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Establishing the comprehensive transition and postsecondary program scholarship program
Topics:State budgetHigher educationFamilies & human services
Same legislation: HF 2495
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 9, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 9, 2022
- Done: House committeeFebruary 17, 2022
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2495
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2495 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2495 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa would create a new scholarship program to help people with intellectual disabilities pay for college tuition and fees. To qualify, students must be 18 or 19 years old and enrolled in an approved transition program in the state. The state will prioritize giving these scholarships to people who live in Iowa, provided enough money is set aside each year.1
Read the official explanation
This bill establishes the comprehensive transition and postsecondary program scholarship program. The bill requires the college student aid commission (commission) to develop and administer a scholarship program to provide scholarships to individuals with intellectual disabilities who are to years old and who are enrolled in a comprehensive transition and postsecondary program in this state that has been approved by the United States department of education, to help offset the cost associated with the comprehensive transition and postsecondary program’s tuition and fees, if moneys are appropriated by the general assembly for a fiscal year for this purpose. The bill requires the commission to establish the criteria to be used when evaluating applications for scholarships submitted under the comprehensive transition and postsecondary program scholarship program. The bill also requires the commission to give priority to applicants who are residents of Iowa. The bill requires the commission to adopt rules to administer the comprehensive transition and postsecondary program scholarship program. The bill establishes a comprehensive transition and postsecondary program scholarship program fund in the state treasury.
House subcommittee
Named February 9, 2022. On February 16, 2022 it recommended amendment and passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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