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IA Code § 260H.7A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 260H - PATHWAYS FOR ACADEMIC CAREER AND EMPLOYMENT ACT|Section 260H.7A - Pathway navigators.

260H.7A Pathway navigators.   1. A community college may use moneys for the pathways for academic career and employment program to employ pathway navigators to assist students applying for or enrolled in eligible pathways for academic career and employment projects.   2. Pathway navigators shall provide services and support to aid students in selecting pathways for academic career and employment projects that will result in gainful, quality, in-state employment and to ensuring students are successful once enrolled in pathways for academic career and employment projects. Services the pathway navigators may provide include but are not limited to the following:   a. Interviewing and selecting students for enrollment in pathways for academic career and employment projects.   b. Assessing students’ skills, interests, and previous academic and work experience for purposes of placement in pathways for academic career and employment projects.   c. Working with students to develop academic and career plans and to adjust such plans as needed.   d. Assisting students in applying for and receiving resources for financial aid and other forms of tuition assistance.   e. Assisting students with the admissions process, remedial education, academic credit transfer, meeting assessment requirements, course registration, and other procedures necessary for successful completion of pathways for academic career and employment projects.   f. Assisting in identifying and resolving obstacles to students’ successful completion of pathways for academic career and employment projects.   g. Connecting students with useful college resources or outside support services such as access to child care, transportation, and tutorial assistance, as needed.   h. Maintaining ongoing contact with students enrolled in pathways for academic career and employment projects and ensuring students are making satisfactory progress toward the successful completion of projects.   i. Providing support to students transitioning from remedial education, short-term training, and classroom experience to employment.   j. Coordinating activities with community-based organizations that serve as key recruiters for pathways for academic career and employment projects and assisting students throughout the recruitment process.   k. Coordinating adult basic education services.  2013 Acts, ch 141, §46
IA Code § 260H.7B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 260H - PATHWAYS FOR ACADEMIC CAREER AND EMPLOYMENT ACT|Section 260H.7B - Regional industry sector partnerships.

260H.7B Regional industry sector partnerships.   1. A community college may use moneys for the pathways for academic career and employment program to provide staff and support for the development and implementation of regional industry sector partnerships within the region served by the community college.   2. Regional, industry sector partnerships may include but are not limited to the following activities:   a. Bringing together representatives from industry sectors, government, education, local workforce boards, community-based organizations, labor, economic development organizations, and other stakeholders within the regional labor market to determine how pathways for academic career and employment projects should address workforce skills gaps, occupational shortages, and wage gaps.   b. Integrating pathways for academic career and employment projects and other existing supply-side strategies with workforce needs within the region served by the community college.   c. Developing pathways for academic career and employment projects that focus on the workforce skills, from entry level to advanced, required by industry sectors within the region served by the community college.   d. Structuring pathways so that instruction and learning of workforce skills are aligned with industry-recognized standards where such standards exist.  2013 Acts, ch 141, §47  Referred to in §258.6, 258.14
IA Code § 260H.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 260H - PATHWAYS FOR ACADEMIC CAREER AND EMPLOYMENT ACT|Section 260H.8 - Rules.

260H.8 Rules.   The department of education, in consultation with the community colleges, the economic development authority, and the department of workforce development, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A and this chapter to implement the provisions of this chapter. Local workforce development boards established pursuant to section 84A.4 shall be consulted in the development and implementation of rules to be adopted pursuant to this chapter.  2011 Acts, ch 118, §87, 89; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §78, 106; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §37; 2016 Acts, ch 1118, §19, 21
IA Code § 260I.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 260I - GAP TUITION ASSISTANCE ACT|Section 260I.1 - Title.

260I.1 Title.   This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Gap Tuition Assistance Act”.  2011 Acts, ch 132, §79, 106
IA Code § 260I.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 260I - GAP TUITION ASSISTANCE ACT|Section 260I.2 - Gap tuition assistance program — fund.

260I.2 Gap tuition assistance program — fund.   1. A gap tuition assistance program is established to provide funding to community colleges for need-based tuition assistance to applicants to enable completion of continuing education certificate training programs for in-demand occupations.   2. a. There is established for the community colleges a gap tuition assistance fund in the state treasury to be administered by the department of education. The funds in the gap tuition assistance fund are appropriated to the department of education for the gap tuition assistance program.   b. The aggregate total of grants awarded from the gap tuition assistance fund during a fiscal year shall not be more than two million dollars.   c. Except as provided in section 260I.10, subsection 4, moneys in the fund shall be allocated pursuant to the formula established in section 260C.18C. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund of the state but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose designated for subsequent fiscal years. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.  2011 Acts, ch 132, §80, 106; 2012 Acts, ch 1132, §18; 2019 Acts, ch 135, §21  Referred to in §260I.10
IA Code § 260I.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 260I - GAP TUITION ASSISTANCE ACT|Section 260I.3 - Applicants for tuition assistance — eligibility criteria.

260I.3 Applicants for tuition assistance — eligibility criteria.   1. The state board of education shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A defining eligibility criteria for persons applying to receive tuition assistance under this chapter.   2. Eligibility for tuition assistance under this chapter shall be based on financial need. Criteria to be assessed in determining financial need shall include but is not limited to:   a. The applicant’s family income for the three months prior to the date of application or documentation of a life-changing event.   b. The applicant’s family size.   c. The applicant’s county of residence.   3. a. An applicant for tuition assistance under this chapter must have a demonstrated capacity to achieve the following outcomes:   (1) The ability to complete an eligible certificate program.   (2) The ability to enter a postsecondary certificate, diploma, or degree program for credit.   (3) The ability to gain full-time employment.   (4) The ability to maintain full-time employment over time.   b. The community college receiving the application shall only approve an applicant for tuition assistance under this chapter if the community college determines the applicant has a strong likelihood of achieving the outcomes described in paragraph “a” after considering factors including but not limited to:   (1) Barriers that may prevent an applicant from completing the certificate program.   (2) Barriers that may prevent an applicant from gaining employment in an in-demand occupation.   4. Applicants may be found eligible for partial or total tuition assistance.   5. Tuition assistance shall not be approved when the community college receiving the application determines that funding for an applicant’s participation in an eligible certificate program is available from any other public or private funding source.   6. The community college receiving the application may limit an applicant to one eligible certificate program or to eligible programs within one career pathway, based on the funding available to the community college for purposes of this program.  2011 Acts, ch 118, §87, 89; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §81, 106; 2015 Acts, ch 140, §44, 58, 59; 2019 Acts, ch 135, §22 – 24; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §101  Subsection 1 amended
IA Code § 260I.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 260I - GAP TUITION ASSISTANCE ACT|Section 260I.4 - Applicants for tuition assistance — additional provisions.

260I.4 Applicants for tuition assistance — additional provisions.   1. An applicant for tuition assistance under this chapter shall provide to the community college receiving the application documentation of all sources of income.   2. Only an applicant eligible to work in the United States shall be approved for tuition assistance under this chapter.   3. An application shall be valid for six months from the date of signature on the application.   4. Eligibility for tuition assistance under this chapter shall not be construed to guarantee enrollment in any community college certificate program.   5. Eligibility for tuition assistance under this chapter shall be limited to persons earning incomes at or below two hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States department of health and human services.   6. Persons earning incomes between one hundred fifty percent and two hundred fifty percent, both percentages inclusive, of the federal poverty level as defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines published by the United States department of health and human services shall be given first priority for tuition assistance under this chapter. Persons earning incomes below one hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level shall be given second priority for tuition assistance under this chapter.   7. A person who is eligible for financial assistance pursuant to the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, Pub. L. No. 105-220, or the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, Pub. L. No. 113-128, shall be ineligible for tuition assistance under this chapter unless such funds budgeted for training assistance for the adult, dislocated worker, or youth programs have been fully expended by a workforce region.  2011 Acts, ch 132, §82, 106; 2013 Acts, ch 141, §48; 2015 Acts, ch 140, §45, 58, 59; 2019 Acts, ch 135, §25
IA Code § 260I.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 260I - GAP TUITION ASSISTANCE ACT|Section 260I.5 - Eligible costs.

260I.5 Eligible costs.   Costs of a certificate program eligible for coverage by tuition assistance shall include but are not limited to:   1. Tuition.   2. Direct training costs.   3. Required books and equipment.   4. Fees including but not limited to fees for industry testing services and background check testing services.   5. Costs of providing direct staff support services including but not limited to marketing, outreach, application, interview, and assessment processes. Eligible costs for this purpose shall be limited to twenty percent of any allocation of moneys to the two smallest community colleges, ten percent of any allocation of moneys to the two largest community colleges, and fifteen percent of any allocation of moneys to the remaining eleven community colleges. Community college size shall be determined based on the most recent three-year rolling average full-time equivalent enrollment.  2011 Acts, ch 132, §83, 106; 2013 Acts, ch 141, §49
IA Code § 260I.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 260I - GAP TUITION ASSISTANCE ACT|Section 260I.6 - Eligible certificate programs.

260I.6 Eligible certificate programs.   For the purposes of this chapter, “eligible certificate program” means a program meeting all of the following criteria:   1. The program is not offered for credit, but is aligned with a certificate, diploma, or degree for credit, and does any of the following:   a. Offers a state, national, or locally recognized certificate.   b. Offers preparation for a professional examination or licensure.   c. Provides endorsement for an existing credential or license.   d. Represents recognized skill standards defined by an industrial sector.   e. Offers a similar credential or training.   2. The program offers training or a credential in an in-demand occupation. For the purposes of this chapter, “in-demand occupation” includes occupations in the following industries:   a. Information technology.   b. Health care.   c. Advanced manufacturing.   d. Transportation and logistics.   e. Any other industry designated as in-demand by a local workforce development board established pursuant to section 84A.4.  2011 Acts, ch 132, §84, 106; 2016 Acts, ch 1118, §20, 21
IA Code § 260I.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 260I - GAP TUITION ASSISTANCE ACT|Section 260I.7 - Initial assessment.

260I.7 Initial assessment.   An applicant for tuition assistance under this chapter shall complete an initial assessment administered by the community college receiving the application to determine the applicant’s readiness to complete an eligible certificate program. The assessment shall include the areas of reading and mathematics. An applicant shall complete any additional assessments and occupational research required by an eligible certificate program.  2011 Acts, ch 132, §85, 106; 2012 Acts, ch 1132, §19; 2019 Acts, ch 135, §26
IA Code § 260I.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 260I - GAP TUITION ASSISTANCE ACT|Section 260I.8 - Program interview.

260I.8 Program interview.   An applicant for tuition assistance under this chapter shall meet with a member of the staff for an eligible certificate program offered by the community college receiving the application. The staff member shall discuss the relevant industry, any applicable occupational research, and any applicable training relating to the eligible certificate program. The discussion shall include an evaluation of the applicant’s capabilities, needs, family situation, work history, educational background, attitude and motivation, employment skills, vocational and technical potential, and employment barriers. The discussion shall also include potential start dates, support needs, and other requirements for an eligible certificate program.  2011 Acts, ch 132, §86, 106; 2016 Acts, ch 1108, §59
IA Code § 260I.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 260I - GAP TUITION ASSISTANCE ACT|Section 260I.9 - Participation requirements.

260I.9 Participation requirements.   1. A participant in an eligible certificate program who receives tuition assistance pursuant to this chapter shall do all of the following:   a. Maintain regular contact with staff members for the certificate program to document the applicant’s progress in the program.   b. Sign a release form to provide relevant information to community college faculty or case managers.   c. Discuss with staff members for the certificate program any issues that may impact the participant’s ability to complete the certificate program, obtain employment, and maintain employment over time.   d. Attend all required courses regularly.   e. Meet with staff members for the certificate program to develop a job search plan.   2. A community college may terminate tuition assistance for a participant who fails to meet the requirements of this section.  2011 Acts, ch 132, §87, 106
IA Code § 260I.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 260I - GAP TUITION ASSISTANCE ACT|Section 260I.10 - Oversight.

260I.10 Oversight.   1. The department of education, in coordination with the community colleges, shall establish a steering committee. The steering committee shall determine if the performance measures of the gap tuition assistance program are being met and shall take necessary steps to correct any deficiencies. The steering committee shall meet at least quarterly to evaluate and monitor the performance of the gap tuition assistance program.   2. The department of education, in coordination with the community colleges, shall develop a common intake tracking system that shall be implemented consistently by each participating community college.   3. The department of education shall coordinate statewide oversight, evaluation, and reporting efforts for the gap tuition assistance program.   4. The department of education, in coordination with the community colleges, may adjust the allocations generated pursuant to section 260I.2, subsection 2, paragraph “c”, to ensure efficient delivery of services.  2011 Acts, ch 132, §88, 106; 2019 Acts, ch 135, §27; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §385, 391, 392  Referred to in §260I.2  Section not amended; section history revised
IA Code § 260I.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 260I - GAP TUITION ASSISTANCE ACT|Section 260I.11 - Rules.

260I.11 Rules.   The state board of education, in consultation with the community colleges, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A and this chapter to implement the provisions of this chapter.  2011 Acts, ch 118, §87, 89; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §89, 106; 2019 Acts, ch 135, §28
IA Code § 261.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 261 - COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION|Section 261.3 - Organization — bylaws.

261.3 Organization — bylaws.   1. The commission is an autonomous state agency which is attached to the department of education for organizational purposes only.   2. The commission shall determine its own organization, draw up its own bylaws, adopt rules under chapter 17A, and do such other things as may be necessary and incidental in the administration of this chapter, including the housing, employment, and fixing the compensation and bond of persons required to carry out its functions and responsibilities. A decision of the commission is final agency action under chapter 17A.   3. The commission shall function at the seat of government or such other place as it might designate.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §261.3]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1454; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
IA Code § 261.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 261 - COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION|Section 261.4 - Funds — compensation and expenses of commission.

261.4 Funds — compensation and expenses of commission.   The director of the department of administrative services shall keep an accounting of all funds received and expended by the commission. The members of the commission, except those members who are employees of the state, shall be paid a per diem as specified in section 7E.6 and shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses. All per diem and expense moneys paid to nonlegislative members shall be paid from funds appropriated to the commission. Legislative members of the commission shall receive payment pursuant to section 2.10 and section 2.12.  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §261.4]  90 Acts, ch 1256, §44; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
IA Code § 261.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 261 - COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION|Section 261.6 - All Iowa opportunity foster care grant program.

261.6 All Iowa opportunity foster care grant program. Repealed by 2017 Acts, ch 172, §43.
IA Code § 261.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 261 - COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION|Section 261.7 - Textbook notice — legislative intent and recommendation.

261.7 Textbook notice — legislative intent and recommendation.   1. In order to promote consumer choice and lower the costs of textbooks in higher education, the general assembly intends that students enrolled in institutions of higher learning have access to appropriate textbook information prior to the start of classes, with adequate time to pursue alternative purchase avenues.   2. The general assembly recommends that every public and private institution of higher education in this state, including those institutions referenced in chapters 260C and 262 and section 261.9, post the list of required and suggested textbooks for all courses and the corresponding international standard book numbers for such textbooks at least fourteen days before the start of each semester or term, to the extent possible, at the locations where textbooks are sold on campus and on the internet site for the respective institution of higher education.   3. The college student aid commission is directed to convey the legislative intent and recommendation contained in this section to every institution of higher education in the state registered pursuant to chapter 261B at least once a year.  2008 Acts, ch 1146, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1191, §125; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §257
IA Code § 261.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 261 - COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION|Section 261.10 - Who qualified.

261.10 Who qualified.   A tuition grant may be awarded to a resident of Iowa who is admitted and in attendance as a full-time or part-time resident student at an accredited private institution and who establishes financial need.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §261.10]  88 Acts, ch 1284, §25
IA Code § 261.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 261 - COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION|Section 261.11 - Extent of grant.

261.11 Extent of grant.   A qualified full-time resident student may receive tuition grants for not more than eight semesters of undergraduate study or the trimester or quarter equivalent. A qualified part-time resident student may receive tuition grants for not more than sixteen semesters of undergraduate study or the trimester or quarter equivalent.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §261.11]  88 Acts, ch 1284, §26