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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY TYMESON
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution requesting the Legislative
1 4 Council to establish an interim study committee to
1 5 examine the costs and benefits of Iowa joining
1 6 the Midwestern Higher Education Compact.
1 7 WHEREAS, the citizens of Iowa take pride in having
1 8 a well-educated workforce and citizenry; and
1 9 WHEREAS, Iowa's skyrocketing postsecondary
1 10 education costs, while keeping pace with the rising
1 11 tuition costs at public postsecondary institutions in
1 12 many other states, are reducing the accessibility and
1 13 affordability that Iowans have come to expect from
1 14 Iowa's public postsecondary institutions; and
1 15 WHEREAS, the mission of the Midwestern Higher
1 16 Education Compact is to promote interstate cooperation
1 17 and resource sharing in higher education among
1 18 Midwestern states; and
1 19 WHEREAS, states that are members of the compact
1 20 have increased educational access for their citizens
1 21 while attracting students from other states; NOW
1 22 THEREFORE,
1 23 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
1 24 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Legislative Council is
1 25 requested to create an interim study committee to
1 26 examine the costs and benefits of joining the
1 27 Midwestern Higher Education Compact; and
1 28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the interim study
1 29 committee membership shall be comprised of ten voting
1 30 members, who shall be members of the General Assembly,
2 1 and shall include additional members as nonvoting, ex
2 2 officio members, including but not limited to
2 3 representatives from the area education agencies,
2 4 accredited public and nonpublic schools, accredited
2 5 private postsecondary institutions, community
2 6 colleges, institutions of higher education under the
2 7 control of the state board of regents, cities, and
2 8 counties; and
2 9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the charge of the
2 10 committee shall be to estimate the savings and
2 11 revenues the state could realize from joining the
2 12 compact; identify the costs of joining the compact,
2 13 both in membership dues and as Iowa students cross
2 14 Iowa's borders to attend institutions in other states;
2 15 review the resources the compact offers, programs
2 16 sponsored by the compact, and the program agreements
2 17 reached; and examine examples of regional cooperation
2 18 and innovation in the delivery of educational
2 19 services; and
2 20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the interim study
2 21 committee shall submit its findings and
2 22 recommendations in a report to the General Assembly by
2 23 December 15, 2004.
2 24 LSB 6663HH 80
2 25 kh/sh/8
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