HF 2434 (LSB 5878YH (3) 86)

HOUSE FILE 2434

BY  HALL

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring the state board of regents to issue a request for proposals for a higher education needs assessment for northwest Iowa.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  STATE BOARD OF REGENTS —— HIGHER EDUCATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR NORTHWEST IOWA.  The state board of regents shall issue a request for proposals for a higher education needs assessment for northwest Iowa, including but not limited to the Sioux City area. The objectives of the assessment shall be to determine the current and long-term demands for various undergraduate and graduate degree programs and certificates in northwest Iowa, determine the current and future demands for higher education programming from the Sioux City regents resource center and the center’s capacity to respond to current and future demands for higher education programming, and to identify the information necessary to ensure that efforts to meet current and future higher education demands in northwest Iowa are effective, efficient, and responsive to the higher education needs of the students and stakeholders of the region and the postsecondary institutions that serve the area. The results and recommendations from the assessment shall be reported to the general assembly by October 1, 2017.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill directs the state board of regents to issue a request for proposals for a higher education needs assessment for northwest Iowa, including but not limited to the Sioux City area. The objectives of the assessment are to determine the current and long-term demands for various undergraduate and graduate degree programs and certificates in northwest Iowa, determine the current and future demands for higher education programming from the Sioux City regents resource center and the center’s capacity to respond to current and future demands for higher education programming, and to identify the information necessary to ensure that efforts to meet current and future higher education demands in northwest Iowa are effective, efficient, and responsive to the higher education needs of the students and stakeholders of the region and the postsecondary institutions that serve the area. The results and recommendations from the assessment shall be reported to the general assembly by October 1, 2017.