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H0018..........................................................by EDUCATION
STUDENTS - LOAN FORGIVENESS - Amends existing law to revise eligibility for
application to the student education incentive loan forgiveness contract;
to authorize award of unused contracts; and to designate Eastern Idaho
Technical College as a participating institution.
01/20 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/21 Rpt prt - to Educ
02/21 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/22 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/28 3rd rdg - PASSED - 67-0-3
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer,
Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Cannon,
Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Harwood, Henbest,
Henderson, Jaquet, Jones, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez,
Mathews, McGeachin, McKague, Miller, Mitchell, Nielsen, Nonini,
Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche,
Rydalch, Sayler, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen,
Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills,
Wood, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Moyle, Sali, Schaefer
Floor Sponsor - Nielsen
Title apvd - to Senate
03/01 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/15 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/16 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/21 3rd rdg - PASSED - 31-0-3, 1 vacancy
AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett,
Burtenshaw, Cameron, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Gannon,
Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little,
Lodge, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder,
Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Coiner, Malepeai, Werk, (District 21 seat
vacant)
Floor Sponsor - Gannon
Title apvd - to House
03/22 To enrol
03/23 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/24 Pres signed - To Governor
03/28 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 173
Effective: 07/01/05
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature First Regular Session - 2005
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 18
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO STUDENT EDUCATION INCENTIVE LOAN FORGIVENESS CONTRACTS; AMENDING
3 SECTION 33-3722, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE ELIGIBILITY FOR APPLICATION TO THE
4 STUDENT EDUCATION INCENTIVE LOAN FORGIVENESS CONTRACT, TO AUTHORIZE AWARD
5 OF UNUSED CONTRACTS AND TO DESIGNATE EASTERN IDAHO TECHNICAL COLLEGE AS A
6 PARTICIPATING INSTITUTION AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CHANGE.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Section 33-3722, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
9 amended to read as follows:
10 33-3722. STUDENT EDUCATION INCENTIVE LOAN FORGIVENESS CONTRACT. (1) It is
11 hereby declared that it is in the public interest to encourage and assist
12 individuals who wish to pursue a teaching career or professional nursing
13 career within this state to enroll in an Idaho postsecondary institution and
14 to work in Idaho.
15 (2) Any Idaho student pursuing a teaching career may sign a loan forgive-
16 ness contract and promissory note for payment of all full-time undergraduate
17 matriculation, facility and activity fees at any Idaho institution of higher
18 learning who:
19 (a) Has graduated from a secondary school in Idaho within the previous
20 two (2) years; and
21 (b) Is academically situated within the upper fifteen percent (15%) of
22 his graduating class based on a ranking of all students in that class
23 according to grade point average or has earned a cumulative grade point
24 average of 3.0 or higher; and
25 (c) Will maintain full-time student status and shall maintain a grade
26 point average of 3.0 or better in the first two (2) semesters and for the
27 remaining semesters; and
28 (db) Will pursue a program of study which will qualify the student to
29 receive an Idaho teaching certificate upon completion of his studies; and
30 (ec) Will pursue a teaching career within the state of Idaho for a mini-
31 mum of two (2) years, which time requirement will commence upon obtaining
32 a teaching position.
33 (3) Any Idaho student pursuing a licensed nursing career may sign a loan
34 forgiveness contract and promissory note for payment of all undergraduate ma-
35 triculation, facility and activity fees at any Idaho institution of higher
36 learning who:
37 (a) Will maintain full-time student status and shall maintain a grade
38 point average of 3.0 or better in the first two (2) semesters and for the
39 remaining semesters; and
40 (b) Will pursue a program of study which will qualify the student to
41 write the licensure examination approved by the board of nursing for reg-
42 istered nurse upon completion of his studies; and
43 (c) Will pursue a licensed professional nursing career within the state
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1 of Idaho for a minimum of two (2) years, which time requirement will com-
2 mence within one (1) year after a professional nursing license is
3 obtained.
4 (4) Availability of student education incentive loan forgiveness con-
5 tracts for potential teachers will be limited to sixteen (16) each year, with
6 three (3) to be let by the University of Idaho, three (3) by Boise State Uni-
7 versity, three (3) by Idaho State University, three (3) by Lewis Clark State
8 College, two (2) by North Idaho College and two (2) by the College of Southern
9 Idaho; for potential registered nurses, contracts will be limited to thirteen
10 (13) each year, with three (3) to be let by Boise State University, three (3)
11 by Idaho State University, three (3) by Lewis Clark State College, two (2) by
12 North Idaho College and two (2) by the College of Southern Idaho.
13 (a) Preference in selecting potential registered nurses will be given to
14 applicants who indicate willingness to practice in rural Idaho.
15 (b) The length of each contract and promissory note shall not exceed a
16 maximum of eight (8) years, and the beginning date and expiration date
17 shall be specified in each contract.
18 (5) The state board of education may reassign unused contracts to other
19 participating institutions. For purposes of reassignment of unused contracts,
20 Eastern Idaho Technical College may be considered as a participating institu-
21 tion and may be awarded student education incentive loan forgiveness contracts
22 for potential registered nurses.
23 (6) The student loan office of each institution of higher learning is
24 directed to administer the loan forgiveness program provisions of this sec-
25 tion, including the supplying of all necessary forms and the verifying, before
26 each registration and at the expiration of the contract, of each person's com-
27 pliance with the terms of the contract and collect and account for any neces-
28 sary repayment of funds. Upon successful completion of the terms of the con-
29 tract, the promissory note shall be forgiven. The state board of education
30 shall annually determine the interest rate for new promissory notes. Loan
31 repayments shall be allocated to support new student education incentive loan
32 forgiveness contracts.
33 (67) Any violation of the terms of the contract shall obligate the person
34 to repay all fees which the person as a student was allowed to waive, as
35 determined by the affected institution.
36 (78) Each affected institution shall in its preparation of future budgets
37 include therein costs resultant from fee loss for reimbursement from appropri-
38 ations of state funds.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 14400C2
The current statute sets the number of potential teacher (16) and
potential nurse (13) scholarships and then directs the number at
each participating institution. Currently, if one of the state
institutions is not able to use the contract, or chooses not to
participate in the program, the contract goes unused. This
legislation provides the Office of the State Board of Education
the ability to redistribute the unused contracts and allow
Easatern Idaho Technical College to be a participatng institution.
Further, the current statute requires that potential teachers be
recent graduates from a postsecondary school in Idaho within the
previous two (2) years. Because they may not be accepted into the
teacher program until the junior year, this hinders some students
from accepting the contracts. This legislation amends the
language to remove or expand this time limit, which would allow
more students to be eligible for consideration.
FISCAL IMPACT
There are no additional funds anticipated with this action.
CONTACT
Name: Dana Kelly
Agency: Office of the State Board of Education
Phone: 332-1574
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