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Community Colleges for Iowa provides this bill tracker tool to help the public keep an eye on important legislative measures in Iowa that pertain to higher education like the community colleges we support.

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  • HF 175: In-State Residency Military Personnel and Family Members

This bill expands the definition of “qualified military person” to mean a “veteran”, which generally includes veterans of armed conflicts and other service members who were discharged under honorable conditions. The bill also provides that surviving spouses and children of qualified veterans are considered residents of Iowa for purposes of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees at community colleges.

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  • HF 2192: School Bond Elections

Relating to bond elections requirements and limitations applicable to the school districts. 

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  • HF 2225: Graduate Tax Credit

Creates a new graduate nonresident tuition tax credit available against the individual income tax. 

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  • HF 2230: Teacher Preparation

Relates to teacher education and licensing, including modifying provisions related to practitioner preparation programs and licenses issued by the board of education examiners. 

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  • HF 2240: Endowment Tax

Creates a tax on college endowment over $500 million to be used for workforce grants, at the top rate of 7.1%. 

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  • HF 2244: Government Instruction

Relating to social studies instruction, including instruction in United States government, provided to students enrolled in grades nine through twelve. 

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  • HF 2245: Hiring University Presidents

Relates to selection committees for presidents of regents institutions. 

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  • HF 2336: Student Protected Speech

Modifies provisions related to the protected speech and expression rights of students enrolled in schools districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools and the duties of the DE. 

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  • HF 2361: General Education Requirements

Relates to general education requirements, core curricula, and other functions of regents institutes

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  • HF 2362: Undergraduate Tuition

Requires the Regents to adopt a policy that freezes the undergraduate tuition paid by residents to the rate charged in their first year. 

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  • HF 2466: Iowa Skilled Workforce Act

Relating to apprenticeships and other workforce career training programs and making appropriations. 

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  • HF 2487: Prohibiting DEI Courses

Prohibits courses and content relating to diversity, equity, inclusion, and critical race theory in general education requirements and core curricula at regents institutions. 

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  • HF 2490: Open Meetings, Notice Requirements

Relates to public notice requirements for meetings of a governmental body. 

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  • HF 2491: Veteran Tuition Assistance

Provides for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees at regents institutions for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities. 

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  • HF 2492: Shared Teacher Functions

Provides that Career and Technical Education instructors are eligible for shared operational functions for purposes of supplementary weighting. 

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  • HF 2513: Hiring Ban

Prohibits the Regent schools from hiring or employing a person with an H1-B visa who is a Chinese citizen. 

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  • HF 2544: Antisemitism reports

Requiring annual reports on antisemitism in community colleges, regents institutions, and public school districts. 

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  • HF 2547: Concurrent Enrollment, Career Academies

This bill relates to career education, including by modifying provisions related to career academies, the collective statewide articulation agreement between community colleges and the state board of regents, the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program, and individual career and academic plans.

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  • HF 2568: State University Restructure

Establishes a temporary independent fiscal restructuring authority to provide oversight of institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents. 

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  • HF 2598: Human Trafficking Training

Relates to human trafficking prevention training for persons applying for certain commercial driver's licenses. 

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Bill Tracker

Find current bills in the Iowa Legislature that would impact our community college institutions and students.

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The Iowa Legislature will start on Monday, January 11. Once the session is gaveled in, bills with any connection or impact on community colleges can be searched and dived into. While we’ve provided bill tracking for years, you can expect more context and resources than ever before. 

The 92nd General Assembly will have a mix of returning and new legislators from the elections in the fall. This means all bills will need to be formally introduced, and no previous bills are being held over from the previous session.  

Advocacy is year-round work, and the best time to start is now! Explore more of our website for how legislation unique to our state helps Iowa students, businesses, and communities. 

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