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