Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF154: A BILL FOR An Act providing for a waiver of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees and a stipend at regents institutions for Iowa residents who receive the maximum score on certain standardized tests
Status: In committee, February 24, 2025
An Act providing for a waiver of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees and a stipend at regents institutions for Iowa residents who receive the maximum score on certain standardized tests.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act providing for a waiver of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees and a stipend at regents institutions for Iowa residents who receive the maximum score on certain standardized tests.
From the introduced text, January 30, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act providing for a waiver of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees and a stipend at regents institutions for Iowa residents who receive the maximum score on certain standardized tests. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1864YH (4) je/jh H.F. Section 1. Section 262.9, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION. 39. Direct the institutions of higher learning governed by the board to waive undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees for a resident of Iowa who receives the maximum score possible on the college readiness assessment administered by ACT, inc., or the college readiness assessment administered by the college board and to provide the student with a stipend of five thousand dollars per semester. The board may require that documentation of the score be provided in order to qualify for such a waiver and stipend. A student must make satisfactory academic progress toward graduation in order to continue to receive such a waiver and stipend. The board may establish standards for such progress. EXPLANATION The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill requires regents institutions to waive undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees for a resident of Iowa who receives the maximum score …
Sponsors
- Brent Siegrist (R, 19) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 577 .
- : Committee vote: Yeas, 8. Nays, 3. H.J. 366 .
- : Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 366 .
- : Subcommittee recommends passage.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/11/2025 12:00PM RM 304.1.
- : Subcommittee: Hora, Collins and Kurth. H.J. 178 .
- : Introduced, referred to Higher Education. H.J. 150 .
Votes
- Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 366 . (February 19, 2025): 8 yea, 3 nay, passed
Subjects: colleges and universities, regents board, tuition
Common questions
- What is HF154?
- HF154 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act providing for a waiver of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees and a stipend at regents institutions for Iowa residents who receive the maximum score on certain standardized tests.
- What does HF154 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act providing for a waiver of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees and a stipend at regents institutions for Iowa residents who receive the maximum score on certain standardized tests.
- What is the status of HF154?
- In committee as of February 24, 2025. Latest action: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 577 . (February 24, 2025).
- Who sponsored HF154?
- Brent Siegrist (R, 19).
- Where is the official record for HF154?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+0154&ga=91
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