HF577 • 2026

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.(Formerly HF 154 .)

Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Last action: 2025-04-03
Official status: Referred to Higher Education. H.J. 895 .
Effective date: Not listed

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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.(Formerly HF 154 .)

What This Bill Does

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.(Formerly HF 154 .)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-04-03 Iowa Legislature
Referred to Higher Education. H.J. 895 .
2025-03-10 Iowa Legislature
Fiscal note .
2025-02-24 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 416 .

Official Summary Text

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.(Formerly HF 154 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

577

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

577

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

HIGHER

EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HF

154)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

providing

for

a

waiver

of

undergraduate

tuition

and

1

mandatory

fees

and

a

stipend

at

regents

institutions

for

2

Iowa

residents

who

receive

the

maximum

score

on

certain

3

standardized

tests.

4

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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577

Section

1.

Section

262.9,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

39.

Direct

the

institutions

of

higher

3

learning

governed

by

the

board

to

waive

undergraduate

tuition

4

and

mandatory

fees

for

a

resident

of

Iowa

who

receives

the

5

maximum

score

possible

on

the

college

readiness

assessment

6

administered

by

ACT,

inc.,

the

college

readiness

assessment

7

administered

by

the

college

board,

or

the

classic

learning

test

8

developed

by

classic

learning

initiatives

and

to

provide

the

9

student

with

a

stipend

of

five

thousand

dollars

per

semester.

10

The

board

may

require

that

documentation

of

the

score

be

11

provided

in

order

to

qualify

for

such

a

waiver

and

stipend.

12

A

student

must

make

satisfactory

academic

progress

toward

13

graduation

in

order

to

continue

to

receive

such

a

waiver

and

14

stipend.

The

board

may

establish

standards

for

such

progress.

15

EXPLANATION

16

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

17

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

18

This

bill

requires

regents

institutions

to

waive

19

undergraduate

tuition

and

mandatory

fees

for

a

resident

of

20

Iowa

who

receives

the

maximum

score

possible

on

the

college

21

readiness

assessment

administered

by

ACT,

inc.,

the

college

22

readiness

assessment

administered

by

the

college

board,

or

23

the

classical

learning

test

developed

by

classic

learning

24

initiatives

and

to

provide

the

student

with

a

stipend

of

$5,000

25

per

semester.

The

board

may

require

that

documentation

of

the

26

score

be

provided

in

order

to

qualify

for

such

a

waiver

and

27

stipend.

A

student

must

make

satisfactory

academic

progress

28

toward

graduation

in

order

to

continue

to

receive

such

a

waiver

29

and

stipend.

30

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