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IA HSB63
SB
Status
1/22/2025
Primary Sponsor
Higher Education
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AI Summary
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State Board of Regents must develop and adopt general education requirements for undergraduate students at regents institutions, with a maximum of 40 semester credit hours total
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Required coursework includes 6 semester hours each in English composition, world language, mathematics and statistics, natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities, plus 3 hours each for western heritage and American heritage
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Board must adopt a policy ensuring general education courses do not distort historical events or include curriculum teaching identity politics or theories that systemic racism, sexism, oppression, or privilege are inherent in U.S. or Iowa institutions
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Requirements do not apply to degree programs designated as three years or less in duration, and the board may waive requirements for programs in complex fields requiring increased focus on major coursework
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Any person may notify the attorney general of potential violations, and the attorney general may bring an action for a writ of mandamus to compel compliance; applies to students beginning enrollment on or after July 1, 2027
Legislative Description
A bill for an act providing for general education requirements for undergraduate students at regents institutions and including applicability provisions.(See HF 401.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 401.
2/13/2025