House Amendment 8493
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 2679 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 27, by inserting after line 4 the
1 3 following:
1 4 <Sec. . NEW SECTION. 256.42 STATE
1 5 POSTSECONDARY TRANSFER AND ARTICULATION OVERSIGHT
1 6 COMMITTEE.
1 7 1. A state postsecondary transfer and articulation
1 8 oversight committee is established within the
1 9 department. The committee shall consist of five
1 10 voting members, one of whom shall be the director of
1 11 the department of education or the director's
1 12 designee. The governor shall appoint four members as
1 13 follows:
1 14 a. Two persons who shall be members of boards of
1 15 directors of community colleges.
1 16 b. Two persons who shall represent the
1 17 institutions of higher education governed by the state
1 18 board of regents.
1 19 2. The committee shall meet to resolve the credit
1 20 and transfer or articulation disputes between the
1 21 community colleges, the regents universities, and
1 22 students who wish to transfer community college
1 23 credits to a regents university.
1 24 3. The committee shall designate a chairperson,
1 25 and may change the designation. The committee shall
1 26 meet no less than four times per year and may meet at
1 27 the call of the chairperson or upon the written
1 28 request to the chairperson of two or more members.
1 29 The members appointed by the governor shall serve a
1 30 term of four years, except that the initial term of
1 31 one member appointed pursuant to subsection 1,
1 32 paragraph "a", and one member appointed pursuant to
1 33 subsection 1, paragraph "b", shall be for two years.
1 34 Members appointed by the governor shall be appointed
1 35 in each odd=numbered year to succeed members whose
1 36 terms expire as provided by section 69.19. If a
1 37 vacancy occurs, a successor shall be appointed in the
1 38 same manner as the original appointment to serve the
1 39 unexpired term. A member designated to represent the
1 40 director of the department shall serve at the pleasure
1 41 of the director. A majority of the voting members of
1 42 the committee constitutes a quorum, and the
1 43 concurrence of a majority of the voting members of the
1 44 committee in any matter within their duties is
1 45 required for its determination. Members are entitled
1 46 to actual expenses necessarily incurred in the
1 47 discharge of their duties as members of the committee.
1 48 The expenses paid to the committee members shall be
1 49 paid from funds appropriated to the department.>
1 50 #2. Page 28, by inserting after line 5 the
2 1 following:
2 2 <Sec. . Section 260C.14, Code 2007, is amended
2 3 by adding the following new subsection:
2 4 NEW SUBSECTION. 22. Enter into a collective
2 5 statewide articulation agreement with the state board
2 6 of regents pursuant to section 262.9, subsection 32.
2 7 The agreement shall provide for the creation of a
2 8 bachelor of applied science degree and equivalent
2 9 recognition for an applied science degree offered at
2 10 the community college level. The cooperation of each
2 11 community college in abiding by the terms of the
2 12 agreement shall be reviewed and considered by the
2 13 general assembly when making the annual appropriation
2 14 for the community college.>
2 15 #3. Page 36, by inserting after line 25 the
2 16 following:
2 17 <Sec. . Section 262.9, Code Supplement 2007, is
2 18 amended by adding the following new subsection:
2 19 NEW SUBSECTION. 32. a. In consultation with the
2 20 state board for community colleges established
2 21 pursuant to section 260C.3, establish and enter into a
2 22 collective statewide articulation agreement with the
2 23 community colleges established pursuant to chapter
2 24 260C. The agreement shall provide for the creation of
2 25 a bachelor of applied science degree and equivalent
2 26 recognition for an applied science degree offered at
2 27 the community college level. An accredited private
2 28 institution as defined in section 261.9 may elect to
2 29 enter into the agreement. The policies and procedures
2 30 set forth in the agreement shall be fully operational
2 31 at each of the institutions of higher education under
2 32 the board's control by July 1, 2009. The articulation
2 33 agreement shall provide for the seamless transfer of
2 34 academic credits from a completed associate of arts or
2 35 associate of science degree program to a baccalaureate
2 36 degree program offered by the institutions of higher
2 37 education under the control of the state board of
2 38 regents, and shall include the following:
2 39 (1) A listing of the general education core
2 40 courses for the associate of arts and associate of
2 41 science degrees.
2 42 (2) Policies and procedures for the seamless
2 43 transfer and application of academic credits from a
2 44 completed associate degree program to a baccalaureate
2 45 degree program, including a guarantee that an
2 46 associate of arts degree or an associate of science
2 47 degree awarded by a community college established
2 48 pursuant to chapter 260C, shall be fully transferable
2 49 and credited as the first two years of a baccalaureate
2 50 degree program at the institutions of higher education
3 1 under the board's control to which a student is
3 2 admitted.
3 3 (3) Policies and procedures for the implementation
3 4 of an appeals process for students and institutions to
3 5 resolve disputes regarding the transfer of academic
3 6 credits.
3 7 (4) Policies and procedures for the annual review
3 8 and updating of the agreement.
3 9 (5) Policies and procedures for the collection of
3 10 data by the board to ensure that its institutions of
3 11 higher education are in compliance with the provisions
3 12 of this subsection and to ensure that the agreement is
3 13 fostering both a seamless transfer process and the
3 14 academic success of transfer students at the board's
3 15 institutions of higher education. The board shall
3 16 annually determine the data to be collected and shall
3 17 notify each institution in a timely manner of the data
3 18 to be collected.
3 19 b. Direct the institutions of higher education
3 20 under its control to allow for the transfer of up to
3 21 eighty hours of the credits earned by a student who
3 22 has completed an associate degree program prior to
3 23 transferring into a baccalaureate degree program at
3 24 the institution.
3 25 c. Prepare an annual report summarizing the data
3 26 collected pursuant to paragraph "a", subparagraph (5),
3 27 and including an analysis of the effect of the
3 28 agreement on the transfer process and on the academic
3 29 success of transfer students at the institutions of
3 30 higher education under its control, and an analysis of
3 31 each institution's compliance with the provisions of
3 32 this subsection. The board shall submit the report to
3 33 the general assembly and the governor by January 15 of
3 34 each year. The cooperation of each institution of
3 35 higher education under the board's control in abiding
3 36 by the terms of the agreement shall be reviewed and
3 37 considered by the general assembly when making the
3 38 annual appropriation for the institution. However,
3 39 this subsection shall not be construed to require any
3 40 of the institutions of higher education to admit any
3 41 student or to waive its admission standards and
3 42 application procedures for any student.>
3 43 #4. By renumbering as necessary.
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3 47 KAUFMANN of Cedar
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4 1 L. MILLER of Scott
4 2 HF 2679.202 82
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