Senate
File
2303
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2303
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2063)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
a
review
of
undergraduate
general
1
education
requirements
and
core
curricula
at
regents
2
institutions
and
authorizing
elimination
of
certain
required
3
courses
and
course
requirements.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
5
TLSB
5247SV
(2)
91
je/ns
S.F.
2303
Section
1.
REVIEW
OF
UNDERGRADUATE
GENERAL
EDUCATION
1
REQUIREMENTS
AND
CORE
CURRICULA.
By
the
semester
beginning
2
fall
2028,
the
state
board
of
regents
shall
conduct
a
review
3
of
all
undergraduate
general
education
requirements
and
4
core
curricula
at
institutions
of
higher
education
governed
5
by
the
board.
For
the
review,
the
board
shall
direct
the
6
institutions
to
review
and
identify
any
required
courses
or
7
course
requirements
that
include
diversity,
equity,
inclusion,
8
and
critical
race
theory-related
content.
The
board
in
its
9
discretion
shall
direct
an
institution
to
eliminate
such
a
10
course
or
course
requirement.
11
Sec.
2.
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
POLICIES
——
DATE.
The
board
of
12
regents
shall
establish
all
policies
required
by
this
Act
no
13
later
than
December
31,
2026.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
requires
the
state
board
of
regents,
by
the
18
semester
beginning
fall
2028,
to
conduct
a
review
of
all
19
undergraduate
general
education
requirements
and
core
curricula
20
at
regents
institutions.
For
the
review,
the
board
shall
21
direct
the
institutions
to
review
and
identify
any
required
22
courses
or
course
requirements
that
include
diversity,
equity,
23
inclusion,
and
critical
race
theory-related
content.
The
board
24
in
its
discretion
shall
direct
an
institution
to
eliminate
such
25
a
course
or
course
requirement.
The
bill
requires
the
board
26
to
establish
all
policies
required
by
the
bill
no
later
than
27
December
31,
2026.
28
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