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Relating to applicant priority and grant award amounts under the teach Iowa scholar program
Sponsored by the Senate Education Committee
Topics:K–12 educationHigher education
Same legislation: SF 304
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 11, 2021
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 4, 2021
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 29, 202145–0
- Done: House committeeApril 1, 2021
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, 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 and how much money those students can receive. Instead of prioritizing Iowa residents first, the program would now prioritize students renewing their grants, graduates of certain teaching programs, and minority applicants. It also increases the maximum amount of money a student can get each year and over five years. Additionally, students can qualify if they plan to teach in school districts with a high percentage of minority students.1
Read the official explanation
This bill modifies the teach Iowa scholar program, under the college student aid commission, to give first priority to applicants seeking renewal of their grant awards, then to applicants who are graduates of approved practitioner preparation programs, then 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. Currently, the Code section establishing the program directs the commission to establish eligibility criteria that includes but is not limited to criteria listed in the Code section. The bill adds to the list of criteria that an applicant is preparing to teach in a school district in which more than percent of the students enrolled are minority persons.
Changed since by amendment S-3098; see Amendments.
House subcommittee
Named March 30, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.
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- SF 2102 Relating to applicant priority and grant award amounts under the teach Iowa scholar progra…88th General Assembly · Subcommittee recommends passage · very similarCleared committee
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