House File 690 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY MURPHY, H. MILLER, BAILEY, REICHERT, and SHOMSHOR Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the development, maintenance, and promotion of 2 a credit transfer and articulation internet website by the 3 state board of regents and making an appropriation. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1323HH 82 6 kh/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. STATE BOARD OF REGENTS == ARTICULATION WEBSITE 1 2 == APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the general fund 1 3 of the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year 1 4 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the 1 5 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be 1 6 used for the purposes designated: 1 7 For the development, maintenance, and promotion of a credit 1 8 transfer and articulation internet website for use by students 1 9 who wish to transfer credits earned at a community college to 1 10 a state university governed by the board: 1 11 .................................................. $ 250,000 1 12 The general assembly finds that as college costs increase, 1 13 Iowa's community college students need access to resources 1 14 that allow the students to make informed, cost=effective 1 15 decisions regarding their postsecondary education plans. It 1 16 is the intent of the general assembly to provide for a 1 17 seamless transition for students transferring from Iowa's 1 18 community colleges to Iowa's state universities. Therefore, 1 19 the state board of regents shall, in cooperation with the 1 20 department of education and the community colleges, develop, 1 21 maintain, and promote a user=friendly credit transfer and 1 22 articulation internet website that allows Iowans to know at 1 23 the time of enrollment in a community college course whether 1 24 the credit will be accepted by the state university of the 1 25 student's choice, the category in which the university will 1 26 apply the credit, and to which degree program or programs the 1 27 university will apply the credit. The board and the community 1 28 colleges shall continuously strive to improve upon the 1 29 coordinating efforts between the state universities and the 1 30 community colleges to map and articulate community college 1 31 courses for college credit with the degree programs offered at 1 32 the state universities. The website shall be operational not 1 33 later than July 1, 2008. 1 34 EXPLANATION 1 35 This bill appropriates $250,000 from the general fund of 2 1 the state to the state board of regents for the development, 2 2 maintenance, and promotion of a user=friendly credit transfer 2 3 and articulation internet website that allows Iowans to know 2 4 at the time of enrollment in a community college course 2 5 whether the credit earned will be accepted by the state 2 6 university of the student's choice, the category in which the 2 7 university will apply the credit, and to which degree program 2 8 or programs the university will apply the credit. The website 2 9 must be operational not later than July 1, 2008. 2 10 LSB 1323HH 82 2 11 kh:nh/sh/8