House Amendment 2004


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 601, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 27, by inserting after line 31 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  STATE BOARD OF REGENTS == ARTICULATION
     1  6 WEBSITE.  The general assembly finds that as college
     1  7 costs increase, Iowa's community college students need
     1  8 access to resources that allow the students to make
     1  9 informed, cost=effective decisions regarding their
     1 10 postsecondary education plans.  It is the intent of
     1 11 the general assembly to provide for a seamless
     1 12 transition for students transferring from Iowa's
     1 13 community colleges to Iowa's state universities.
     1 14 Therefore, the state board of regents shall, in
     1 15 cooperation with the department of education and the
     1 16 community colleges, develop, maintain, and promote a
     1 17 user=friendly credit transfer and articulation
     1 18 internet website that allows Iowans to know at the
     1 19 time of enrollment in a community college course
     1 20 whether the credit will be accepted by the state
     1 21 university of the student's choice, the category in
     1 22 which the university will apply the credit, and to
     1 23 which degree program or programs the university will
     1 24 apply the credit.  The board and the community
     1 25 colleges shall continuously strive to improve upon the
     1 26 coordinating efforts between the state universities
     1 27 and the community colleges to map and articulate
     1 28 community college courses for college credit with the
     1 29 degree programs offered at the state universities.
     1 30 The website shall be operational not later than July
     1 31 1, 2008.>
     1 32 #2.  Page 44, by striking lines 25 and 26.
     1 33 #3.  Page 57, by striking lines 7 and 8.
     1 34 #4.  Page 59, by striking lines 9 and 10 and
     1 35 inserting the following:
     1 36    <Sec.    .  Section 811.2A, Code 2007, is
     1 37 repealed.>
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     1 41 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
     1 42 OLDSON of Polk, CHAIRPERSON
     1 43 SF 601.717 82
     1 44 jm/gg/7404
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