Bills › 91st General Assembly
Establishing the comprehensive transition and postsecondary program scholarship program and making appropriations
Sponsored by the House Education Committee, Rep. Chad Ingels (R)
Topics:State budgetHigher educationFamilies & human services
Same legislation: HF 97
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 28, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 6, 2025
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, 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 Iowa would create a scholarship program to help students with intellectual, developmental, or learning disabilities pay for college tuition and fees. These students can receive up to $5,000 each school year if they are enrolled in an approved program in the state. To get the money, students must apply every year, and the state will prioritize giving scholarships to Iowa residents.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), in consultation with the division of vocational rehabilitation services of the department of workforce development (IVRS), to develop and administer a scholarship program to provide scholarships to individuals with intellectual, developmental, or learning disabilities who are at least years of age 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 provides that the amount awarded to an individual under the comprehensive transition and postsecondary program shall not exceed $5,000 per academic year. The bill requires individuals to apply for the scholarship award annually. The bill requires the commission, in consultation with IVRS, 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, in consultation with IVRS, 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 under the control of the college student aid commission.
House subcommittee
Named March 24, 2025. On March 27, 2025 it recommended passage.
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- HF 16 Establishing the comprehensive transition and postsecondary program scholarship program90th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 252 · very similarCleared committee
- HF 2495 Establishing the comprehensive transition and postsecondary program scholarship program89th General Assembly · Passed House · very similarPassed a chamber
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