Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to the amount of tuition and mandatory fees charged by institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents and making appropriations
Topics:State budgetHigher education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 7, 2024
- 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 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, 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 State universities would be required to freeze tuition and mandatory fees for Iowa resident undergraduates for their first four years of school. This rule applies to students who start their programs between July 2024 and July 2028. To make up for the money not collected from these fee freezes, the state would provide extra funding to the universities each year.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the amount of tuition and mandatory fees charged by institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents. Current law requires the state board of regents to adopt rules related to the establishment of tuition rates which provide a predictable basis for assessing and anticipating changes in tuition rates. The bill requires these rules to provide that the amount of tuition and mandatory fees charged by an institution of higher education to a resident undergraduate student admitted on or after July 1, 2024, and on or before July 1, 2028, shall not increase during the student’s first four full academic years of participation in the undergraduate program. The bill provides that, commencing on or before February 1, 2025, and annually on or before each February thereafter, a supplemental appropriation necessary to pay to the institutions of higher education amounts equal to the reduction in tuition and mandatory fees that result from the freeze on tuition and mandatory fees shall be established by statute. The bill’s provisions are repealed July 1, 2032.