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IA HSB607

SB

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/22/2026

Primary Sponsor

Education

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Origin

House of Representatives

91st General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Repeals Iowa Code Sections 262.81 and 262.82, which establish the Board of Regents' Minority and Women Educators Enhancement Program
  • Eliminates a program designed to recruit minority educators to faculty positions at Iowa's regent institutions (University of Iowa, Iowa State University, University of Northern Iowa)
  • Removes requirements for creating faculty opportunities for women educators at regent institutions
  • Ends mandates requiring the Board of Regents to develop tenure, promotion, and hiring policies that recognize needs of faculty members who are principal caregivers to dependents
  • Amends Section 262.93 to remove the January 31 annual reporting requirement to the General Assembly on the repealed program's progress and implementation

Legislative Description

A bill for an act repealing the board of regents' minority and women educators enhancement program.(See HF 2539.)

Last Action

Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2539.

2/16/2026

Committee Referrals

Education1/22/2026

Full Bill Text

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