Bills › 91st General Assembly
Establishing the comprehensive transition and postsecondary program scholarship program and making appropriations
Sponsored by the Senate Education Committee, Sen. Jeff Taylor (R)
Topics:State budgetHigher educationFamilies & human services
Same legislation: SF 14
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 13, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 28, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 12, 2025
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- 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 is creating a new scholarship program to help people with intellectual, developmental, or learning disabilities pay for college tuition and fees. Students who are at least 18 years old and enrolled in approved transition programs can receive up to $5,000 each school year. The state will prioritize giving these scholarships to people who live in Iowa, provided that enough money is set aside for the program.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 18 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 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.
Why it matters. Individuals with intellectual, developmental, or learning disabilities who are at least 14 years old and enrolled in an approved comprehensive transition and postsecondary program could receive scholarships of up to $5,000 per academic year to help pay for tuition and fees. The college student aid commission and the division of vocational rehabilitation services would develop and manage the program, with priority given to Iowa residents if funds are appropriated by the general assembly.2
Senate subcommittee
Named February 18, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
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91st General Assembly
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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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