1. 1. The commission shall administer this program and shall do all of the following:

   1. a. Provide application forms and parents’ confidential statement forms.
   2. b. Adopt rules and regulations for determining financial need, defining tuition and mandatory fees, defining residence for the purposes of this subpart, processing and approving applications for tuition grants, and determining priority of grants. The commission may provide for proration of funds if the available funds are insufficient to pay all approved grants. Such proration shall take primary account of the financial need of the applicant. In determining who is a resident of Iowa, the commission’s rules shall be at least as restrictive as those of the board of regents.
   3. c. Approve and award tuition grants.
2. 2. The commission may require an accredited private institution to promptly furnish any information which the commission may request in connection with the tuition grant program.

Section amended

[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §261.15] 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2619, 2641 C2024, §256.189 2024 Acts, ch 1057, §2

Referred to in §256.191