House
File
2434
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2434
BY
HALL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
the
state
board
of
regents
to
issue
a
request
1
for
proposals
for
a
higher
education
needs
assessment
for
2
northwest
Iowa.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
STATE
BOARD
OF
REGENTS
——
HIGHER
EDUCATION
NEEDS
1
ASSESSMENT
FOR
NORTHWEST
IOWA.
The
state
board
of
regents
2
shall
issue
a
request
for
proposals
for
a
higher
education
3
needs
assessment
for
northwest
Iowa,
including
but
not
limited
4
to
the
Sioux
City
area.
The
objectives
of
the
assessment
shall
5
be
to
determine
the
current
and
long-term
demands
for
various
6
undergraduate
and
graduate
degree
programs
and
certificates
7
in
northwest
Iowa,
determine
the
current
and
future
demands
8
for
higher
education
programming
from
the
Sioux
City
regents
9
resource
center
and
the
center’s
capacity
to
respond
to
current
10
and
future
demands
for
higher
education
programming,
and
to
11
identify
the
information
necessary
to
ensure
that
efforts
to
12
meet
current
and
future
higher
education
demands
in
northwest
13
Iowa
are
effective,
efficient,
and
responsive
to
the
higher
14
education
needs
of
the
students
and
stakeholders
of
the
region
15
and
the
postsecondary
institutions
that
serve
the
area.
The
16
results
and
recommendations
from
the
assessment
shall
be
17
reported
to
the
general
assembly
by
October
1,
2017.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
directs
the
state
board
of
regents
to
issue
a
22
request
for
proposals
for
a
higher
education
needs
assessment
23
for
northwest
Iowa,
including
but
not
limited
to
the
Sioux
City
24
area.
The
objectives
of
the
assessment
are
to
determine
the
25
current
and
long-term
demands
for
various
undergraduate
and
26
graduate
degree
programs
and
certificates
in
northwest
Iowa,
27
determine
the
current
and
future
demands
for
higher
education
28
programming
from
the
Sioux
City
regents
resource
center
29
and
the
center’s
capacity
to
respond
to
current
and
future
30
demands
for
higher
education
programming,
and
to
identify
the
31
information
necessary
to
ensure
that
efforts
to
meet
current
32
and
future
higher
education
demands
in
northwest
Iowa
are
33
effective,
efficient,
and
responsive
to
the
higher
education
34
needs
of
the
students
and
stakeholders
of
the
region
and
the
35
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postsecondary
institutions
that
serve
the
area.
The
results
1
and
recommendations
from
the
assessment
shall
be
reported
to
2
the
general
assembly
by
October
1,
2017.
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