House File 2558 H-8078 Amend House File 2558 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, line 9, by striking < On or before December 31, 2 2024 > and inserting < Prior to the beginning of the 2025-2026 3 academic year > 4 2. Page 1, by striking lines 29 through 33. 5 3. Page 1, line 34, by striking < 27. > and inserting < 26. > 6 4. Page 2, by striking lines 2 through 5. 7 5. Page 2, line 6, by striking < 29. > and inserting < 27. > 8 6. Page 2, line 15, by striking < 30. > and inserting < 28. > 9 7. Page 2, after line 20 by inserting: 10 < NEW SUBSECTION . ___. Adopt policies and procedures that 11 prohibit the community college from discriminating against 12 faculty, staff, or students who do not ascribe to diversity, 13 equity, and inclusion ideologies. The policies and procedures 14 adopted pursuant to this subsection shall also prohibit the 15 board of directors of the community college from discriminating 16 against the president of the community college, or a chancellor 17 who serves as the chief executive officer of the community 18 college, who does not ascribe to diversity, equity, and 19 inclusion ideologies. > 20 8. Page 4, after line 29 by inserting: 21 < Sec. ___. Section 262.9, subsection 1, Code 2024, is 22 amended to read as follows: 23 1. a. Each even-numbered year elect nominate , from 24 its members, a president of the board, who is subject to 25 confirmation by the senate and who shall serve for two years 26 and until a successor is elected nominated and qualified 27 confirmed . 28 b. Notwithstanding paragraph “a” , an individual who has been 29 nominated by the board and confirmed by the senate pursuant 30 to paragraph “a” shall not be required to be confirmed by the 31 senate subsequent to the expiration of the individual’s term 32 as president if the board nominates the individual to serve as 33 president of the board subsequent to the expiration of such 34 term. > 35 -1- HF 2558.3305 (1) 90 jda/jh 1/ 4 #1. #2. #3. #4. #5. #6. #7. #8.

9. Page 4, after line 35 by inserting: 1 < Sec. ___. APPLICABILITY. The following applies upon the 2 expiration of the term of the president of the state board of 3 regents as provided in section 262.9, subsection 1: 4 The section of this division of this Act amending section 5 262.9, subsection 1. > 6 10. Page 5, line 4, by striking < subsections 2 and 22 > and 7 inserting < subsections 2, 3, and 22 > 8 11. Page 5, line 29, after < chapter 22 > by inserting < , 9 unless the identity of the candidate is revealed pursuant to 10 the terms of a written agreement entered into between all 11 members of the presidential selection committee > 12 12. Page 5, after line 29 by inserting: 13 < 3. Make rules for admission to and for the government of 14 said institutions, not inconsistent with law. The rules shall 15 require the institutions of higher learning under its control 16 to incorporate the classic learning test, developed by classic 17 learning initiatives, into the regent admission index prior to 18 the beginning of the 2025-2026 academic year. > 19 13. By striking page 5, line 33, through page 6, line 4, and 20 inserting: 21 < b. The rules shall provide that the amount of resident 22 tuition and mandatory fees charged by an institution of higher 23 education under the board’s control to an undergraduate student 24 who began the baccalaureate program on or after the 2025-2026 25 academic year shall not increase during the student’s first 26 four full academic years of participation in the baccalaureate 27 program. This paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit 28 the board from increasing the amount of resident tuition and 29 mandatory fees for incoming classes. 30 c. Notwithstanding paragraph “b” , the rules developed by the 31 board shall authorize institutions of higher education under 32 the board’s control to increase the total amount of resident 33 tuition and mandatory fees associated with the baccalaureate 34 program by less than three percent of the total amount of 35 -2- HF 2558.3305 (1) 90 jda/jh 2/ 4 #9. #10. #11. #12. #13.

resident tuition and mandatory fees the institution charged 1 to undergraduate students during the immediately preceding 2 academic year for all of the following students: 3 (1) Students who take more than four full academic years to 4 complete the baccalaureate program. 5 (2) Students who have attained a sufficient amount of 6 semester hours of undergraduate credits prior to the student’s 7 date of admission such that the student is able to complete 8 the remaining semester hours of credits associated with the 9 baccalaureate program in less than four full academic years, 10 but the student fails to do so. > 11 14. Page 6, by striking lines 7 through 11 and inserting: 12 < NEW SUBSECTION . 39. a. Direct the institutions of higher 13 education under its control to adopt policies and procedures 14 that prohibit the institutions from creating any new position 15 for an administrator, unless the board approves the creation of 16 the new position. > 17 15. Page 6, by striking lines 17 through 21 and inserting: 18 < c. For purposes of this subsection, “administrator” means 19 an employee who serves in the role of vice president, assistant 20 vice president, or associate vice president. > 21 16. Page 6, lines 23 and 24, by striking < on or before 22 December 31, 2024 > and inserting < prior to the beginning of the 23 2025-2026 academic year > 24 17. Page 7, line 10, by striking < eliminate > and inserting 25 < prohibit > 26 18. Page 7, line 14, by striking < were > and inserting < are > 27 19. Page 8, by striking lines 26 through 30. 28 20. Page 9, line 1, by striking < 2024-2025 > and inserting 29 < 2025-2026 > 30 21. Page 9, after line 10 by inserting: 31 < c. Direct the institutions of higher education under 32 its control to develop policies that allow undergraduate 33 students to fulfill the requirements described in paragraph “a” 34 through semester hours of credit attained at other educational 35 -3- HF 2558.3305 (1) 90 jda/jh 3/ 4 #14. #15. #16. #17. #18. #19. #20. #21.

institutions. > 1 22. Page 10, after line 4 by inserting: 2 < NEW SUBSECTION . ___. Direct the institutions of higher 3 education under its control to adopt policies and procedures 4 that prohibit the institutions from discriminating against 5 faculty, staff, or students who do not ascribe to diversity, 6 equity, and inclusion ideologies. > 7 23. Page 11, line 2, after < work. > by inserting < This 8 section shall not be construed to require an institution of 9 higher education governed by the state board of regents to 10 implement the proposed baccalaureate degree program. > 11 24. Page 11, line 9, by striking < institution’s annual 12 budget > and inserting < average annual total of the moneys 13 appropriated to the institution by the general assembly and the 14 institution’s revenue generated by tuition and mandatory fees > 15 25. By striking page 11, line 16, through page 12, line 12. 16 26. Page 12, line 20, by striking < center, institute, or 17 initiative > and inserting < center or institute > 18 27. Page 12, line 31, by striking < three > and inserting 19 < five business > 20 28. Page 13, line 4, by striking < list of students > and 21 inserting < student directory > 22 29. Page 13, by striking lines 14 through 26. 23 30. By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting internal 24 references as necessary. 25 ______________________________ COLLINS of Des Moines -4- HF 2558.3305 (1) 90 jda/jh 4/ 4 #22. #23. #24. #25. #26. #27. #28. #29. #30.