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HOUSE
FILE
867
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HIGHER
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
62)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
that
a
portion
of
funds
for
the
Iowa
tuition
1
grant
be
awarded
to
students
pursuing
majors
leading
to
2
high-wage
and
high-demand
jobs
and
including
effective
date
3
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
84A.1B,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
18.
Create,
in
collaboration
with
the
Iowa
3
association
of
independent
colleges
and
universities,
a
list
4
of
high-wage
and
high-demand
jobs
and
corresponding
academic
5
majors
offered
by
accredited
private
institutions
as
defined
in
6
section
256.183
for
purposes
of
the
Iowa
tuition
grant
program
7
established
under
chapter
256,
subchapter
VII,
part
4,
subpart
8
B.
The
workforce
development
board,
in
collaboration
with
the
9
Iowa
association
of
independent
colleges
and
universities,
10
shall
update
the
list
at
least
once
every
two
years.
In
11
creating
a
list
under
this
subsection,
the
following
criteria,
12
at
a
minimum,
apply:
13
a.
An
entry-level
annual
salary
of
not
less
than
forty
14
thousand
dollars.
15
b.
Educational
attainment
of
a
qualifying
credential
of
16
at
least
a
bachelor’s
degree,
or
attainment
of
an
initial
or
17
intern
Iowa
teaching
license
issued
under
chapter
256
through
18
a
pathway
to
licensure
offered
by
an
accredited
private
19
institution
as
defined
in
section
256.183.
20
c.
At
least
one
of
any
of
the
following:
21
(1)
Projected
annual
job
openings
of
at
least
two
hundred
22
fifty
during
the
next
five
years.
23
(2)
Projected
annual
growth
in
the
number
of
job
openings
24
of
at
least
one
percent.
25
Sec.
2.
Section
256.189,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
amended
26
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
27
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
Award
no
less
than
fifty
percent
of
the
28
funds
available
for
the
tuition
grant
program
each
fiscal
year
29
to
students
pursuing
majors
that
correspond
to
high-wage
and
30
high-demand
jobs
included
in
the
list
of
such
jobs
created
by
31
the
workforce
development
board
pursuant
to
section
84A.1B,
32
subsection
18.
33
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
The
following,
being
deemed
of
34
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment:
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The
section
of
this
Act
enacting
section
84A.1B,
subsection
1
18.
2
EXPLANATION
3
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
4
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
5
This
bill
requires
the
college
student
aid
commission
to
6
award
no
less
than
50
percent
of
the
funds
available
for
Iowa
7
tuition
grants
each
fiscal
year
to
students
pursuing
majors
8
that
correspond
to
high-wage
and
high-demand
jobs.
9
The
bill
requires
the
workforce
development
board,
in
10
collaboration
with
the
Iowa
association
of
independent
colleges
11
and
universities,
to
create
a
list
of
high-wage
and
high-demand
12
jobs
for
this
purpose
and
establishes
criteria
for
the
list.
13
The
provision
requiring
the
workforce
development
board
to
14
create
the
list
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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