1. Each community college which completes a project, as defined under section 260C.56, subsection 4, shall set aside a percentage of available dormitory space for the purposes of meeting the needs of the following:

 a. Students, with families, who are participating in specialized or intensive programs.
 b. Students who are participating in specialized or intensive programs.
 c. Child care arrangements for students, faculty, or staff.
 d. Students whose residence is located too far from the community college to permit commuting to and from school, as determined by the board of directors of the merged area.
 e. Students whose disabilities require special housing adaptations.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 260C.69

  • Board: means a board of directors of a community college. See Iowa Code 260C.56
  • Community college: means a publicly supported school which may offer programs of adult and continuing education, lifelong learning, community education, and up to two years of liberal arts, preprofessional, or occupational instruction partially fulfilling the requirements for a baccalaureate degree but confers no more than an associate degree; or which offers as the whole or as part of the curriculum up to two years of career and technical education, training, or retraining to persons who are preparing to enter the labor market. See Iowa Code 260C.2
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Merged area: means an area where two or more school systems or parts of school systems merge resources to operate a community college in the manner provided in this chapter. See Iowa Code 260C.2
  • Project: means the acquisition by purchase, lease in accordance with section 260C. See Iowa Code 260C.56
  • School: means an agency of the state or political subdivision of the state, individual, partnership, company, firm, society, trust, association, corporation, or any combination which meets any of the following criteria:
 2. Once all priorities have been met, students shall be allotted rooms on a first come, first served basis.