H-8288

   Amend House File 2575 as follows:
   1.  Page 33, after line 6 by inserting: 
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HIGHER EDUCATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT

   Sec. ___.  STATE BOARD OF REGENTS —— HIGHER EDUCATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT.  The state board of regents shall issue a request for proposals for a higher education needs assessment for northwest Iowa, including but not limited to the Sioux City area. The objectives of the assessment shall be to determine the current and long-term demands for various undergraduate and graduate degree programs and certificates in northwest Iowa, determine the current and future demands for higher education programming from the western Iowa regents resource center and the center’s capacity to respond to current and future demands for higher education programming, and to identify the information necessary to ensure that efforts to meet current and future higher education demands in northwest Iowa are effective, efficient, and responsive to the higher education needs of the students and stakeholders of the region and the postsecondary institutions that serve the area. The assessment shall separately assess and determine the current and long-term prospects for online learning and distance education in both undergraduate and graduate degree programs for students residing within Iowa and out of state. The results and recommendations from the assessment shall be reported to the general assembly by October 1, 2023.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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HALL of Woodbury