields
including
12
but
not
limited
to
science,
technology,
engineering,
or
13
mathematics;
English
as
a
second
language
or
special
education
14
instruction;
or
is
preparing
to
teach
in
a
hard-to-staff
15
subject
as
identified
by
the
department.
The
department
shall
16
take
into
account
the
varying
regional
needs
in
the
state
for
17
teachers
in
these
subject
areas
when
applying
the
criterion
18
of
this
paragraph.
The
department
shall
annually
identify
19
and
designate
hard-to-staff
subjects
for
the
purpose
of
this
20
paragraph.
The
eligibility
of
an
applicant
who
receives
a
21
teach
Iowa
scholar
grant
and
who
is
preparing
to
teach
in
a
22
hard-to-staff
subject
as
identified
by
the
department
shall
23
not
be
affected
in
subsequent
years
if
the
department
does
not
24
continue
to
identify
that
subject
as
a
hard-to-staff
subject
25
any
of
the
following
located
in
this
state:
26
(1)
A
school
district
.
27
(2)
A
charter
school.
28
(3)
An
area
education
agency.
29
(4)
An
accredited
nonpublic
school.
30
c.
The
applicant
met
all
of
the
eligibility
requirements
31
of
this
section
on
or
after
January
1,
2013.
A
person
who
met
32
the
program
eligibility
requirements
of
this
section
prior
to
33
January
1,
2013,
is
ineligible
for
this
program.
34
d.
On
or
after
July
1,
2022,
the
total
value
of
grants
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awarded
under
this
section
each
year
to
applicants
who
are
1
preparing
to
teach
in
a
school
district
shall
be
as
follows:
2
(1)
Fifty
percent
shall
be
awarded
to
applicants
preparing
3
to
teach
in
a
school
district
with
less
than
or
equal
to
4
one
thousand
students.
However,
if
the
amount
requested
by
5
applicants
pursuant
to
subparagraph
(2)
is
less
than
the
amount
6
reserved
for
applicants
under
subparagraph
(2),
the
commission
7
may
award
the
difference
to
applicants
under
this
subparagraph.
8
(2)
Fifty
percent
shall
be
awarded
to
applicants
preparing
9
to
teach
in
a
school
district
with
greater
than
one
thousand
10
students.
However,
if
the
amount
requested
by
applicants
11
pursuant
to
subparagraph
(1)
is
less
than
the
amount
reserved
12
for
applicants
under
subparagraph
(1),
the
commission
may
award
13
the
difference
to
applicants
under
this
subparagraph.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
relates
to
the
eligibility
for
grants
under
the
18
teach
Iowa
scholar
program.
19
The
teach
Iowa
scholar
program,
administered
by
the
20
college
student
aid
commission,
provides
grants
to
certain
21
high-caliber,
full-time
teachers
in
Iowa
in
amounts
not
to
22
exceed
$4,000
annually
or
$20,000
over
five
years.
Under
23
current
law,
the
eligibility
criteria
established
by
the
24
commission
for
grants
under
the
program
include
that
the
25
applicant
was
in
the
top
25
percent
academically
of
students
26
exiting
a
teacher
preparation
program
and
the
applicant
is
27
preparing
to
teach
in
certain
specified
fields.
The
bill
28
modifies
these
provisions
to
provide
that
the
applicant
was
in
29
the
top
50
percent
academically
of
students
exiting
a
teacher
30
preparation
program
and
the
applicant
is
preparing
to
teach
at
31
a
school
district,
charter
school,
area
education
agency,
or
32
accredited
nonpublic
school
located
in
the
state.
33
The
bill
provides
that
on
or
after
July
1,
2022,
the
total
34
value
of
grants
awarded
under
the
program
to
applicants
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who
are
preparing
to
teach
in
a
school
district
shall
be
1
equally
divided
between
applicants
preparing
to
teach
in
a
2
school
district
with
less
than
or
equal
to
1,000
students
and
3
applicants
preparing
to
teach
in
a
school
district
with
greater
4
than
1,000
students.
The
bill
authorizes
the
commission
to
5
award
different
amounts
to
each
group
of
applicants
if
the
6
amount
requested
by
applicants
of
either
group
is
less
than
the
7
amount
reserved
for
that
group.
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