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Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 22 - Iowa Minority Grants for Economic Success (IMAGES) › Rule 283-22.1 - Iowa Minority Grants for Economic Success

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Definitions.
"Approved institution "
means any institution
				which is eligible to participate in the Iowa tuition grant program which agrees
				to provide the 50 percent funding required by this program.
"Financial need"
means the difference between
				the student's financial resources, including resources available from the
				student's parents and the student, as determined by a completed parent's or
				student's financial statement. Financial need shall be reconsidered on at least
				an annual basis.
"Iowa resident"
means an individual who meets
				the residency requirements established in 283-Chapter 10.
"Minority person "
means an American citizen
				who is black, Hispanic, Asian, or a Pacific islander, American Indian, or an
				Alaskan native American.
"Part-time student"
means an individual who is
				enrolled at an approved private institution in a course of study including at
				least three semester hours or the trimester or quarter
				equivalent.
(2)
Award limits and eligibility requirements.
a. A grant may be awarded to any minority
			 person who is accepted for admission or is enrolled for at least three semester
			 hours or a trimester equivalent in a program leading to a degree from an
			 approved private institution, and who demonstrates financial need.
b. Priority will be given to those minority
			 persons who are residents of Iowa.
c. Applicants who hold vouchers earned
			 through the Iowa college-bound program will receive priority in a manner
			 similar to that used under the regents' program.
d. The amount of the grant shall not exceed a
			 student's financial need or $3500, whichever is less. Fifty percent of the
			 grant shall be funded by the approved institution and 50 percent shall be
			 funded by the commission.
e. Grants
			 shall be awarded on an annual basis and shall be credited by the institution
			 against the student's tuition, fees, and room and board charges, at the
			 beginning of each term in equal installments upon certification that the
			 eligible student is enrolled.
f. If
			 a student receiving a grant under the program discontinues attendance before
			 the end of any academic period, but after receiving payment of grant funds for
			 the academic period, the entire amount of any refund due the student, up to the
			 amount of any payments made by the state, shall be remitted by the institution
			 to the commission.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 23 - Skilled Workforce Shortage Tuition Grant Program › Rule 283-23.1 - Tuition Grant Based on Financial Need to Iowa Residents Enrolled in Career-technical or Career Option Programs at Community Colleges in the State

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This grant shall commonly be known as the Kibbie grant.
(1)
Financial need.
a. Financial need shall be evaluated annually
			 on the basis of a confidential financial statement filed on a form designated
			 by the commission. For the purposes of determining financial need, the
			 commission has adopted the use of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
			 (FAFSA), a federal form used to calculate a formula developed by the U.S.
			 Department of Education, the results of which are used to determine relative
			 need known as expected family contribution. The FAFSA must be received by the
			 processing agent by the date specified by the college student aid
			 commission.
b. Financial need is
			 defined as the cost of attendance, minus the eligible applicant's expected
			 family contribution, minus the federal Pell Grant received by the applicant,
			 and minus the Iowa vocational-technical tuition grant received by the
			 applicant. Awards will not exceed one-half of the average tuition and mandatory
			 fees at Iowa community colleges and will not be less than $200 per semester or
			 the equivalent.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 24 - Rural Iowa Primary Care Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-24.1 - Rural Iowa Primary Care Loan Repayment Program

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The rural Iowa primary care loan repayment program is a
				state-supported and administered loan repayment program for students who agree
				to practice as physicians in service commitment areas for five consecutive
				years and meet the requirements of these rules.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 24 - Rural Iowa Primary Care Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-24.3 - Eligibility Requirements

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(1) An
			 eligible university will recommend up to ten applicants to the commission for
			 loan repayment benefits. Priority will be given to students who are Iowa
			 residents upon enrolling in the eligible university. "Iowa resident" means an
			 individual who meets the residency requirements established in 283-Chapter 10.
			 The percentage of the agreements to be entered into by students attending each
			 eligible university shall be evenly divided.
a. The commission will annually determine and
			 communicate the number of recommendations that can be funded at each eligible
			 university.
b. If fewer than the
			 recommendations in 24.3(1)
"a"
are fulfilled by students at one
			 eligible university, the commission may obtain additional recommendations from
			 the other eligible university to award the remaining agreements.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 24 - Rural Iowa Primary Care Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-24.4 - Awarding of Funds

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(1)
			 Prior to accepting an offer of employment, the physician must notify the
			 commission of the service commitment area in which the physician will be
			 employed, and the commission will verify the eligibility of the service
			 commitment area.
(2) The maximum
			 award will be paid to the physician's eligible loan holder in five equal
			 installments, upon successful completion of each of five 12-month employment
			 obligations. Failure to complete all, or any portion, of the
			 five-consecutive-year employment obligation will result in the forfeiture of
			 all remaining unpaid payments. A physician who fails to meet the requirements
			 of these rules may also be subject to repayment of moneys advanced by the
			 service commitment area as provided in any contract between the physician and
			 the service commitment area.
(3) No
			 loan repayment amounts will be paid until the service commitment area provides
			 the nonrefundable $20,000 contribution for deposit into the rural Iowa primary
			 care trust fund.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 24 - Rural Iowa Primary Care Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-24.5 - Waivers

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(1)
Service
			 commitment area.
The commission may waive the requirement that the
			 physician practice in the same service commitment area for five years. The
			 physician must request a waiver from the commission in writing.
(2)
Full-time employment.
The commission may waive the requirement that the physician be employed
			 full-time if the physician requests a waiver from the commission in writing and
			 is working at least 28 hours per week. If a waiver request is granted by the
			 commission, the agreement will be amended to provide an allowance for part-time
			 employment. The five-year employment obligation will be proportionally extended
			 to ensure the physician is employed in a service commitment area for the
			 equivalent of five full-time years.
(3)
Postponement of physician
			 employment.
The physician obligation to engage in practice in
			 accordance with 24.3(5) may be postponed for no more than two years from the
			 time full-time practice was to commence. The physician must request a waiver
			 from the commission in writing for one of the following purposes:
a. Active duty service in the armed forces,
			 the armed forces military reserve, or the national guard.
b. Service in Volunteers in Service to
			 America or the federal Peace Corps.
c. A service commitment to the United States
			 Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
d. A period of religious missionary work
			 conducted by an organization exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to
			 Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The physician obligation to engage in practice in accordance
				with 24.3(5) may be postponed for a period exceeding two years for any period
				of temporary medical incapacity, including leave approved under the Family and
				Medical Leave Act, during which the physician is unable to engage in full-time
				practice. The physician must request a waiver from the commission in
				writing.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 24 - Rural Iowa Primary Care Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-24.6 - Loan Repayment Cancellation

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(1) Within 30 days following withdrawal from
			 an eligible university, or termination of employment from a residency program
			 or as a physician in a service commitment area, the applicant must notify the
			 commission.
(2) The applicant is
			 responsible for notifying the commission immediately of a change in contact
			 information including, but not limited to, name, telephone number, e-mail
			 address, and place of employment.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 24 - Rural Iowa Primary Care Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-24.7 - Restrictions

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A physician who is in default on a Federal Stafford Loan, Grad
				PLUS Loan, SLS Loan, Perkins/National Direct/National Defense Student Loan,
				Health Professions Student Loan (HPSL), or Health Education Assistance Loan
				(HEAL) or who owes a repayment on any Title IV grant assistance or state award
				shall be ineligible for loan repayment. Eligibility may be reinstated upon
				payment in full of the delinquent obligation or by commission ruling on the
				basis of adequate extenuating evidence presented in appeal under the procedures
				set forth in 283-Chapters 4 and 5.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 25 - Rural Iowa Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-25.1 - Rural Iowa Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Loan Repayment Program

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The rural Iowa advanced registered nurse practitioner and
				physician assistant loan repayment program is a state-supported and
				administered loan repayment program for applicants who agree to practice as
				advanced registered nurse practitioners or physician assistants in service
				commitment areas for five consecutive years and meet the requirements of these
				rules.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 25 - Rural Iowa Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-25.4 - Awarding of Funds

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(1)
			 Prior to accepting an offer of employment, the advanced registered nurse
			 practitioner or physician assistant must notify the commission of the service
			 commitment area in which the advanced registered nurse practitioner or
			 physician assistant will be employed, and the commission will verify the
			 eligibility of the service commitment area.
(2) The maximum award will be paid to the
			 advanced registered nurse practitioner's or physician assistant's eligible loan
			 lender in five equal installments, upon successful completion of each of the
			 five 12-month employment obligations. Failure to complete all, or any portion,
			 of the five-consecutive-year employment obligation will result in the
			 forfeiture of all remaining unpaid payments. An advanced registered nurse
			 practitioner or physician assistant who fails to meet the requirements of these
			 rules may also be subject to repayment of moneys advanced by the service
			 commitment area as provided in any contract between the advanced registered
			 nurse practitioner or physician assistant and the service commitment
			 area.
(3) No loan repayment amounts
			 will be paid until the service commitment area provides the nonrefundable
			 $2,000 contribution for deposit into the rural Iowa advanced registered nurse
			 practitioner and physician assistant trust fund.
(4) If surplus funds are available, the
			 commission will accept applications from physician assistants and advanced
			 registered nurse practitioners practicing full-time in service commitment
			 areas. Recipient selections shall be evenly divided between physician
			 assistants and advanced registered nurse practitioners, to the extent possible.
			 If surplus funds are not sufficient to fund all applicants, physician assistant
			 and advanced registered nurse practitioner applicants will be prioritized by
			 Iowa residency status, full-time employment status, individuals working in a
			 federally designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) or a Governor's
			 Designated Rural Health Clinic county, total eligible student loan debt
			 (highest receiving priority), and application date (earliest submitted
			 receiving priority). Recipients will enter into agreements with the commission,
			 and payments will be made in accordance with subrules 25.4(2) and
			 25.4(3).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 25 - Rural Iowa Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-25.5 - Waivers.

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(1)
Service
			 commitment area.
The commission may waive the requirement that the
			 advanced registered nurse practitioner or physician assistant practice in the
			 same service commitment area for five years. The advanced registered nurse
			 practitioner or physician assistant must request a waiver from the commission
			 in writing.
(2)
Satisfaction of advanced registered nurse practitioner or physician
			 assistant employment.
All obligations under the rural Iowa advanced
			 registered nurse practitioner and physician assistant loan repayment program
			 are considered to be satisfied when any of the following conditions are met:
a. All terms of the agreement are
			 met.
b. The person who entered into
			 the agreement dies.
c. The person
			 who entered into the agreement, due to permanent disability, is unable to meet
			 the requirements of these rules.
d.
			 The person who entered into the agreement has no remaining eligible loan
			 balance to repay.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 25 - Rural Iowa Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-25.6 - Loan Repayment Cancellation

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(1) Within 30 days following withdrawal from
			 an eligible university, or termination of employment from a residency program
			 or as an advanced registered nurse practitioner or physician assistant in a
			 service commitment area, the applicant must notify the commission.
(2) The applicant is responsible for
			 notifying the commission immediately of a change in contact information
			 including, but not limited to, name, telephone number, e-mail address, and
			 place of employment.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 25 - Rural Iowa Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-25.7 - Restrictions

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An advanced registered nurse practitioner or physician
				assistant who is in default on a Federal Stafford Loan, Grad PLUS Loan, SLS
				Loan, Perkins/National Direct/National Defense Student Loan, Health Professions
				Student Loan (HPSL), or Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) or who owes a
				repayment on any Title IV grant assistance or state award shall be ineligible
				for loan repayment. Eligibility may be reinstated upon payment in full of the
				delinquent obligation or by commission ruling on the basis of adequate
				extenuating evidence presented in appeal under the procedures set forth in
				283-Chapters 4 and 5
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 26 - Health Care Award Program › Rule 283-26.1 - Health Care Award Program

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The health care award program is a state-supported and
				state-administered program established to provide financial awards to nurse
				educators teaching at eligible Iowa colleges and universities, as well as
				applicants who agree to practice as registered nurses, advanced registered
				nurse practitioners, or physician assistants in service commitment areas for
				five consecutive years, and who meet the requirements of these
				rules.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 26 - Health Care Award Program › Rule 283-26.2 - Definitions

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As used in this chapter:
"Advanced registered nurse practitioner"
means
				an individual who graduated from an accredited graduate or postgraduate
				advanced practice educational program, is licensed by the board of nursing as a
				registered nurse, is licensed by the board of nursing as an advanced registered
				nurse practitioner, and is employed as an advanced registered nurse
				practitioner.
"Nurse educator"
means a registered nurse who
				holds a master's or doctorate degree and is employed by an Iowa community
				college, an accredited private institution defined in Iowa Code section
				261.9, or an institution of
				higher learning governed by the state board of regents as a faculty member who
				teaches nursing as provided in 655-Chapter 2 at a nursing program approved by
				the board of nursing pursuant to Iowa Code section
				152.5.
"Physician assistant"
means an individual who
				graduated with a master's degree, holds a practitioner's license to practice as
				a physician assistant pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 148C, and is employed as a
				physician assistant.
"Registered nurse"
means a nurse who is
				licensed by the board of nursing as a registered nurse and is employed as a
				registered nurse.
"Service commitment area"
means a city in Iowa
				with a population of less than 26,000 that is located more than 20 miles from a
				city with a population of 50,000 or more. Locations and distances between
				cities will be consistently measured and verified by calculating the shortest
				travel distance on paved roads. After an eligible applicant signs an agreement
				to practice in a service commitment area, subsequent population increases will
				not impact that applicant's continued eligibility for the program, to the
				extent allowed in rule 283-26.3(261).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 26 - Health Care Award Program › Rule 283-26.3 - Eligibility Requirements

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(1) An eligible
			 applicant must be:
a. A student in the final
			 year of a degree program leading to a license to practice as an advanced
			 registered nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or registered nurse who
			 signs an agreement to practice in a service commitment area for five
			 consecutive years; or
b. A licensed
			 advanced registered nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or registered
			 nurse who signs an agreement to practice in a service commitment area for five
			 consecutive years; or
c. A nurse
			 educator who signs an agreement to teach full-time during the fall and spring
			 semesters, or the equivalent, for five consecutive years; or
d. A nurse educator who teaches at least
			 part-time during the fall and spring semesters, or the equivalent. The
			 individual must also be employed as an advanced registered nurse practitioner
			 or registered nurse in Iowa, and the total hours worked between these
			 occupations must equate to full-time employment. An advanced registered nurse
			 practitioner or registered nurse who signs an agreement to teach at least
			 part-time as a nurse educator is not required to be employed in a service
			 commitment area but is required to work at least part-time as a nurse educator
			 for five consecutive years.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 26 - Health Care Award Program › Rule 283-26.4 - Awarding of Funds

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(1)
Selection criteria.
All completed applications received on or
			 before the published deadline will be considered for funding. To the extent
			 possible, an equal number of new advanced registered nurse practitioners, nurse
			 educators, physician assistants, and registered nurses will be offered awards
			 based on the availability of appropriated funds. In the event that funding is
			 insufficient to award all eligible applicants within an occupation category,
			 criteria for selection of eligible applicants within each occupation category
			 will be prioritized as follows:
a. Renewal
			 status. The priority status of the applicant in the first year funding is
			 received will be retained for renewal in priority determinations in future
			 years as long as the applicant continues to meet the criteria in rule
			 283-26.3 (261). Applicants
			 within this category are prioritized as follows:
(1) Eligible applicants who are Iowa
			 residents and eligible applicants who are members of the Iowa national guard,
			 if requested by the adjutant general;
(2) Date of application;
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 26 - Health Care Award Program › Rule 283-26.5 - Award Cancellation

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(1) An eligible
			 applicant who has been designated for an award shall notify the commission
			 within 30 days following termination or cessation of full-time practice in a
			 service commitment area as an advanced registered nurse practitioner, physician
			 assistant, or registered nurse; termination or cessation of full-time
			 employment as a nurse educator; or combined full-time employment as a nurse
			 educator and registered nurse or nurse educator and advanced registered nurse
			 practitioner.
(2) A recipient of an
			 award is responsible for notifying the commission immediately of a change in
			 name, place of employment, or home address.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 26 - Health Care Award Program › Rule 283-26.7 - Transition Provisions

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Recipients of awards through the health care loan repayment
				program during the 2022 state fiscal year will be eligible for funding under
				the health care award program if the eligible applicants meet the eligibility
				criteria of the health care award program. Under this provision, no recipient
				will receive more than five consecutive awards between the health care loan
				repayment program and the health care award program. Under this provision,
				recipients can elect to continue to have the award applied directly to
				previously verified outstanding federal student loans.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 27 - Rural Veterinarian Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-27.1 - Rural Veterinarian Loan Repayment Program

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The rural veterinarian loan repayment program is a
				state-supported and state-administered loan repayment program established to
				repay the eligible loans of veterinarians who agree to practice in service
				commitment areas or in veterinary shortage areas for four consecutive years and
				meet the requirements of these rules.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 27 - Rural Veterinarian Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-27.3 - Eligible Applicant

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An individual who is enrolled in the final year of a veterinary
				degree program at an eligible university or who has received a veterinary
				medicine degree from an eligible university within the past five years may sign
				a program agreement. The individual must commit to meeting the eligibility
				requirements described in rule 283-27.4 (261).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 27 - Rural Veterinarian Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-27.4 - Eligibility Requirements

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(1) In order to be considered an eligible
			 veterinarian under the program, the eligible applicant must:
a. Complete an application and sign a program
			 agreement by the date(s) specified by the commission.
b. Complete a doctor of veterinary medicine
			 degree, or the equivalent, at an eligible university.
c. Within one year of completing a doctor of
			 veterinary medicine degree, or the equivalent, or signing a program agreement,
			 whichever is most recent, an eligible applicant must have a permanent license
			 to practice veterinary medicine under Iowa Code chapter 169 and engage in
			 full-time practice as a veterinarian in a service commitment area or veterinary
			 shortage area in Iowa.
Prior to engaging in the practice of veterinary medicine in a
				service commitment area or veterinary shortage area, the veterinarian must
				notify the commission of the service commitment area or veterinary shortage
				area in which the veterinarian will be engaged in veterinary practice, and the
				commission will verify the eligibility of the service commitment area or
				veterinary shortage area.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 27 - Rural Veterinarian Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-27.5 - Priority for Program Agreements

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(1) In the event that all on-time eligible
			 applicants cannot be funded with the available appropriation, program
			 agreements will be prioritized as follows:
a.
			 Eligible applicants who will practice as private practice food supply
			 veterinarians in a veterinary shortage area and have graduated from an Iowa
			 high school or completed private instruction under Iowa Code chapter 299A;
			 followed by eligible applicants who will practice as private practice food
			 supply veterinarians in a veterinary shortage area and have not graduated from
			 an Iowa high school or completed private instruction under Iowa Code chapter
			 299A.
b. Eligible applicants who
			 will practice as private practice food supply veterinarians in a service
			 commitment area and have graduated from an Iowa high school or completed
			 private instruction under Iowa Code chapter 299A; followed by eligible
			 applicants who will practice as private practice food supply veterinarians in a
			 service commitment area and have not graduated from an Iowa high school or
			 completed private instruction under Iowa Code chapter 299A.
c. Eligible applicants who will practice as a
			 veterinarian in a service commitment area and have graduated from an Iowa high
			 school or completed private instruction under Iowa Code chapter 299A; followed
			 by eligible applicants who will practice as veterinarians in a service
			 commitment area and have not graduated from an Iowa high school or completed
			 private instruction under Iowa Code chapter 299A.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 27 - Rural Veterinarian Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-27.6 - Awarding of Funds

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(1)
			 The maximum award will be paid to the veterinarian's eligible loan holder in
			 four equal installments, upon successful completion of each of four 12-month
			 practice obligations. Failure to complete all, or any portion, of the
			 four-consecutive-year practice obligation will result in the forfeiture of all
			 remaining unpaid payments. A veterinarian who fails to meet the requirements of
			 these rules may also be subject to repayment of moneys advanced by the service
			 commitment area or veterinary shortage area as provided in any contract between
			 the veterinarian and the service commitment area or veterinary shortage
			 area.
(2) An eligible applicant
			 must annually complete and return to the commission an affidavit of completion
			 of practice in a service commitment area or veterinary shortage area.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 27 - Rural Veterinarian Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-27.7 - Waivers

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(1)
Service
			 commitment area or veterinary shortage area.
The commission may waive
			 the requirement that the veterinarian practice in the same service commitment
			 area or veterinary shortage area for four years as long as the veterinarian
			 continues to practice in a service commitment area or veterinary shortage area.
			 The veterinarian must request a waiver from the commission in
			 writing.
(2)
Postponement
			 of veterinarian practice.
The veterinarian obligation to engage in
			 practice in accordance with rule 283-27.4 (261) may be postponed for no more
			 than two years from the time full-time practice was to commence. The
			 veterinarian must request a waiver from the commission in writing for one of
			 the following purposes:
a. Active duty
			 service in the armed forces, the armed forces military reserve, or the national
			 guard.
b. Service in Volunteers in
			 Service to America or the federal Peace Corps.
c. A rural service commitment to the United
			 States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
d. A period of religious missionary work
			 conducted by an organization exempt from federal income taxation pursuant to
			 Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
The veterinarian obligation to engage in practice in accordance
				with rule 283-27.4 (261) may be postponed for a period exceeding two years for
				any period of temporary medical incapacity, including leave approved under the
				Family and Medical Leave Act, during which the veterinarian is unable to engage
				in full-time practice. The veterinarian must request a waiver from the
				commission in writing.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 27 - Rural Veterinarian Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-27.8 - Loan Repayment Cancellation

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(1) Within 30 days following termination of
			 practice as a veterinarian in a service commitment area or a veterinary
			 shortage area, the applicant must notify the commission.
(2) The applicant is responsible for
			 notifying the commission immediately of a change in contact information
			 including, but not limited to, name, telephone number, email address, and
			 location of practice.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 27 - Rural Veterinarian Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-27.9 - Restrictions

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(1) A veterinarian
			 who is in default on a Federal Stafford Loan, Grad PLUS Loan, SLS Loan,
			 Perkins/National Direct/National Defense Student Loan, Health Professions
			 Student Loan (HPSL), or Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) or who owes a
			 repayment on any Title IV grant assistance or state award shall be ineligible
			 for loan repayment. Eligibility may be reinstated upon payment in full of the
			 delinquent obligation or by commission ruling on the basis of adequate
			 extenuating evidence presented in appeal under the procedures set forth in
			 283-Chapters 4 and 5.
(2) A
			 veterinarian who participated in and received loan repayment awards through the
			 veterinary medicine loan repayment program administered by the United States
			 Department of Agriculture is ineligible to enter into a program agreement or
			 receive loan repayment benefits under this program.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 28 - Teach Iowa Scholar Program › Rule 283-28.2 - Definitions

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As used in this chapter:
"Commission " means the Iowa college student aid
				commission.
"Department" means the Iowa department of education.
"Eligible school or agency" means a public school district,
				area education agency, charter school, and accredited nonpublic school
				recognized and approved by the department.
"Eligible student loan" means a recipient's total subsidized,
				unsubsidized, and consolidated Federal Stafford Loan amount under the Federal
				Family Education Loan Program, Federal Direct Loan Program, federal Graduate
				PLUS Loan, or federal Perkins Loan, including principal and interest. Only the
				outstanding portion of a federal consolidation loan that was used to repay an
				eligible subsidized or unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loan qualifies as an
				eligible student loan.
"Eligible teaching field" means hard-to-staff subjects as
				identified by the director of the department. In selecting hard-to-staff
				subjects, the department shall consider the varying regional needs in the
				state.
"Preparation program " means the programs of practitioner
				preparation leading to licensure of teachers, administrators, and other
				professional school personnel.
"Teacher" means an individual who holds a practitioner's
				license or a statement of professional recognition issued under Iowa Code
				chapter 272 and who is employed in a nonadministrative position by a school
				district or area education agency pursuant to a contract issued by a board of
				directors under Iowa Code section
				279.13.
				"Teacher" also includes a preschool teacher who is licensed by the board of
				educational examiners under Iowa Code chapter 272 and is employed by an
				eligible school or agency.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 28 - Teach Iowa Scholar Program › Rule 283-28.3 - Eligibility Requirements

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An applicant must:
(1)
			 Have graduated in the top 25 percent academically of students completing
			 teacher preparation programs, as certified by the postsecondary institution
			 offering the teacher preparation program from which the applicant
			 graduates.
(2) Be a teacher
			 providing instruction on a full-time basis in an eligible teaching field or in
			 a combination of eligible teaching fields in an eligible school or
			 agency.
(3) File an application
			 annually on or before the deadline established by the commission to be
			 considered for funding.
(4)
			 Annually complete and return to the commission an affidavit of practice
			 verifying annual employment in an eligible teaching field.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 28 - Teach Iowa Scholar Program › Rule 283-28.4 - Awarding of Funds

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(1)
Selection criteria.
All applicants meeting the eligibility
			 requirements will be considered for funding. In the event that all on-time
			 applicants cannot be funded with the available appropriation, criteria for
			 selection of recipients will be prioritized as follows:
a. Award renewal status;
b. Graduation date, grouped by academic year,
			 with the most recent academic year graduates given priority;
c. Prioritized annual ranking of eligible
			 teaching fields by the department, with the highest ranking fields being served
			 first, if information is available;
d. Prioritized annual ranking of regional
			 need within eligible teaching fields by the department, with the highest
			 ranking regions being served first within each ranked eligible teaching field,
			 if information is available;
e.
			 Iowa resident status;
f. Date of
			 application.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 28 - Teach Iowa Scholar Program › Rule 283-28.5 - Award Cancellation

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(1) The teacher must notify the commission
			 within 30 days following termination or change of employment in an eligible
			 teaching field or an eligible school or agency.
(2) The teacher is responsible for notifying
			 the commission immediately of a change in contact information including, but
			 not limited to, name, telephone number and e-mail address.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 29 - Iowa National Guard Master's Degree Scholarship Program › Rule 283-29.1 - Scholarships to Iowa National Guard Members for Master's Degree Studies at Eligible Iowa Institutions

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In the event that the adjutant general authorizes the
				expenditure of unencumbered or unobligated funds from Iowa Code section
				261.86(6) for the recruitment or retention of individuals by providing a
				scholarship award to an eligible member of the Iowa national guard, this
				chapter shall be used to administer authorized scholarships. The adjutant
				general shall select program recipients and authorize scholarship awards under
				this chapter. The decision of the adjutant general is final.
(1)
Definitions.
As used in
			 this chapter:
"Eligible program of study"
means a master's
				degree program in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-related
				military occupational specialties or air force specialty codes that is in
				compliance with the federal Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program
				established under
				38 United States Code §
										3320.
"Federal active duty"
means military duty
				performed pursuant to orders issued under Title 10, United States Code, other
				than for training.
"State-defined payment period"
means one of
				six payment terms and corresponding deadlines as defined by the college student
				aid commission.
(2)
Eligible guard member.
A recipient must:
a. Be a resident of Iowa, as defined by the
			 adjutant general of Iowa, and a member of an Iowa army or air national guard
			 unit throughout each term for which the member receives benefits.
b. Have satisfactorily completed required
			 guard training.
c. Have maintained
			 satisfactory performance of guard duty.
d. Have applied to the adjutant general of
			 Iowa for program eligibility by the established application deadline date(s) by
			 completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and any other
			 application form required. The adjutant general shall accept an application
			 from an eligible member of the Iowa national guard who was on federal active
			 duty at the time of an application deadline if the application is received
			 within 30 days after the eligible member returns to Iowa from federal active
			 duty. The applicant will be considered for funding for the state-defined
			 payment period in which the application was received and any future
			 state-defined payment periods in that academic year.
e. Be pursuing an eligible program of study
			 at an institution of higher education governed by the state board of regents or
			 an accredited private institution or eligible institution located in Iowa that
			 meets all eligibility requirements set forth in Iowa Code section
			 261.9.
f. Be maintaining satisfactory academic
			 progress.
g. Have been offered the
			 scholarship incentive either:
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 30 - Iowa National Guard Student Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-30.1 - Loan Repayment Awards to Iowa National Guard Members

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In the event that the adjutant general authorizes the
				expenditure of unencumbered or unobligated funds from Iowa Code section
				261.86(6) for the recruitment or retention of individuals by issuing student
				loan repayment awards to an eligible member of the Iowa national guard, this
				chapter shall be used to administer authorized awards. The adjutant general
				shall select program recipients and authorize awards under this chapter.
(1)
Definitions.
As used in
			 this chapter:
"Eligible program of study"
means a program of
				study in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-related military
				occupational specialties or air force specialty codes that is in compliance
				with the federal Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship program established under
				38 United States Code §
										3320.
"Federal active duty"
means military duty
				performed pursuant to orders issued under Title 10, United States Code, other
				than for training.
"Qualified student loan"
means a federally
				guaranteed Stafford Loan under the Federal Family Education Loan Program or the
				Federal Direct Loan Program, a federal Grad PLUS Loan, or a federal Perkins
				Loan, including principal and interest. Only the outstanding portion of a
				federal consolidation loan that was used to repay a qualified student loan
				qualifies for loan repayment.
(2)
Eligibility
			 requirements.
An eligible guard member must:
a. Be a resident of Iowa, as defined by the
			 adjutant general of Iowa, and a member of an Iowa army or air national guard
			 unit.
b. Have satisfactorily
			 completed required guard training.
c. Have maintained satisfactory performance
			 of guard duty.
d. Have applied to
			 the adjutant general of Iowa by the established application deadline date(s) by
			 completing any application form required. The adjutant general shall accept an
			 application from an eligible member of the Iowa national guard who was on
			 federal active duty at the time of an application deadline if the application
			 is received within 30 days after the eligible member returns to Iowa from
			 federal active duty. A new application may be required in subsequent years to
			 renew loan repayment eligibility.
e. Be pursuing or have completed an eligible
			 program of study.
f. Have been
			 offered the loan repayment incentive either:
(1) In the military entrance process,
			 or
(2) Within the final year of the
			 service member's initial contract obligation, and the individual must sign a
			 six-year extension.
g.
			 Continue to meet the requirements of the contract with the Iowa national guard
			 and the provisions of this chapter.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 31 - Mental Health Professional Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-31.2 - Eligibility Criteria

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(1)
Eligible applicant.
An eligible applicant is a mental health
			 professional or a person who agrees to become a mental health professional,
			 agrees to sign a program agreement, and agrees to complete the
			 obligation.
(2)
Program
			 agreement.
The program agreement specifies the obligation and other
			 details pertaining to the program.
(3)
Obligation.
An eligible
			 applicant must agree to provide services as a mental health professional in an
			 eligible practice area or eligible practice areas on a full-time basis for five
			 consecutive years unless granted a waiver for part-time practice.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 31 - Mental Health Professional Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-31.3 - Awarding and Payment of Funds

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(1)
Selection criteria.
New program agreements will be entered
			 into with eligible applicants who are mental health professionals or agree to
			 become mental health professionals.
(2)
Priority for awards.
In
			 the event that funding is insufficient to award all new eligible applicants,
			 eligible applicants will be prioritized as follows:
a. Eligible applicants who are Iowa residents
			 or eligible applicants who are members of the Iowa national guard, if requested
			 by the adjutant general. Members of the Iowa national guard must have
			 satisfactorily completed required guard training and must maintain satisfactory
			 performance of guard duty. In the event that funding is insufficient to award
			 all new eligible applicants who meet these criteria, selection of new eligible
			 applicants will be further prioritized as follows:
(1) Eligible applicants who are students in
			 their final year of the degree program that leads to their qualification as a
			 mental health professional, according to the date the application was received
			 by the commission.
(2) Eligible
			 applicants completing the two-year post-degree clinical experience required to
			 be a mental health professional, according to the date the application was
			 received by the commission.
(3) All
			 other eligible applicants based on the fiscal year in which the eligible
			 applicant met the requirements of a mental health professional, with priority
			 given to those meeting the requirements in the most recent fiscal year. In the
			 event that funding is insufficient to award all new eligible applicants who met
			 the requirements of a mental health professional within a given fiscal year,
			 eligible applicants who met the criteria in that fiscal year will be
			 prioritized according to the date the application was received by the
			 commission.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 31 - Mental Health Professional Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-31.4 - Part-time Practice

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The commission may waive the requirement that the mental health
				professional be employed full time if the mental health professional requests a
				waiver from the commission in writing and provides mental health services in
				eligible practice areas at least 28 hours per 40-hour workweek. If a waiver
				request is granted by the commission, the agreement will be amended to provide
				an allowance for part-time employment. The five-year employment obligation will
				be proportionally extended to ensure the mental health professional provides
				mental health services in eligible practice areas for the equivalent of five
				full-time years, not to exceed a total of seven consecutive
				years.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 283 - College Student Aid Commission › Chapter 31 - Mental Health Professional Loan Repayment Program › Rule 283-31.5 - Satisfaction of Employment Obligation

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All obligations under the mental health professional loan
				repayment program are considered to be satisfied when any of the following
				conditions are met:
1. All terms of
			 the agreement are met.
2. The
			 person who entered into the agreement dies.
3. The person who entered into the agreement,
			 due to permanent disability, is unable to meet the requirements of these rules.
4. The person who entered into the
			 agreement has no remaining eligible loan balance to repay.