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