If they use the system more than 14 hours during the hours of 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. during one month, they are charged 50 cents for each additional hour. If the original Senate bill is passed, or if a similar version makes it through the Legislature and is signed by Gov. Branstad, the university would not be able to offer remote services. Instead, off-campus students would have to access the Internet through a private company. Michel Pogge, a Government of the Student Body senator, said he worked with senators from the University of Iowa and UNI over the weekend to draft a protest resolution. Other students had slightly different views.
State senators have until the end of the session, likely in two or three weeks, to take up the bill.
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