House File 2115 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2115 BY A. MEYER A BILL FOR An Act relating to the percentage of students who are residents 1 of Iowa or who attend postsecondary institutions in Iowa and 2 are accepted to graduate and postgraduate studies at the 3 state university of Iowa college of medicine or college of 4 dentistry. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 6 TLSB 5838YH (3) 88 kh/jh
H.F. 2115 Section 1. Section 262.9, subsection 17, Code 2020, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . c. Adopt a policy requiring that not less 3 than seventy-five percent of the students who are accepted at 4 the college of medicine and at the college of dentistry at the 5 state university of Iowa be residents of Iowa or persons who 6 were, prior to applying to the college of medicine or college 7 of dentistry, enrolled in an eligible postsecondary institution 8 as defined in section 261E.2. 9 EXPLANATION 10 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 11 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 12 This bill requires the state board of regents to adopt a 13 policy requiring that not less than 75 percent of the students 14 accepted at the colleges of medicine and dentistry at the 15 state university of Iowa be residents of Iowa or persons who 16 prior to applying to the college of medicine or dentistry were 17 enrolled in a community college in Iowa, an accredited private 18 institution in Iowa, or a regents university. 19 -1- LSB 5838YH (3) 88 kh/jh 1/ 1