House
File
2575
H-8292
Amend
the
amendment,
H-8279,
to
House
File
2575,
as
follows:
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Page
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after
line
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by
inserting:
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DIVISION
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HIGHER
EDUCATION
NEEDS
ASSESSMENT
4
Sec.
___.
STATE
BOARD
OF
REGENTS
——
HIGHER
EDUCATION
5
NEEDS
ASSESSMENT.
The
state
board
of
regents
shall
issue
a
6
request
for
proposals
for
a
higher
education
needs
assessment
7
for
northwest
Iowa,
including
the
Sioux
City
area.
The
8
objectives
of
the
assessment
shall
be
to
determine
the
9
current
and
long-term
demands
for
various
undergraduate
and
10
graduate
degree
programs
and
certificates
in
northwest
Iowa,
11
determine
the
current
and
future
demands
for
higher
education
12
programming
from
the
western
Iowa
regents
resource
center
13
and
the
center’s
capacity
to
respond
to
current
and
future
14
demands
for
higher
education
programming,
and
to
identify
the
15
information
necessary
to
ensure
that
efforts
to
meet
current
16
and
future
higher
education
demands
in
northwest
Iowa
are
17
effective,
efficient,
and
responsive
to
the
higher
education
18
needs
of
the
students
and
stakeholders
of
the
region
and
the
19
postsecondary
institutions
that
serve
the
area.
The
assessment
20
shall
separately
assess
and
determine
the
current
and
long-term
21
prospects
for
online
learning
and
distance
education
in
22
both
undergraduate
and
graduate
degree
programs
for
students
23
residing
within
Iowa
and
out
of
state.
The
results
and
24
recommendations
from
the
assessment
shall
be
reported
to
the
25
general
assembly
by
October
1,
2023.
>
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2.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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