Section 261.25. Appropriations — standing limited.

  1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of forty-five million five hundred thirteen thousand four hundred forty-eight dollars for tuition grants.

  2.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two million dollars for tuition grants for students attending for-profit accredited private institutions located in Iowa. A for-profit institution which, effective March 9, 2005, or effective January 8, 2010, purchased an accredited private institution that was exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, shall be an eligible institution under the tuition grant program. For purposes of the tuition grant program, “for-profit accredited private institution” means an accredited private institution which is not exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code but which otherwise meets the requirements of section 261.9, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, and whose students were eligible to receive tuition grants in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003.

  3.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the commission for each fiscal year the sum of two million two hundred fifty thousand one hundred eighty-five dollars for vocational-technical tuition grants.

  4.  This section shall not be construed to be a limitation on any of the amounts which may be appropriated by the general assembly for any program enumerated in this section.

  5.  In the case of a qualified student who was enrolled in an accredited private institution that was exempt from taxation under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and that was purchased by a for-profit institution effective January 8, 2010, and such qualified student continues to be enrolled in the eligible institution in succeeding years, the student shall continue to be eligible to receive funds under subsection 1 without a change in the student’s qualification status.

[C77, 79, 81, §261.25]

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