HF 118 — A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the national guard service scholarship program.

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HouseFile118,anActmodifyingprovisionsrelatedtothenationalguardserviceBE scholarshipIT program.ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

TheaboveHouseFileisherebyapprovedonthisdate.

Sinfterely, KimReynt Govemor ofIowa cc:

SecretaryoftheSenate Clerk ofthe House STATE CAPITOL DES MOINES,IOWA 50319 515.281.5211 FAX 515.725.3527 WWW.GOVERNOR.IOWA.GOV n RIGHT MOU MAINTAl G E N E R A L A S S E M B I .

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B EIT E N A C T E T H E G E N E R A L A O F T H S T A T E O F I O W A :

Section 256.210, subsection 2, Code 2025, is aamended mto eread nas dtfollows: oread a s f o l l o w s :

Scholarshipa. Subject to paragraph scholarship awards paid pursuant to this section shall not exceed the resident tuition rate established for institutions of higher learning under the control of the state board of regents— If the amount appropriated in a fiscal year for purposes of thio section is inoufficiont to provide scholarships to all national guard mombors who apply for the program and who are determined by the adjutant general to bo oligiblo for—febe program^—the adjutant general ahall^—in coordination with the Gommiaaion,—determine the diatribution of scholarships.

HoweverScholarship i—scholarshipSubject to paragraph “b”, scholarship awards paid purauantpursuant to this section and shall not beexceed less than fifty percent of the resident tuition rate established for institutions of higher learning under the control of the state board of regentsregents. or fifty percent of the tuition rate at the institution attended by the national guard member, whichever is lower.

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However, scholarship awards paid pursuant to this section and shall not be less than fifty percent of the resident tuition rate established for institutions of higher learning under the control of the state board of regents or fifty percent of the tuition rate at the institution attended by the national guard member, whichever is lower.

Neither eligibility nor scholarship award determinations shall be based upon a national guard member’s unit, the location at which drills are attended, or whether the eligible individual is a member of the Iowa army or air national guard.

Scholarship awards paid pursuant to this section shall nnot oexceed tthe edifference xbetween cthe ethedtuition drate iat f f e r b e t w e the t u i t i r a t e athe institution attended by the national guard member less any financial aid the national guard member receives under 10 UU.S.C. .

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§If 2the 0amount 0appropriated 7in .a fiscal year for purposes of this section is insufficient to provide scholarships to all national guard members who apply for the program and who are determined by the adjutant general to be eligible for the program, the adjutant general shall, in coordination with the commission, determine the distribution of scholarships.

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P______________________________ AMEGHAN TGNELSON RChief AClerk Sof S AMY SINQJ/AIR Speaker t h H o u s e P r e s i d e nthe S e n a t e I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House andApproved is_______________, known2025 as______________________________ HouseKIM PileREYNOLDS 118,Governor Ninety-first General Assembly.

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