§ 239B.2A — School attendance

Iowa § 239B.2A

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VI: HUMAN SERVICES
• Ch. 239B: FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM

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239B.2B Eligibility of noncitizens.
A person who meets the conditions of eligibility under section 239B.2 and who meets either
of the following requirements shall be eligible for participation in the family investment
program:
1. The person is a conditional resident alien who was battered or subjected to extreme
cruelty, or whose child was battered or subjected to extreme cruelty, perpetrated by the
person’s spouse who is a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident as described
in 8 C.F.R. §216.5(a)(3).
2. The person was battered or subjected to extreme cruelty, or the person’s child was
battered or subjected to extreme cruelty, perpetrated by the person’s spouse who is a United
States citizen or lawful permanent resident and the person’s petition has been approved or
a petition is pending that sets forth a prima facie case that the person has noncitizen status
under any of the following categories:
a. Status as a spouse or child of a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident
under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, §204(a)(1), as codified in 8 U.S.C.
§1154(a)(1)(A).
b. StatusasaspouseorchildwhowasbatteredorsubjectedtoextremecrueltybyaUnited
States citizen or lawful permanent resident, under the federal Immigration and Nationality
Act, §204(a)(iii), as codified in 8 U.S.C. §1154(a)(1)(A)(iii).
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c. Classification as a person lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the federal
Immigration and Nationality Act.
d. Suspension of deportation and adjustment of status under the federal Immigration
and Nationality Act, §244(a), as in effect before the date of enactment of the federal Illegal
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
e. Cancellation of removal or adjustment of status under the federal Immigration and
Nationality Act, §240A, as codified in 8 U.S.C. §1229b.
f. Status as an asylee, if asylum is pending, under the federal Immigration and Nationality
Act, §208, as codified in 8 U.S.C. §1158.