HF 2222 (LSB 5531YH (3) 83)

HOUSE FILE 2222

BY  UPMEYER

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring the department of education, community colleges, the state board of regents, and the regents universities to collaboratively develop and implement common course numbering.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  STATE BOARD OF REGENTS —— COMMON COURSE NUMBERING.  The state board of regents, the department of education, the boards of directors of the community colleges, and the institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents, in collaboration with the liaison advisory committee on transfer students, shall develop a shared, uniform set of course designations for students and their advisors to use in determining both course equivalency and degree of applicability of transfer credits on a statewide basis, which shall be implemented by the community colleges and the institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents not later than July 1, 2012. The shared, uniform set of course designations developed shall be made available to accredited private postsecondary institutions. The state board of regents, the department of education, the boards of directors of the community colleges, and the institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents, shall collaboratively submit their findings and recommendations in a report to the general assembly by January 10, 2011.
EXPLANATION
   This bill requires the state board of regents and its universities, the department of education, and the community colleges, in collaboration with the liaison advisory committee on transfer students, to develop a shared, uniform set of course designations for students and their advisors to use in determining both course equivalency and degree of applicability of transfer credits on a statewide basis, which shall be implemented by the community colleges and the regents universities not later than July 1, 2012. The bill directs that the common course numbering system be shared with accredited private postsecondary institutions. The state board of regents, the department, the community colleges, and the universities must collaboratively submit their findings and recommendations in a report to the general assembly by January 10, 2011.