Senate
File
2191
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2191
BY
WHITVER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
academic
programs
of
regents
institutions
1
and
community
colleges.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
260C.14,
Code
2018,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsections:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
25.
Require
that
students
enrolled
in
the
3
community
college
who
will
graduate
on
or
after
July
1,
2019,
4
complete
a
one-credit-hour
financial
literacy
course
offered
by
5
the
community
college
prior
to
graduation.
6
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
26.
Develop
and
implement
a
policy
to
7
provide
to
each
student
enrolled
at
the
community
college
who
8
has
formally
declared
an
intention
to
pursue
a
program
or
9
course
of
study
resulting
in
the
award
of
a
diploma,
degree,
10
certificate,
or
other
credential
a
report
on
the
employment
11
rate
in
the
student’s
field
of
study
one
year
after
graduation,
12
average
starting
salary,
and
average
student
debt
upon
13
graduation
of
graduates
of
the
community
college
who
completed
14
the
program
or
course
of
study.
The
report
shall
be
provided
15
on
an
annual
basis
and
shall
be
based
upon
the
most
recent
16
available
data.
17
Sec.
2.
Section
262.9,
Code
2018,
is
amended
by
adding
the
18
following
new
subsections:
19
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
39.
Require
that
undergraduate
students
20
enrolled
in
an
institution
of
higher
education
governed
by
the
21
board
who
will
graduate
on
or
after
July
1,
2019,
complete
22
a
one-credit-hour
financial
literacy
course
offered
by
the
23
institution
prior
to
graduation.
24
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
40.
Develop
and
implement
a
policy
25
to
provide
to
each
undergraduate
student
enrolled
at
an
26
institution
of
higher
education
governed
by
the
board
who
27
has
formally
declared
an
intention
to
pursue
a
degree
from
a
28
baccalaureate
degree
program
a
report
on
the
employment
rate
in
29
the
student’s
field
of
study
one
year
after
graduation,
average
30
starting
salary,
and
average
student
debt
upon
graduation
of
31
graduates
of
the
institution
who
completed
the
program.
The
32
report
shall
be
provided
on
an
annual
basis
and
shall
be
based
33
upon
the
most
recent
available
data.
34
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
41.
By
July
1,
2019,
develop
and
implement
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a
policy
requiring
that
at
least
fifty
percent
of
all
1
baccalaureate
degree
programs
offered
at
each
institution
of
2
higher
education
under
its
control
be
capable
of
completion
in
3
three
academic
years.
4
EXPLANATION
5
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
6
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
7
This
bill
directs
institutions
of
higher
education
governed
8
by
the
state
board
of
regents
and
community
colleges
to
require
9
that
enrolled
students
who
will
graduate
on
or
after
July
1,
10
2019,
complete
a
one-credit-hour
financial
literacy
course
11
offered
by
the
institution
or
community
college
prior
to
12
graduation.
13
The
bill
directs
regents
institutions
and
community
colleges
14
to
develop
and
implement
a
policy
to
provide
to
each
enrolled
15
student
who
has
formally
declared
an
intention
to
pursue
a
16
program
of
study
a
report
on
an
annual
basis.
The
report
shall
17
contain
the
employment
rate
in
the
student’s
field
of
study
one
18
year
after
graduation,
average
starting
salary,
and
average
19
student
debt
upon
graduation
of
graduates
of
the
institution
or
20
community
college
who
completed
the
program.
21
The
bill
directs
the
state
board
of
regents
to
develop
and
22
implement
a
policy
by
July
1,
2019,
requiring
that
at
least
50
23
percent
of
all
baccalaureate
degree
programs
offered
at
each
24
institution
of
higher
education
under
the
board’s
control
be
25
capable
of
completion
in
three
academic
years.
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