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241
BY
GREEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
a
court
from
ordering
payment
of
a
1
postsecondary
education
subsidy
for
a
child
under
a
2
dissolution
of
marriage
temporary
order
or
final
judgment
or
3
decree,
and
providing
for
application
to
existing
orders,
4
judgments,
and
decrees.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
598.1,
subsection
8,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
8.
“Postsecondary
education
subsidy”
means
an
amount
which
3
either
of
the
parties
may
be
required
to
pay
under
a
temporary
4
order
or
final
judgment
or
decree
for
educational
expenses
of
5
a
child
who
is
between
the
ages
of
eighteen
and
twenty-two
6
years
if
the
child
is
regularly
attending
a
course
of
career
7
and
technical
training
either
as
a
part
of
a
regular
school
8
program
or
under
special
arrangements
adapted
to
the
individual
9
person’s
needs;
or
is,
in
good
faith,
a
full-time
student
in
a
10
college,
university,
or
community
college;
or
has
been
accepted
11
for
admission
to
a
college,
university,
or
community
college
12
and
the
next
regular
term
has
not
yet
begun.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
598.21F,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
striking
14
the
section
and
inserting
in
lieu
thereof
the
following:
15
598.21F
Postsecondary
education
subsidy.
16
The
court
shall
not
order
either
of
the
parties
to
pay
a
17
postsecondary
education
subsidy
under
a
temporary
order
or
18
final
judgment
or
decree.
19
Sec.
3.
Section
598.22,
subsection
5,
Code
2025,
is
amended
20
to
read
as
follows:
21
5.
Prompt
payment
of
sums
required
to
be
paid
under
sections
22
598.10
,
598.21A
,
598.21B
,
598.21C
,
and
598.21E
,
and
598.21F
is
23
the
essence
of
such
orders
or
judgments
and
the
court
may
act
24
pursuant
to
section
598.23
regardless
of
whether
the
amounts
in
25
default
are
paid
prior
to
the
contempt
hearing.
26
Sec.
4.
Section
600.11,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
27
subparagraph
(5),
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
28
(5)
A
person
who
is
ordered
to
pay
support
or
a
29
postsecondary
education
subsidy
pursuant
to
section
598.21F
,
or
30
chapter
234
,
252A
,
252C
,
252F
,
598
,
600B
,
or
any
other
chapter
31
of
the
Code,
for
a
person
eighteen
years
of
age
or
older
who
is
32
being
adopted
by
a
stepparent,
and
the
support
order
or
order
33
requires
payment
of
support
or
postsecondary
education
subsidy
34
for
any
period
of
time
after
the
child
reaches
eighteen
years
35
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of
age.
1
Sec.
5.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
a
support
order,
2
decree,
or
judgment
entered
or
pending
on
or
after
July
1,
3
2025.
This
Act
shall
not
be
the
basis
for
modification
of
an
4
order,
decree,
or
judgment
entered
before
July
1,
2025,
that
5
provides
for
a
postsecondary
education
subsidy.
6
EXPLANATION
7
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
8
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
9
This
bill
eliminates
the
current
option
for
a
court
to
order
10
a
postsecondary
education
subsidy
and
instead
prohibits
a
11
court
from
ordering
the
payment
of
a
postsecondary
education
12
subsidy
by
parties
to
a
dissolution
of
marriage.
The
bill
also
13
provides
that
the
bill
applies
to
a
support
order,
decree,
or
14
judgment
entered
or
pending
on
or
after
July
1,
2025,
and
that
15
the
bill
shall
not
be
the
basis
for
modification
of
an
order,
16
decree,
or
judgment
entered
before
July
1,
2025,
that
provides
17
for
a
postsecondary
education
subsidy.
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