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IA HF402
Bill
Status
2/13/2025
Primary Sponsor
Higher Education
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AI Summary
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Requires all students at Iowa public universities and community colleges to complete a survey course in American history and civil government to earn a baccalaureate degree, beginning with the 2027 academic year
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Mandates instruction on topics including American institutions and ideals, principles of republican government, the U.S. and Iowa Constitutions, founding documents, landmark Supreme Court cases, and comparisons with other government forms (dictatorship, monarchy, communism, etc.)
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Requires students to read specific documents including the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Rights of the Women of the United States, Emancipation Proclamation, at least five Federalist Papers essays, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail, and the Gettysburg Address
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Course must be worth at least 3 semester credit hours and will fulfill any general education social sciences requirement for graduation
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Students who complete the course at one public institution are not required to retake it if they transfer to another Iowa public institution
Legislative Description
A bill for an act establishing completion of a course on American history and civil government as a requirement for the completion of a baccalaureate degree program at a public institution of higher education.(Formerly HSB 56.)
Last Action
Referred to Higher Education. H.J. 895.
4/3/2025