House File 2437 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  MURPHY


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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the development, maintenance, and promotion of
  2    a credit transfer and articulation internet website by the
  3    state board of regents and making an appropriation.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5036HH 81
  6 kh/sh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  STATE BOARD OF REGENTS == ARTICULATION WEBSITE
  1  2 == APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund
  1  3 of the state to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
  1  4 beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, the
  1  5 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
  1  6 used for the purposes designated:
  1  7    For the development, maintenance, and promotion of a credit
  1  8 transfer and articulation internet website for use by students
  1  9 who wish to transfer credits earned at a community college to
  1 10 a state university governed by the board:
  1 11 .................................................. $    250,000
  1 12    The general assembly finds that as college costs increase,
  1 13 Iowa's community college students need access to resources
  1 14 that allow the students to make informed, cost=effective
  1 15 decisions regarding their postsecondary education plans.  It
  1 16 is the intent of the general assembly to provide for a
  1 17 seamless transition for the students from Iowa's community
  1 18 colleges to Iowa's state universities.  Therefore, the state
  1 19 board of regents shall, in cooperation with the department of
  1 20 education and the community colleges, develop, maintain, and
  1 21 promote a user=friendly credit transfer and articulation
  1 22 internet website that allows Iowans to know at the time of
  1 23 enrollment in a community college course whether the credit
  1 24 will be accepted by the state university of the student's
  1 25 choice, the category in which the university will apply the
  1 26 credit, and to which degree program or programs the credit
  1 27 will be applied by the university.  The board and the
  1 28 community colleges shall continuously strive to improve upon
  1 29 the coordinating efforts between the state universities and
  1 30 the community colleges to map and articulate community college
  1 31 courses for college credit with the degree programs offered at
  1 32 the state universities.  The website shall be operational not
  1 33 later than July 1, 2007.
  1 34                           EXPLANATION
  1 35    This bill appropriates $250,000 from the general fund of
  2  1 the state to the state board of regents for the development,
  2  2 maintenance, and promotion of a user=friendly credit transfer
  2  3 and articulation internet website that allows Iowans to know
  2  4 at the time of enrollment in a community college course
  2  5 whether the credit earned will be accepted by the state
  2  6 university of the student's choice, the category in which the
  2  7 university will apply the credit, and to which degree program
  2  8 or programs the credit will be applied by the university.  The
  2  9 website must be operational not later than July 1, 2007.
  2 10 LSB 5036HH 81
  2 11 kh:nh/sh/8