IA HF2245

Mandates that Iowa Board of Regents use a presidential selection committee when hiring presidents for state universities, changing the current permissive "may" to "shall"

Restricts voting membership on presidential selection committees to five members who must all be Board of Regents members

Requires nonvoting committee members to include: a student enrolled at the institution, a faculty senate member, one other institutional employee, and one person who is either an alumni, foundation member, or member of the public

Keeps candidate identities confidential under public records law (Chapter 22) unless all voting committee members agree to public disclosure

Allows committees to contract with executive search firms and use board-allocated funds to carry out their duties