2018 Legislative Session‐in‐Review: College Aid

January 8, 2018 First day of 2018 legislative session. February 13, 2018 House File 2322 was introduced in the Iowa House to eliminate the College Student Aid Commission and transfer the duties and responsibilities of the agency to the Office of the State . The bill did not make progress before the first funnel (February 16). March 22, 2018: Purdue University, a public university located in Indiana, officially acquires Kaplan University, a for‐profit university located in Iowa. Iowa residents attending Kaplan University lose eligibility for state‐appropriated scholarship and grant programs on the date of acquisition.  Senate File 2415 subsequently provides access to National Guard Educational Assistance Program funds to individuals who received those funds in FY18, if they enroll and continue to meet the eligibility requirements in FY19 at Purdue University Global. March 28, 2018 Reynolds signs Senate File 2117, the FY18 de‐appropriations bill. The bill reduces current year appropriations under Iowa College Aid by $94,172. The reduction is applied to the Teacher Shortage Loan Forgiveness Program, which could sustain the reduction without impact to current recipients. April 3, 2018 The Future Ready Iowa Act is signed by Governor Reynolds. The Act creates two new programs under the administration of Iowa College Aid – the Future Ready Iowa Skilled Workforce Shortage Last‐Dollar Scholarship and the Future Ready Iowa Skilled Workforce Grant. Both programs are set to become effective July 1, 2019.

The Teach Iowa Scholar Program was the last new program enacted to be administered by Iowa College Aid, during the 2014 legislative session. May 3, 2018 Senate File 2415, which provides FY19 appropriations to the programs administered by Iowa College Aid, is passed by the legislature.

The bill results in a $476,220 increase over FY18 appropriations. The last legislative session in which total appropriations for programs administered by Iowa College Aid increased was 2014.

Important policy/funding provisions include:  The Rural Iowa Advanced Registered Nurse and Physician Assistant Loan Repayment Program and the Registered Nurse and Nurse Educator Loan Forgiveness Program are combined to form the Health Care Profession Loan Repayment Program. The Health Care Profession Loan Repayment Program could form the catalyst for the legislature to identify high‐demand health care occupations in rural Iowa and provide loan repayment benefits in one program (not creating separate programs for each occupational category).  Moves the salary range for the Executive Director of Iowa College Aid from level 4 to level 5. Session law limits the salary of executive directors of state agencies. The Commission Board has been interested in increasing that range for the Executive Director of Iowa College Aid for a few years. With the potential of the current Executive Director’s retirement in the coming years, the Board wanted the position to have an adequate salary in order to recruit new leadership to the position.  Provides $4.7 million appropriation to the Iowa National Guard Educational Assistance Program (NGEAP), and increase of $1.6 million from the FY18 appropriation. Requires applicants of the NGEAP to complete the FAFSA.  Reduces the for‐profit Iowa Tuition Grant appropriation to $376,220, and specifies that not more than $80,000 shall be used to award students at eligible barber and cosmetology schools. Students attending the former Kaplan University campuses, who received approximately have of the FY18 appropriation, will not be eligible for funds in FY19. May 5, 2018 House File 2502, the standings bill, is passed by the legislature. The bill inserts ‘eligible surviving‐ child students’ as the second priority group in the All Iowa Opportunity Scholarship. An ‘eligible surviving‐child student’, generally, is a student under the age 26 who is the child of a police officer, fire fighter, sheriff or deputy sheriff, or peace officer who was killed in the line of duty.

1 IOWA COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION Funding Requests for Fiscal Year 2019

2018 Appropriation 2019 Difference Final Code (after mid‐year Governor 2019 FY18 Appropriation Percentage Citation State Appropriated Programs reductions) Recommendation SF2415 and SF2415 Change 261.6 All Iowa Opportunity Foster Care Grant Program $ ‐ $ ‐ $ ‐ ‐ ‐ 261.87 All Iowa Opportunity Scholarship Program 2,840,854 2,840,854 2,840,854 ‐ ‐ 261.61 Barber & Cosmetology Arts & Sciences Tuition Grant Program ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 261.71 Chiropractic Loan Forgiveness Program ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 261.115 Health Care Professional Recruitment Program (DMU) 400,973 400,973 400,973 ‐ ‐ 261.81 Iowa College Work‐Study Program ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 261.86 Iowa National Guard Educational Assistance Program 3,100,000 4,879,600 4,700,000 1,600,000 51.61% 261.112 Iowa Teacher Shortage Loan Forgiveness Program 105,828 105,828 105,828 ‐ ‐ 261.9 Iowa Tuition Grant Program ‐‐ For‐Profit Institutions 1,500,000 1,522,500 376,220 (1,123,780) ‐74.92% 261.9 Iowa Tuition Grant Program ‐‐ Not‐for‐Profit Institutions 46,630,951 47,330,415 46,630,951 ‐ ‐ 261.17 Iowa Vocational‐Technical Tuition Grant Program 1,750,185 1,750,185 1,750,185 ‐ ‐ 261B/714 Postsecondary Registration / Consumer Protection ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 261.116 Health Care Loan Repayment Program (formerly the Registered Nurs 200,000 200,000 200,000 ‐ ‐ 261.113 Rural Iowa Primary Care Loan Repayment Program 1,124,502 1,124,502 1,124,502 ‐ ‐ 261.114 Rural Nurse / Physician Assistant Loan Repayment Program ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 261.130 Skilled Workforce Shortage Grant (Kibbie Grant)** 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 ‐ ‐ 261.110 Teach Iowa Scholar Program 400,000 400,000 400,000 ‐ ‐ Administration ‐‐ General 429,279 429,279 429,279 ‐ ‐

Total Iowa College Student Aid Commission State Funding $ 63,482,572 $ 65,984,136 $ 63,958,792 $ 476,220 0.75%

**Funding is provided under the Iowa Skilled Worker and Job Creation Fund.

2 Iowa College Student Aid Commission 2018 Legislative Session

Prior Related Commission Fiscal Current Bill Number Bills Declaration on Bill Note Synopsis Status Subcommittee Members Sponsor(s) Notes

An Act relating to state and local finances by making appropriations, Introducted; Subcommittee Recommends Passage; providing for legal and regulatory responsibilities, providing for other Committee Report Recommends Amendment and Passage; properly related matters, and providing for effective date, applicability, and Amended and Passed House Debate (54‐33); Senate Proposed Committee on Appropriations Bill by House Standings Bill ‐ Amends HF2502 HSB690 SF2419 Undecided retroactive applicability provisions. Substituted for SF2419; Passed Senate (30‐17) Hinson, Grassley, Hall Chairperson Grassley name of Commission in SF2117 Introduced ‐ Referred to Ways and Means; Subcommittee An Act increasing the amount of the tuition tax credit and including Recommends Passage; Committee Report, Recommending Vander Linden, Jacoby, HF2160 retroactive applicability provisions. Passage Windschitl Brown‐Powers Ways and Means Bill

An Act exempting from the sales tax the sale of instructional materials Introduced ‐ Placed on Ways and Means calendar; required for use in a course of instruction at a postsecondary institution in Amended and Passed House Debate (93‐0); Senate HF2486 Y this state. Subcommittee Recommends Passage Feenstra, Behn, Quirmbach Committee on Ways and Means Inserted into SF2417. An Act providing education savings grants for pupils attending a nonpublic school or receiving competent private instruction, establishing an education savings grant fund, providing an income tax exemption, making SF2091 appropriations, providing penalties, and including applicability provisions. Introduced ‐ Referred to Ways and Means Feenstra, Quirmbach, Smith Chelgren Ways and Means Bill

Introduced ‐ Referred to Education; Senate Subcommittee An Act relating to the individual income tax by creating a tax credit for Recommends Amendment and Passage; Senate Committee Grants tax credits for community college students pursuing a credential leading to a high‐demand Report Approves Bill; Referred to Ways and Means; Senate community college tuition paid; SF2348 SF2046 Undecided Y occupation and including applicability provisions. Subcommittee Recommends Amendment and Passage Feenstra, Behn, Quirmbach Chelgren Ways and Means

An Act relating to state and local revenue and finance by modifying the individual and corporate income taxes, the franchise tax, tax credits, the moneys and credits tax, the sales and use taxes and local option sales tax, the hotel and motel tax, the automobile rental excise tax, the Iowa educational savings plan trust, and the disabilities expenses savings plan Introduced ‐ Referred to Ways and Means; Committee trust, making penalties applicable, and including immediate effective date Report Recommends Passage; Passed Senate Debate (29‐ Feenstra, Dawson, Breitbach, Proposed Committee on Ways and Means Bill by SF2383 SSB3197 Y and retroactive and other applicability provisions. 21); Messaged to House; Referred to Ways and Means Jochum, Bolkcom Chairperson Feenstra Ways and Means Bill

An Act relating to the funding of, the operation of, and appropriation of Introduced ‐ Referred to Appropriations; Senate Committee moneys to the college student aid commission, department for the blind, Report Approves Bill; Amended and Passed Senate (26‐21); the department of education, and the state board of regents, providing for Messaged to House; Substituted for HF2496; Passed House Proposed Committee on Appropriations Bill by FY19 Senate education SF2415 SSB3220 HF2496 Undecided related matters, and providing applicability provisions. Debate (54‐36) Chairperson Schneider appropriations bill

An Act relating to state and local revenue and finance by modifying the income taxes, the sales and use taxes and local option sales tax, the hotel Introduced ‐ Subcommittee Meeting Held 4/12/2018; and motel excise tax, the automobile rental excise tax, the Iowa educational Senate Subcommittee Recommends Amendment and savings plan trust, and the disabilities expenses savings plan trust, making Passage; Committee Report Approving Bill; Amended and penalties applicable, and including immediate effective date and retroactive Passed Senate Debate (28‐20); House Substituted for Feenstra, Dawson, Breitbach, SF2417 SSB3195 HF2489 Y and other applicability provisions. HF2489; Passed House Debate (54‐32) Jochum, Bolkcom Proposed Governor Bill Tax Reform Bill

An Act establishing an education savings grant program for pupils attending a nonpublic school, establishing an education savings grant fund, providing an income tax exemption, making appropriations, providing penalties, and Introduced ‐ Referred to Appropriations; Subcommittee Proposed Committee on Appropriations Bill by SSB3206 including applicability provisions. Recommends Passage Chelgren, Danielson, Rozenboom Chairperson Schneider

Enrolled Bills ‐‐ Awaiting Gubernatorial Action

Bills Signed into Law by Governor Reynolds

Introduced ‐ Subcommittee Recommends Passage; Placed on Committee Calendar; Passed House Debate (95‐3); Senate Subcommittee Recommends Passage; Senate House Subcommittee: Salmon, An Act relating to statewide assessments of student progress for the Committee Report Recommends Passage; Amended and Dolecheck, Mascher; Senate purposes of core academic indicators, and including effective date Passed Senate Debate (39‐10); Passed House Debate (86‐ Subcommittee: Chelgren, Proposed Committee on Education Bill by HF2235 HSB578 Y provisions. 13); Signed by Governor Reynolds Dvorsky, Rozenboom, Sinclair Chairperson Rogers 3 Iowa College Student Aid Commission 2018 Legislative Session

Prior Related Commission Fiscal Current Bill Number Bills Declaration on Bill Note Synopsis Status Subcommittee Members Sponsor(s) Notes

Introduced ‐ Subcommittee Recommends Amendment and Passage; Committee Report Approves Bill; Passed House An act prohibiting state agencies from implementing or enforcing any Debate (95‐2), Messaged to Senate; Moved to Senate standard, requirement, or threshold without explicit authorization by Unfinished Business Calendar; Passed Senate Debate (46‐ Proposed Committee on Judiciary Bill by Chairperson HF2343 HSB574 SF2342 Y statute, rule, or regulation. 3); Signed by Governor Reynolds Rizer, Hein, Bennett Nunn

Introduced ‐ Subcommittee Recommends Passage; Committee Report Approves Bill; Passed House Debate (95‐ 0), Messaged to Senate, Attached to Companion (SF2366); Strikes redundant language in Passed Senate Debate (48‐0); HF2348 Substituted for Paustianstian, Gustafson, R. Proposed Committee on Judiciary Bill by Chairperson 261.1 and adds public law HF2348 HSB621 SF2336 An Act relating to nonsubstantive Code corrections. SF2366; Signed by Governor Reynolds Smith Nunn citation in 261.2

Introduced ‐ Referred to Education; House Subcommittee Recommends Amendment and Passage; Passed House Debate (95‐0), Messaged to Senate; Senate Subcommittee House Subcommittee: Hager, Recommends Passage; Senate Committee Report Approves Bossman, P. Miller; Senate An Act relating to student personal information protection and providing Bill; Passed Senate Debate (49‐0); Signed by Governor Subcommittee: Sinclair, Greene, HF2354 HF92 remedies. Reynolds Hart Pettengill

An Act relating to statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and Introduced ‐ Subcommittee Recommends Passage; Passed inaccuracies, delete temporary language, resolve inconsistencies and House Debate (99‐0), Messaged to Senate; Attached to conflicts, update ongoing provisions, or remove ambiguities, and including Companion (SF2335); Passed Senate Debate (50‐0); Signed Proposed Committee on Judiciary Bill By Chairperson Iowa Code Section 261.9 ‐ HF2457 HSB662 SF2335 retroactive applicability provisions. by Governor Reynolds Koester, Gustafson, R. Smith Nunn changes 'part' to 'subchapter'

An Act creating a future ready Iowa Act to strengthen workforce development by establishing a registered apprenticeship development program, a volunteer mentoring program, a summer youth intern program, summer postsecondary courses for high school students that are aligned Introduced ‐ Subcommittee Recommends Passage; with high‐demand career pathways, an employer innovation fund, and Committee Report Approves Bill; Amended and Passed future ready Iowa skilled workforce scholarship and grant programs and House Debate (98‐0), Messaged to Senate; Substituted for funds, and including effective date provisions. SF2327; Passed Senate Debate 47‐0; Signed by Governor Cownie, Grassley, Best, Oldson, HF2458 HSB602 SF2327 For Reynolds Hall Proposed Governor Bill Future Ready Iowa Act

Introduced in 2017; Passed Senate in 2017; Rereferred to Education in 2018; Subcommittee Recommends Passage; Committee Report Recommends Amendment and Passage; An Act relating to educational programs developed or administered by the Moved to House Unfinished Business Calendar; Amended department or state board of education, school districts, or accredited and Passed House Debate (56‐39); Messaged to Senate; nonpublic schools, and to school‐age children's health screenings, providing Deferred; Senate Concurred with House Amendment; Wheeler, Hanusa, T. Moore, SF475 SSB1137 Y for or relating to fees, and including effective date provisions. Passed Senate Debate (28‐19) Nielsen, Steckman Proposed

An Act relating to public funding and regulatory matters and making, Senate Committee Report Approves Bill; Amended and reducing, transferring, and supplementing appropriations for expenditures Passed Senate Debate (29‐21), House Committee in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and including effective date Amendment and Approval of Bill; Amended and Passed provisions. House Debate (59‐41); Passed Senate Debate (28‐21); Proposed Committee on Appropriations Bill by SF2117 SSB3089 HSB648 Undecided Signed by Governor Reynolds Chairperson Schneider De‐appropriations bill for FY18.

Introduced ‐ Senate Subcommittee Recommends Passage; Senate Committee Report Approves Bill; Passed Senate Debate (48‐0); House Subcommittee Recommends Amendment and Passage; House Committee Report Recommends Amendment and Passage; Committee Senate Subcommittee: Smith, Amendment Filed; Passed House Debate (100‐0); Senate Feenstra, Danielson; House An Act concerning public investment maturity limitations relating to the Concurred with House Amendment; Passed Senate Debate Subcommittee: Bergan, Koester, Proposed Committee on State Government Bill by SF2155 SSB3022 operating funds of political subdivisions. (47‐0) Lensing Chairperson Smith

Introduced ‐ Subcommittee Recommends Passage; Committee Report Approves Bill; Passed Senate Debate (48‐ 0), Messaged to House; Substituted for HF2368; Amended An Act regulating veterans' benefit services and related events, by requiring and Passed House Debate (96‐0); Senate Concurred with SF2200 SSB3067 HF2368 certain disclosures and making penalties applicable. House Amendment; Passed Senate Debate (47‐0) Rozenboom, Dawson, Ragan Proposed Attorney General Bill 4 Iowa College Student Aid Commission 2018 Legislative Session

Prior Related Commission Fiscal Current Bill Number Bills Declaration on Bill Note Synopsis Status Subcommittee Members Sponsor(s) Notes

Introduced ‐ Senate Subcommittee Recommends Passage; Senate Committee Report Approves Bill; Passed Senate Requires the director of the Debate (37‐11), Messaged to House; House Subcommittee Iowa Dept of Education to cite An Act requiring the department of education to include references to state Recommends Passage; House Committee Report Approves the state/federal statute, rule, or federal statutory or regulatory provisions necessitating the inclusion of Bill; Passed House Debate (94‐5); Signed by Governor Senate: Chelgren, Edler, Hogg; Proposed Committee on Education Bill by regulation that requires various SF2274 SSB3001 information in reports filed with the department. Reynolds House: T. Moore, Jones, Staed Chairperson Sinclair entities to report information.

Last Updated: 5/4/2018

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