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Relating to the skilled workforce shortage tuition grant program
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 28, 2019
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the skilled workforce shortage tuition grant program. Currently, the Iowa workforce shortage tuition grant program provides tuition grants to students who establish a financial need and who are pursuing an associate’s degree or other training in a career-technical or career option program at a community college in the state in an industry identified as having a shortage of skilled workers by a community college or by the department of workforce development. The grant is renewable for two years.
Read the full explanation
The bill expands current law to provide such tuition grants to Iowa students with a financial need who are pursuing any degree or other training in a career-technical or career option program at a postsecondary educational institution, including a mental health training program, in an industry identified as having a shortage of skilled workers by a postsecondary institution in this state or by the department of workforce development.