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IA HSB56
SB
Status
1/22/2025
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 the course cover specific topics including the republican form of government, founding documents, landmark Supreme Court cases, and comparison with other government types (dictatorship, monarchy, communism, etc.)
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Requires students to read specific primary sources including the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence, 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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Assigns the course a minimum value of three semester credit hours and allows it to fulfill social sciences general education requirements
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Provides that students who complete the course at one Iowa public institution are not required to retake it if they transfer to another 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.(See HF 402.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 402.
2/13/2025