House File 760 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 268)


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to articulation agreements between public
  2    postsecondary institutions.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2352HV 83
  5 kh/rj/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 260C.14, Code 2009, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  23.  Enter into a collective statewide
  1  4 articulation agreement with the state board of regents
  1  5 pursuant to section 262.9, subsection 32, which shall provide
  1  6 for the seamless transfer of academic credits from a completed
  1  7 associate of arts or associate of science degree program
  1  8 offered by a community college to a baccalaureate degree
  1  9 program offered by an institution of higher education governed
  1 10 by the state board of regents.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  Section 262.9, Code 2009, is amended by adding the
  1 12 following new subsection:
  1 13    NEW SUBSECTION.  32.  In consultation with the state board
  1 14 for community colleges established pursuant to section 260C.3,
  1 15 establish and enter into a collective statewide articulation
  1 16 agreement with the community colleges established pursuant to
  1 17 chapter 260C, which shall provide for the seamless transfer of
  1 18 academic credits from a completed associate of arts or
  1 19 associate of science degree program offered by a community
  1 20 college to a baccalaureate degree program offered by an
  1 21 institution of higher education governed by the state board of
  1 22 regents.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill relates to articulation of academic credits
  1 25 between the state's postsecondary institutions by directing
  1 26 the boards of directors of the community colleges and the
  1 27 state board of regents to enter into a collective statewide
  1 28 articulation agreement to provide for the seamless transfer of
  1 29 academic credits from a completed associate of arts or
  1 30 associate of science degree program offered by a community
  1 31 college to a baccalaureate degree program offered by a regents
  1 32 university.
  1 33 LSB 2352HV 83
  1 34 kh/rj/14