Bill Text: IA SF337 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to residency requirements for institutions of higher learning governed by the state board of regents.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-27 - Subcommittee: C. Johnson, Dvorsky, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 413. [SF337 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF337-Introduced.html

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Senate File 337 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  BERTRAND

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to residency requirements for institutions of
  2    higher learning governed by the state board of regents.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    TLSB 1976XS (2) 87
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 262.9, subsection 17, Code 2017, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  Adopt rules establishing that for an
  1  4 individual to be classified as a resident for purposes of
  1  5 in=state tuition and mandatory fees, the individual, except as
  1  6 otherwise provided under this subsection, shall have resided in
  1  7 this state for at least thirty consecutive months immediately
  1  8 prior to enrollment in an institution of higher learning
  1  9 governed by the board.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 12 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 13    This bill directs the state board of regents to adopt rules
  1 14 to establish that for an individual to be classified as a
  1 15 resident for purposes of in=state tuition and mandatory fees,
  1 16 the individual must have resided in Iowa for 30 consecutive
  1 17 months immediately prior to their enrollment in a regents
  1 18 university.
  1 19    Currently, the board may, at its discretion, adopt rules
  1 20 relating to the residency of students, for fee purposes, who
  1 21 are also residents of Iowa's sister states.  The board is
  1 22 directed to adopt rules to classify as residents, for purposes
  1 23 of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees, qualified veterans
  1 24 and qualified military persons and their spouses and dependent
  1 25 children who are domiciled in this state while enrolled in a
  1 26 regents university.  These current statutory provisions are
  1 27 exempted from the residency requirement established by the
  1 28 bill.
       LSB 1976XS (2) 87
       kh/sc