HF 241 (LSB 1620HH (3) 88)

HOUSE FILE 241

BY  SHIPLEY and WHEELER

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the adoption of a statement of free expression by the board of regents prior to the commencement of the fall 2019 academic calendar year.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  BOARD OF REGENTS STATEMENT.  The board of regents shall adopt a statement of free expression modeled on, and at least as committed to protecting free expression as, the university of Chicago’s January 2015 report of the committee on freedom of expression. The statement shall be published prior to commencement of the fall 2019 academic calendar year. 
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that the board of regents shall adopt a statement of free expression. The bill provides that the statement of free expression shall be modeled on, and at least as committed to protecting free expression as, the university of Chicago’s January 2015 report of the committee on freedom of expression. The bill provides that the statement shall be published prior to commencement of the fall 2019 academic calendar year.