Relating to eligibility and reporting requirements for the skilled workforce shortage tuition grant program. Effective 7-1-19

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2019
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   Skipped: SubcommitteeSkipped
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   Done: Senate committeeFebruary 12, 2019
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   Done: Passes the SenateMarch 20, 201949–0
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   Skipped: House committeeSkipped
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   Done: Passes the HouseApril 3, 2019
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   Done: To the GovernorApril 15, 2019
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   Done: Signed into lawApril 16, 2019

Signed into law What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill strikes references in eligibility and reporting requirements for the skilled workforce shortage tuition grant program to the quarterly report by the department of workforce development on industries the department identifies as having a shortage of skilled workers. The quarterly reporting requirement will be stricken July 1, 2019, by 2018 Iowa Acts, chapter 1067, section 9. The bill instead provides references to a list of high-demand jobs by the department. The bill also provides that if a community college no longer identifies an industry as having a shortage of skilled workers or the department no longer identifies the industry as a high-demand job, an eligible student who received a skilled workforce shortage tuition grant for a career-technical or career option program based on that identification shall continue to receive the grant until achieving a postsecondary credential, up to an associate degree, as long as the student is continuously enrolled in that program and continues to meet all other eligibility requirements.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed¹

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