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2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261D - MIDWESTERN HIGHER EDUCATION COMPACT › Section 261D.3 - Commission members representing Iowa — terms — vacancies.

261D.3 Commission members representing Iowa — terms — vacancies.
1. The members of the commission representing this state shall consist of the following:
a. The governor or the governor’s designee.
b. One member of the senate appointed by the president of the senate after consultation with the majority leader and minority leader of the senate.
c. One member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives after consultation with the majority leader and minority leader of the house of representatives.
d. One member appointed by the state board of regents.
e. One member appointed by the Iowa association of community college trustees.
2. In order to maximize participation in and knowledge of commission activities, alternate members of the commission representing Iowa shall be designated in the following manner:
a. One alternate member appointed by the governor.
b. One alternate member from the senate from the opposite political party of the commissioner appointed pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph “b”, selected in the manner provided in subsection 1, paragraph “b”.
c. One alternate member from the house of representatives from the opposite political party of the commissioner appointed pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph “c”, selected in the manner provided in subsection 1, paragraph “c”.
d. One alternate member appointed by the Iowa association of independent colleges and universities.
e. One alternate member appointed by the Iowa college student aid commission.
3. Nonlegislative members shall serve two-year terms except as otherwise provided under the terms of the compact. Legislative members shall serve two-year terms as provided in section 69.16B. Nonlegislative members shall serve without compensation, but shall receive their actual and necessary expenses and travel. Legislative members shall receive actual and necessary expenses pursuant to sections 2.10 and 2.12. Vacancies on the commission shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the same manner as the original appointments. If a legislative member ceases to be a member of the general assembly, the legislative member shall no longer serve as a member of the commission.
4. It is the intent of the general assembly that commissioners representing the senate and the house of representatives be members of different political parties from one another.
2005 Acts, ch 145, §3; 2008 Acts, ch 1156, §40, 58; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §104
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261E - SENIOR YEAR PLUS PROGRAM › Section 261E.1 - Senior year plus program.

261E.1 Senior year plus program.
1. A senior year plus program is established to be administered by the department of education to provide Iowa high school students increased access to college credit or advanced placement coursework. The program shall consist of the following elements:
a. Advanced placement classes, including on-site, consortium, and online opportunities and courses delivered via the Iowa communications network.
b. Community college credit courses offered through written agreements between school districts and community colleges.
c. College and university credit courses offered to individual high school students through the postsecondary enrollment options program in accordance with section 261E.6.
d. Courses offered through regional and career academies for college credit.
e. Internet-based courses offered for college credit.
2. The senior year plus programming provided by a school district pursuant to sections 261E.4 and 261E.6 may be available to students on a year-round basis.
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §51; 2020 Acts, ch 1107, §7
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261E - SENIOR YEAR PLUS PROGRAM › Section 261E.2 - Definitions.

261E.2 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Concurrent enrollment” means any course offered to students in grades nine through twelve during the regular school year approved by the board of directors of a school district through a contractual agreement between a community college and the school district that meets the provisions of section 257.11, subsection 3. “Concurrent enrollment” also means any course offered to students in grades nine through twelve during the regular school year approved by the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school through a contract with a community college in accordance with section 261E.8, subsection 2, paragraph “b”.
2. “Department” means the department of education.
3. “Director” means the director of the department of education.
4. “Eligible postsecondary institution” means an institution of higher learning under the control of the state board of regents, a community college established under chapter 260C, or an accredited private institution as defined in section 261.9.
5. “Institution” means a school district or eligible postsecondary institution delivering the instruction in a given program as authorized by this chapter.
6. “School board” means the board of directors of a school district or a collaboration of boards of directors of school districts.
7. “State board” means the state board of education.
8. “Student” means any individual enrolled in grades nine through twelve in a school district who meets the criteria in section 261E.3, subsection 1. “Student” includes an individual attending an accredited nonpublic school or the Iowa school for the deaf or the Iowa braille and sight saving school for purposes of sections 261E.4 and 261E.6.
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §52; 2019 Acts, ch 164, §3, 7; 2020 Acts, ch 1117, §21
Referred to in §85.61
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261E - SENIOR YEAR PLUS PROGRAM › Section 261E.4 - Advanced placement program.

261E.4 Advanced placement program.
1. A school district shall make available advanced placement courses to its resident students through direct instruction on-site, collaboration with another school district, or by using the online Iowa advanced placement academy.
2. A school district shall provide descriptions of the advanced placement courses available to students using a course registration handbook.
3. A school district shall ensure that advanced placement course teachers or instructors are appropriately licensed by the board of educational examiners in accordance with chapter 272 and meet the minimum certification requirements of the national organization that administers the advanced placement program.
4. A school district shall establish prerequisite coursework for each advanced placement course offered and shall describe the prerequisites in the course registration handbook, which shall be provided to every eighth grade student prior to the development of the student’s career and academic plan pursuant to section 279.61.
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §54; 2016 Acts, ch 1108, §2, 9
Referred to in §261E.1, 261E.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261E - SENIOR YEAR PLUS PROGRAM › Section 261E.5 - Advanced placement courses — access — examination fee payment.

261E.5 Advanced placement courses — access — examination fee payment.
1. A student enrolled in a school district or accredited nonpublic school shall be provided access to advanced placement examinations at a rate of one-half of the cost of the regular examination fee the student or the student’s parents or guardians would normally pay for the examination.
2. The board of directors of a school district and the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school shall ensure that any student enrolled who is interested in taking an advanced placement examination is properly registered for the examination. An accredited nonpublic school shall provide a list of students registered for advanced placement examinations to the school district in which the accredited nonpublic school is located. The school district and the accredited nonpublic school shall also ensure that any student enrolled in the school district or school, as applicable, who is interested in taking an advanced placement examination and qualifies for a reduced fee for the examination is properly registered for the fee reduction. The school district shall provide the college board with a list of all students enrolled in the school district and the accredited nonpublic schools located in the school district who are properly registered for advanced placement examinations administered by the college board.
3. From the funds allocated pursuant to section 261E.13, subsection 1, paragraph “d”, the department shall remit amounts to the college board for advanced placement examinations administered by the college board for students enrolled in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools pursuant to subsection 2 and shall distribute an amount per student to a school district submitting a list of students properly registered for the advanced placement examinations pursuant to subsection 2. The remittance rates to the college board and distribution amounts to the school districts in accordance with this subsection for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, are as follows:
a. Thirty-eight dollars for each school district or accredited nonpublic school student who does not qualify for fee reduction.
b. Twenty-seven dollars for each school district or accredited nonpublic school student who qualifies for fee reduction.
c. Eight dollars to the school district for each school district or accredited nonpublic school student who was listed by the school district and who takes an advanced placement examination in accordance with this section.
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §55; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §62
Referred to in §261E.13
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261E - SENIOR YEAR PLUS PROGRAM › Section 261E.7 - Postsecondary enrollment options program payments — claims — reimbursements.

261E.7 Postsecondary enrollment options program payments — claims — reimbursements.
1. Not later than June 30 of each year, a school district shall pay a tuition reimbursement amount to a postsecondary institution that has enrolled its resident eligible students under this chapter, unless the eligible student is participating in open enrollment under section 282.18, in which case, the tuition reimbursement amount shall be paid by the receiving district. However, if a child’s residency changes during a school year, the tuition shall be paid by the district in which the child was enrolled as of the date specified in section 257.6, subsection 1, or the district in which the child was counted under section 257.6, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (6). For students enrolled at the Iowa school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school, the state board of regents shall pay a tuition reimbursement amount by June 30 of each year. The amount of tuition reimbursement for each separate course shall equal the lesser of:
a. The actual and customary costs of tuition, textbooks, materials, and fees directly related to the course taken by the eligible student.
b. Two hundred fifty dollars.
2. An eligible postsecondary institution that enrolls an eligible student under this section shall not charge that student for tuition, textbooks, materials, or fees directly related to the course in which the student is enrolled except that the student may be required to purchase equipment that becomes the property of the student. For the purposes of this subsection, equipment shall not include textbooks. However, if the student fails to complete and receive credit for the course, the student is responsible for all district costs directly related to the course as provided in subsection 1 and shall reimburse the school district for its costs. If the student is under eighteen years of age, the student’s parent or legal guardian shall sign the student registration form indicating that the parent or legal guardian is responsible for all costs directly related to the course if the student fails to complete and receive credit for the course. If documentation is submitted to the school district that verifies the student was unable to complete the course for reasons including but not limited to the student’s physical incapacity, a death in the student’s immediate family, or the student’s move to another school district, that verification shall constitute a waiver to the requirement that the student or parent or legal guardian pay the costs of the course to the school district.
3. An eligible postsecondary institution shall make pro rata adjustments to tuition reimbursement amounts based upon federal guidelines established pursuant to 20 U.S.C. §1091b.
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §57; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §105; 2020 Acts, ch 1117, §23
Referred to in §256E.8, 256F.4, 261E.6, 282.18
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261E - SENIOR YEAR PLUS PROGRAM › Section 261E.9 - Regional academies.

261E.9 Regional academies.
1. a. A regional academy is a program established by a school district to which multiple school districts send students in grades seven through twelve. A school district establishing a regional academy may collaborate and partner with, enter into an agreement pursuant to chapter 28E with, or enter into a contract with, one or more school districts, area education agencies, community colleges, accredited public and private postsecondary institutions, accredited nonpublic schools, businesses, and private agencies located within or outside of the state.
b. The purpose of a regional academy established pursuant to this section shall be to build a culture of innovation for students and community, to diversify educational and economic opportunities by engaging in learning experiences that involve students in complex, real-world projects, and to develop regional or global innovation networks.
c. If a school district establishing a regional academy in accordance with this section submits a plan to the department for approval that demonstrates how the regional academy will increase and assess student achievement or increase and assess competency-based learning opportunities for students, the department may waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provision applicable to school districts except the department shall not waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provision relating to requirements applicable to school districts under chapters 11, 21, 22, 216, 216A, 256B, 279, 284, and 285; or relating to contracts with and discharge of teachers and administrators under chapters 20 and 279; or relating to audit requirements under section 256.9, subsection 20, and section 279.29.
2. a. A regional academy shall include in its curriculum advanced level courses.
b. A regional academy may include in its curriculum virtual or internet-based coursework and courses delivered via the Iowa communications network, career and technical courses, core curriculum coursework, courses required pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 26, or section 256.11, subsections 4 and 5, and asynchronous learning networks.
3. School districts participating in regional academies are eligible for supplementary weighting as provided in section 257.11, subsection 2. The school districts participating in the regional academy shall enter into an agreement on how the funding generated by the supplementary weighting received shall be used and shall submit the agreement to the department for approval.
4. Information regarding regional academies shall be provided to a student and the student’s parent or guardian prior to the development of the student’s career and academic plan under section 279.61.
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §59; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §15, 29; 2016 Acts, ch 1108, §5, 9
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261E - SENIOR YEAR PLUS PROGRAM › Section 261E.10 - Career academies.

261E.10 Career academies.
1. As used in this section, “career academy” means the same as defined in section 258.6.
2. A career academy course may qualify as a concurrent enrollment course if it meets the requirements of section 261E.8.
3. The school district providing secondary education under this section shall be eligible for supplementary weighting under section 257.11, subsection 2, and the community college shall be eligible for funds allocated pursuant to section 260C.18A.
4. Information regarding career academies shall be provided by the school district to a student and the student’s parent or guardian prior to the development of the student’s career and academic plan under section 279.61.
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §60; 2016 Acts, ch 1108, §6, 9, 62
Referred to in §261E.11
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261E - SENIOR YEAR PLUS PROGRAM › Section 261E.11 - Internet-based and Iowa communications network coursework.

261E.11 Internet-based and Iowa communications network coursework.
1. The Iowa communications network may be used to deliver coursework for the programming provided under this chapter subject to an appropriation by the general assembly for that purpose. A school district that provides courses delivered via the Iowa communications network shall receive supplemental funding as provided in section 257.11, subsection 6.
2. The programming in this chapter may be delivered via internet-based technologies. An internet-based course may qualify for additional supplemental weighting if it meets the requirements of section 261E.8 or section 261E.10.
3. To qualify as a senior year plus course, an internet-based course or course offered through the Iowa communications network must comply with the appropriate provisions of this chapter.
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §61; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §143
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261E - SENIOR YEAR PLUS PROGRAM › Section 261E.12 - Internet-based clearinghouse.

261E.12 Internet-based clearinghouse.
The department shall develop and make available to secondary and postsecondary students, parents or legal guardians, school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and eligible postsecondary institutions an internet-based clearinghouse of information that allows students to identify participation options within the senior year plus program and transferability between educational systems, subject to an appropriation by the general assembly for this purpose. The internet-based resource shall provide links to other similar resources available through various Iowa postsecondary institution systems. The internet-based resource shall also identify course transferability and articulation between the secondary and postsecondary systems in Iowa and between the various Iowa postsecondary systems.
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §62
Referred to in §261E.13
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261E - SENIOR YEAR PLUS PROGRAM › Section 261E.13 - State program allocation.

261E.13 State program allocation.
1. For each fiscal year in which moneys are appropriated by the general assembly for purposes of the senior year plus program, the moneys shall be allocated as follows in the following priority order:
a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and succeeding fiscal years, an amount up to five hundred thousand dollars to the department to implement the internet-based clearinghouse pursuant to section 261E.12.
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and succeeding fiscal years, an amount up to five hundred thousand dollars to the department for the development of a data management system, including the development of a transcript repository, for senior year plus programming provided under this chapter. The data management system shall include information generated by the provisions of section 279.61, data on courses taken by Iowa’s students, and the transferability of course credit.
c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and succeeding fiscal years, an amount up to four hundred thousand dollars to the department for the development of additional internet-based educational courses that comply with the provisions of this chapter.
d. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and succeeding fiscal years, an amount up to five hundred thousand dollars to the department to provide advanced placement course examination fee remittance pursuant to section 261E.5. If the funds appropriated for purposes of section 261E.5 are insufficient to distribute the amounts set out in section 261E.5, subsection 3, to school districts, the department shall prorate the amount distributed to school districts based on the amount appropriated.
2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any moneys remaining unencumbered or unobligated from the moneys allocated under this section shall not revert but shall remain available in the succeeding fiscal year for expenditure for the purposes designated. The department shall annually inform the general assembly of the amount of moneys allocated, but unspent. The provisions of section 8.39 shall not apply to the funds allocated pursuant to this section.
2008 Acts, ch 1181, §63; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §173, 264
Referred to in §261E.5
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261F - EDUCATIONAL LOANS › Section 261F.2 - Code of conduct.

261F.2 Code of conduct.
1. A covered institution shall do the following:
a. Develop, in consultation with the college student aid commission, a code of conduct governing educational loan activities with which the covered institution’s officers, employees, and agents shall comply.
b. Publish the code of conduct developed in accordance with paragraph “a” prominently on its internet site.
c. Administer and enforce the code of conduct developed in accordance with paragraph “a”.
2. The college student aid commission shall provide to covered institutions assistance and guidance relating to the development, administration, and monitoring of a code of conduct governing educational loan activities.
3. Except as provided in this section, the college student aid commission is not subject to the duties, restrictions, prohibitions, and penalties of this chapter.
2008 Acts, ch 1132, §4
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261F - EDUCATIONAL LOANS › Section 261F.4 - Misleading identification — covered institution — lending institutions’ employees.

261F.4 Misleading identification — covered institution — lending institutions’ employees.
1. A lending institution shall prohibit an employee or agent of the lending institution from being identified to borrowers or prospective borrowers of a covered institution as an employee, representative, or agent of the covered institution.
2. A covered institution shall prohibit an employee or agent of a lending institution from being identified as an employee, representative, or agent of the covered institution.
3. An employee, representative, or agent of a lending institution included on a covered institution’s preferred lending list shall not staff a covered institution’s financial aid offices or call center and shall not prepare any of the covered institution’s materials related to educational loans.
4. A covered institution that has entered into a preferred lender arrangement with a lender regarding private educational loans shall not agree to the lender’s use of the name, emblem, mascot, or logo of the institution, or other words, pictures, or symbols readily identified with the institution, in the marketing of private educational loans to the students attending the institution in any way that implies that the institution endorses the private educational loans offered by the lender. However, the covered institution may allow the use of its name if it is part of the lending institution’s legal name.
5. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a covered institution from requesting or accepting the following assistance from a lender related to any of the following:
a. Providing educational counseling materials, financial literacy materials, or debt management materials to borrowers, provided that such materials disclose to borrowers the identification of any lender that assisted in preparing or providing such materials.
b. Staffing services on a short-term, nonrecurring basis to assist the institution with financial aid-related functions during emergencies, including state-declared or federally declared natural disasters, federally declared national disasters, and other localized disasters and emergencies identified by the attorney general.
6. The attorney general shall adopt rules providing for the disclosure, for lenders with a preferred lender arrangement, of philanthropic contributions made as specified in section 261F.1, subsection 5, paragraph “d”.
2008 Acts, ch 1132, §6
Referred to in §261F.1
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261F - EDUCATIONAL LOANS › Section 261F.6 - Standards for preferred lender lists.

261F.6 Standards for preferred lender lists.
1. A covered institution may make available a list of preferred lenders, in print or any other medium or form, for use by the covered institution’s students or their parents, provided the list meets the following conditions:
a. The list is not used to deny or otherwise impede a borrower’s choice of lender.
b. The list contains at least three lenders that are not affiliated and will make loans to borrowers or students attending the school. For the purposes of this paragraph, a lender is affiliated with another lender if any of the following applies:
(1) The lenders are under the ownership or control of the same entity or individuals.
(2) The lenders are wholly or partly owned subsidiaries of the same parent company.
(3) The directors, trustees, or general partners, or individuals exercising similar functions, of one of the lenders constitute a majority of the persons holding similar positions with the other lender.
c. The list does not include lenders that have offered, or have offered in response to a solicitation by the covered institution, financial or other benefits to the covered institution in exchange for inclusion on the list or any promise that a certain number of loan applications will be sent to the lender by the covered institution or its students.
2. A covered institution that provides or makes available a preferred lender list shall do the following:
a. Disclose to prospective borrowers, as part of the list, the method and criteria used by the covered institution in selecting any lender that it recommends or suggests.
b. Provide comparative information to prospective borrowers about interest rates and other benefits offered by the lenders.
c. Include a prominent statement in any information related to its preferred lender list advising prospective borrowers that the borrowers are not required to use one of the covered institution’s recommended or suggested lenders.
d. For first-time borrowers, refrain from assigning, through award packaging or other methods, a borrower’s loan to a particular lender.
e. Not cause unnecessary certification delays for borrowers who use a lender that is not included on the covered institution’s preferred lender list.
f. Update the preferred lender list and any information accompanying the list at least annually.
3. If the servicer of a private educational loan is changed by a lending institution, the lending institution shall disclose the change to the affected borrower.
4. A lending institution shall not be placed on a covered institution’s preferred lender list or in favored placement on a covered institution’s preferred lender list for a particular type of loan, in exchange for benefits provided to the covered institution or to the covered institution’s students in connection with a different type of loan.
2008 Acts, ch 1132, §8, 15
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261F - EDUCATIONAL LOANS › Section 261F.7 - Disclosure requirements.

261F.7 Disclosure requirements.
Except for educational loans made, insured, or guaranteed by the federal government, a lending institution included on a covered institution’s preferred lender list shall, upon receiving a request from a borrower, covered institution, or government entity, disclose to the requester in reasonable detail and form, the terms of private educational loans made to borrowers by that lending institution and the rates of interest charged to borrowers for private educational loans in the year preceding the disclosures.
2008 Acts, ch 1132, §9, 15
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261F - EDUCATIONAL LOANS › Section 261F.8 - Penalties.

261F.8 Penalties.
1. If after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing the attorney general determines that a covered institution or lending institution has violated a provision of this chapter, the covered institution or lending institution may be liable for a civil penalty of up to five thousand dollars per violation. In taking action against a covered institution or lending institution, consideration shall be given to the nature and severity of a violation of this chapter.
2. If after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing the attorney general determines that a covered institution employee has violated a provision of this chapter, the covered institution employee may be liable for a civil penalty of up to two thousand five hundred dollars per violation. In taking action against a covered institution employee, consideration shall be given to the nature and severity of a violation of this chapter.
3. If after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing the attorney general determines that a lending institution has violated a provision of this chapter, such lending institution shall not be placed or remain on any covered institution’s preferred lender list unless notice of such violation is provided to all potential borrowers of the covered institution. However, consideration shall be given to the nature and severity of a violation of this chapter in determining whether and for how long to ban a lender from a preferred lender list.
4. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the attorney general from reaching a settlement agreement with a covered institution, covered institution employee, or lending institution in order to effectuate the purposes of this section. Provided, however, if such settlement agreement is reached with a covered institution or lending institution, the attorney general shall provide notice of such action to the borrowers in a form and manner prescribed by the attorney general.
5. The attorney general shall deposit the funds generated pursuant to this section into the student lending education fund, created in section 261F.10.
6. Each individual incident of a violation of this chapter shall be considered a separate violation for the purpose of imposing civil penalties.
2008 Acts, ch 1132, §10
Referred to in §261F.10
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261F - EDUCATIONAL LOANS › Section 261F.9 - Rules — investigation authority — enforcement.

261F.9 Rules — investigation authority — enforcement.
1. The attorney general shall administer this chapter and promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 17A, necessary for the implementation of this chapter. Unless otherwise provided, all actions by the attorney general pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 17A.
2. The attorney general is authorized to conduct an investigation to determine whether to initiate proceedings pursuant to this chapter to the same extent as the investigation authority granted the attorney general under section 714.16.
2008 Acts, ch 1132, §11
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261F - EDUCATIONAL LOANS › Section 261F.10 - Student lending education fund.

261F.10 Student lending education fund.
1. There is established in the state treasury a student lending education fund.
2. The fund shall consist of all revenues generated pursuant to section 261F.8 and all other moneys credited or transferred to the fund from any other fund or source pursuant to law.
3. Moneys in the fund shall be made available to the attorney general for the purpose of enforcing this chapter.
2008 Acts, ch 1132, §12
Referred to in §261F.8
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261G - POSTSECONDARY DISTANCE EDUCATION — INTERSTATE RECIPROCITY › Section 261G.1 - Purpose.

261G.1 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the college student aid commission to enter into or recognize agreements that will create interstate reciprocity in the regulation of postsecondary distance education for the purpose of encouraging cost savings for students and greater efficiencies and effectiveness for institutions of higher education providing distance education.
2014 Acts, ch 1063, §5
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261G - POSTSECONDARY DISTANCE EDUCATION — INTERSTATE RECIPROCITY › Section 261G.2 - Definitions.

261G.2 Definitions.
1. “Commission” means the college student aid commission created pursuant to section 261.1.
2. “Interstate reciprocity agreement” means an interstate reciprocity agreement entered into and administered, or recognized, by the commission in accordance with section 261.2, subsection 12.
3. “Participating institution” means an institution that meets the definition of subsection 4 or 5.
4. “Participating nonresident institution” means a postsecondary institution without a physical presence in Iowa that is offering instructional programs or courses in Iowa leading to a degree, is a member in good standing in an interstate reciprocity agreement, and is registered with and regulated by a state agency or authority that is a member in good standing in an interstate reciprocity agreement.
5. “Participating resident institution” means a postsecondary institution located in Iowa that is a member in good standing in an interstate reciprocity agreement and is offering instructional programs or courses in Iowa leading to a degree, including but not limited to the following institutions:
a. A community college as defined in section 260C.2.
b. An institution of higher learning governed by the state board of regents.
c. An accredited private institution as defined in section 261.9.
d. A school or postsecondary educational institution that voluntarily registers with the commission pursuant to section 261B.11B in order to comply with this chapter or for purposes of institutional eligibility under
34 C.F.R. §600.9(a)
.
6. “Physical presence” means any of the following:
a. Establishing a physical location in Iowa for students to receive synchronous or asynchronous instruction.
b. Requiring students to physically meet in a location in Iowa for instructional purposes.
c. Establishing an administrative office in Iowa, for any of the following purposes:
(1) Providing information to prospective students or the general public about the institution, for enrolling students, or for providing services to enrolled students.
(2) Providing office space to instructional or noninstructional staff.
(3) Establishing an Iowa mailing address, street address, or telephone number.
2014 Acts, ch 1063, §6
Referred to in §261.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261G - POSTSECONDARY DISTANCE EDUCATION — INTERSTATE RECIPROCITY › Section 261G.3 - Execution of duties.

261G.3 Execution of duties.
The commission shall only enter into or recognize an interstate reciprocity agreement if the agreement contains sufficient consumer protection provisions and is otherwise in the best interests of students enrolled in institutions of higher education in this state.
2014 Acts, ch 1063, §7
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261G - POSTSECONDARY DISTANCE EDUCATION — INTERSTATE RECIPROCITY › Section 261G.4 - Effect of agreement.

261G.4 Effect of agreement.
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a participating nonresident institution shall not be required to register under chapter 261B or to comply with the registration and disclosure requirements of chapter 261 or 261B or section 714.17, subsections 2 and 3, or sections 714.18, 714.20, 714.21, and 714.23, or section 714.24, subsections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, or section 714.25, if the provisions of an interstate reciprocity agreement prohibit such registration or compliance.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a participating resident institution shall be required to register under chapter 261B or to comply with the registration and disclosure requirements of chapter 261 or 261B or section 714.17, subsections 2 and 3, or sections 714.18, 714.20, 714.21, and 714.23, or section 714.24, subsections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, or section 714.25, if the provisions of the interstate reciprocity agreement require such registration or compliance.
3. A participating institution offering instructional programs or courses under an interstate reciprocity agreement entered into or recognized by the commission must notify the commission of any change of status relating in any way to the interstate reciprocity agreement.
4. This chapter shall not be construed to prevent the commission or the state from requiring a school or other postsecondary educational institution to register under chapter 261B or from taking enforcement action against a participating institution in any of the following circumstances:
a. A participating nonresident institution leaves or otherwise ceases to be a member in good standing in an interstate reciprocity agreement.
b. The participating institution is physically or administratively housed in a state that does not join or ceases to be a member in good standing in an interstate reciprocity agreement entered into or recognized by the commission.
c. The discovery of acts or omissions subject to the enforcement action but which occurred prior to the commission’s entering into or recognizing an interstate reciprocity agreement.
5. Students attending a participating nonresident institution are ineligible for state student financial aid programs established under chapter 261.
2014 Acts, ch 1063, §8; 2015 Acts, ch 107, §1, 3; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §90
Referred to in §714.23
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261G - POSTSECONDARY DISTANCE EDUCATION — INTERSTATE RECIPROCITY › Section 261G.5 - Postsecondary registration fees.

261G.5 Postsecondary registration fees.
1. The commission shall set by rule and collect a nonrefundable initial registration fee and a renewal of registration fee from each participating institution that voluntarily registers with the commission pursuant to section 261B.11B in order to comply with this chapter or for purposes of institutional eligibility under
34 C.F.R. §600.9(a)
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2. Fees shall be set by rule not more than once each year and shall be based upon the costs of administering this chapter.
3. Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in a separate account in the postsecondary registration fund created pursuant to section 261B.8, subsection 3, and shall be used for purposes of administering this chapter.
2014 Acts, ch 1063, §9
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261H - SPEECH AND EXPRESSION — PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION › Section 261H.1 - Definitions.

261H.1 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Benefit” with respect to a student organization at a public institution of higher education means any of the following:
a. Recognition.
b. Registration.
c. Use of facilities for meetings or speaking purposes.
d. Use of channels of communication.
e. Access to funding sources that are otherwise available to other student groups.
2. “Campus community” means students, administrators, faculty, and staff at a public institution of higher education and guests invited to a public institution of higher education by the institution’s students, administrators, faculty, or staff.
3. “Materially and substantially disrupts” means when a person, with the intent to or with knowledge of doing so, engages in violent or other disorderly conduct that significantly hinders a previously scheduled or reserved activity occurring on university grounds, buildings, and facilities. “Materially and substantially disrupts” does not include conduct that is protected under the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States, including but not limited to lawful protests and counterprotests.
4. “Outdoor areas of campus” means the generally accessible outside areas of campus where students, administrators, faculty, and staff at a public institution of higher education are commonly allowed, such as grassy areas, walkways, or other similar common areas and does not include areas outside health care facilities including both stand-alone facilities and mixed-use facilities that are embedded within another facility, veterinary medicine facilities, a facility or outdoor area used by the institution’s athletics program or teams, or other outdoor areas where access is restricted to a majority of the campus community. In recognition of the healing environment that is essential to its clinical purposes, the areas outside health care facilities, including both stand-alone facilities and mixed-use facilities that are embedded within another facility, are not designated public forums.
5. “Public institution of higher education” means a community college established under chapter 260C or an institution of higher learning governed by the state board of regents.
6. “Student” means an individual who is enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis at a public institution of higher education.
7. “Student organization” means a group officially recognized at or officially registered by a public institution of higher education, or a group seeking such official recognition or official registration, comprised of students who are admitted and in attendance at the public institution of higher education, and who receive, or are seeking to receive, student organization benefits or privileges through the public institution of higher education.
2019 Acts, ch 11, §1, 7
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261H - SPEECH AND EXPRESSION — PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION › Section 261H.4 - Public forums on campus — freedom of association.

261H.4 Public forums on campus — freedom of association.
1. The outdoor areas of campuses of public institutions of higher education in this state shall be deemed public forums. Public institutions of higher education may maintain and enforce clear, published, reasonable viewpoint-neutral time, place, and manner restrictions that are narrowly tailored in furtherance of a significant institutional interest, but shall allow members of the campus community to engage in spontaneous expressive activity and to distribute literature. Restrictions instituted by a public institution of higher education under this section shall provide for ample alternative means of expression.
2. Except as provided in this chapter, and subject to reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions, a public institution of higher education shall not designate any area of campus a free-speech zone or otherwise create policies restricting expressive activities to a particular outdoor area of campus.
3. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to grant individuals the right to engage in conduct that intentionally, materially, and substantially disrupts the expressive activity of a person or student organization if the public institution of higher education has reserved space in an outdoor area of campus for activity by the person or student organization in accordance with this chapter.
2019 Acts, ch 11, §4, 7
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261H - SPEECH AND EXPRESSION — PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION › Section 261H.5 - Remedies — statute of limitations — immunity.

261H.5 Remedies — statute of limitations — immunity.
1. A member of the campus community aggrieved by a violation of this chapter may file a complaint with the governing body of the public institution of higher education.
2. A member of the campus community aggrieved by a violation of this chapter may assert such violation as a defense or counterclaim in a disciplinary action or in a civil or administrative proceeding brought against the member of the campus community.
3. A member of the campus community shall bring a claim for violation of this chapter pursuant to this section not later than one year after the day the cause of action accrues.
4. This section shall not be interpreted to limit any other remedies available to a member of the campus community.
5. Nothing in this section shall be construed to make any administrator, officer, employee, or agent of a public institution of higher education personally liable for acts taken pursuant to the individual’s official duties.
2019 Acts, ch 11, §5, 7
Referred to in §261H.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261H - SPEECH AND EXPRESSION — PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION › Section 261H.6 - Training — first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

261H.6 Training — first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Each public institution of higher education shall provide training on free speech under the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States to all students, faculty, and staff on an annual basis, which elected officials and staff shall be permitted to attend.
2021 Acts, ch 130, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261H - SPEECH AND EXPRESSION — PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION › Section 261H.7 - Student government organizations — student fees — appeals — liability.

261H.7 Student government organizations — student fees — appeals — liability.
1. Each institution of higher education governed by the state board of regents shall make a student government organization’s access to and authority over any moneys disbursed to the student government organization by the institution contingent upon the student government organization’s compliance with the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this chapter.
2. If, after exhaustion of all administrative appeals, it is determined that a student government organization knowingly and intentionally violated the first amendment rights of a member of the campus community or that an action or decision of a student government organization is in violation of this section, the institution shall suspend the student government organization’s authority to manage and disburse student fees for a period of one year. During this period of suspension, such student fees shall be managed and disbursed by the institution.
2021 Acts, ch 130, §3
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 261I - EXTRACURRICULAR ATHLETICS ELIGIBILITY › Section 261I.1 - Definitions.

261I.1 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter:
1. “Educational institution” means any of the following:
a. A nonpublic school accredited pursuant to section 256.11.
b. A public school district.
c. An institution governed by the state board of regents pursuant to chapter 262.
d. A community college as defined in section 260C.2.
e. Any institution of higher education located in this state that is a member of the national collegiate athletic association, national association of intercollegiate athletics, or national junior college athletic association.
2. “Organization” means the same as defined in section 280.13.
3. “Sex” means a person’s biological sex as either female or male. The sex listed on a student’s official birth certificate or certificate issued upon adoption may be relied upon if the certificate was issued at or near the time of the student’s birth.
2022 Acts, ch 1003, §1, 3
NEW section