House Study Bill 530 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON COLLINS) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the bachelor of science in nursing program 1 at the university of Iowa, including priority for admission 2 and reporting requirements. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5084YC (5) 91 mb/jh
H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 262.9, Code 2026, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 39A. a. Adopt a policy requiring that not 3 less than eighty percent of the students who are accepted into 4 the bachelor of science in nursing program at the college of 5 nursing at the state university of Iowa be residents of Iowa. 6 b. Adopt a policy that gives priority for admission to 7 residents of Iowa who apply to the bachelor of science in 8 nursing program at the state university of Iowa. 9 c. Adopt a policy requiring an application for admission 10 to the bachelor of science in nursing program at the state 11 university of Iowa to include an applicant attestation that 12 includes all of the following: 13 (1) I was born in Iowa or graduated from an Iowa high 14 school. 15 (2) I was not born in Iowa or did not graduate from an Iowa 16 high school; however, I am interested in working in Iowa after 17 graduation. 18 (3) I was not born in Iowa or did not graduate from an 19 Iowa high school; however, I am interested in enrolling in the 20 bachelor of science in nursing program at the state university 21 of Iowa. 22 d. (1) Require the state university of Iowa to submit an 23 annual report to the general assembly that contains, for the 24 immediately preceding calendar year, all of the following: 25 (a) The number of applicants who are residents of Iowa who 26 were accepted to the bachelor of science in nursing program. 27 (b) The number of applicants who are residents of Iowa 28 who were not accepted to the bachelor of science in nursing 29 program, and a brief statement related to why each applicant 30 was denied. 31 (2) Personal information regarding an applicant in an 32 annual report submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall 33 be kept confidential as required under the federal Family 34 Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. §1252g, and in 35 -1- LSB 5084YC (5) 91 mb/jh 1/ 2
H.F. _____ the same manner as personal information in student records 1 maintained, created, collected, or assembled by or for a school 2 corporation or education institution in accordance with section 3 22.7, subsection 1. 4 e. For purposes of this subsection: 5 (1) “Bachelor of science in nursing program” means the 6 undergraduate bachelor of science in nursing degree program 7 offered by the college of nursing at the state university of 8 Iowa. 9 (2) “Resident of Iowa” means an individual who graduated 10 from an Iowa high school. 11 EXPLANATION 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 14 This bill relates to the bachelor of science in nursing 15 program at the university of Iowa college of nursing, including 16 priority for admission and reporting requirements. 17 The bill requires the state board of regents to adopt a 18 policy providing that not less than 80 percent of students 19 accepted into the bachelor of science in nursing program be 20 residents of Iowa. The bill defines “resident of Iowa” as 21 an individual who graduated from an Iowa high school. The 22 bill further requires that the board of regents adopt a policy 23 giving priority for admission to residents of Iowa who apply 24 to the bachelor of science in nursing program, and a policy 25 requiring an application for admission to the bachelor of 26 science in nursing program include an applicant attestation. 27 The bill requires the university of Iowa to submit an 28 annual report to the general assembly containing, for the 29 immediately preceding calendar year, the number of applicants 30 who are residents of Iowa who were accepted to the bachelor of 31 science in nursing program and the number of applicants who 32 are residents of Iowa who were not accepted, including a brief 33 statement related to why each applicant was denied. 34 -2- LSB 5084YC (5) 91 mb/jh 2/ 2