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Relating to applicant priority and grant award amounts under the teach Iowa scholar program
Topics:Civil rightsK–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 28, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 30, 2020
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- 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
AI summary The Teach Iowa Scholar program would change how it picks students for grants by giving first priority to minority applicants and then to Iowa residents. It also increases the amount of money students can receive each year and over five years.1
Read the official explanation
This bill modifies the teach Iowa scholar program to give first priority to applicants who are minority persons, with subsequent priority to residents of Iowa, and raises the annual grant limitation from $4,000 to $7,500 and the total grant limitation over a five-year period from $20,000 to $37,500. Currently, priority is given to residents of Iowa.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 30, 2020. On February 10, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.
- Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink REmail
- Sen. Chris Cournoyer R
- Sen. Giddens
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