Amendment H-8078 to HF 2558
Relating to higher education, including by modifying the responsibilities of private institutions of higher education, community colleges, the state board of regents, and institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents, modifying provisions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, tuition, and administrator hiring at state universities, membership of the state board of regents, and student-employer work and tuition programs at state universities and community colleges, and including applicability provisions
Adopted · February 29, 2024
Filed February 27, 2024 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment requires community colleges and state universities to adopt policies that prohibit discrimination against anyone who does not follow diversity, equity, and inclusion ideologies. It also requires state universities to include a classic learning test in their admission index and mandates that resident tuition and fees stay the same for an undergraduate's first four years, with certain exceptions for students who take longer than four years to graduate. Additionally, the amendment requires the board of regents to approve any new administrator positions and allows undergraduate students to fulfill certain requirements through credits earned at other institutions.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 1, line 9, by striking “On or before December 31, 2024” and inserting “Prior to the beginning of the 2025-2026 academic year”
- Page 1, by striking lines 29 through
- Page 1, line 34, by striking “
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- Page 2, by striking lines 2 through
- Page 2, line 6, by striking “
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- Page 2, line 15, by striking “
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- Page 2, after line 20 by inserting: “NEW SUBSECTION . ___. Adopt policies and procedures that prohibit the community college from discriminating against faculty, staff, or students who do not ascribe to diversity, equity, and inclusion ideologies. The policies and procedures adopted pursuant to this subsection shall also prohibit the board of directors of the community college from discriminating against the president of the community college, or a chancellor who serves as the chief executive officer of the community college, who does not ascribe to diversity, equity, and inclusion ideologies.”
- Page 4, after line 29 by inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 262.9, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
- a. Each even-numbered year elect nominate , from its members, a president of the board, who is subject to confirmation by the senate and who shall serve for two years and until a successor is elected nominated and qualified confirmed . b. Notwithstanding paragraph “a” , an individual who has been nominated by the board and confirmed by the senate pursuant to paragraph “a” shall not be required to be confirmed by the senate subsequent to the expiration of the individual’s term as president if the board nominates the individual to serve as president of the board subsequent to the expiration of such term.”
- Page 4, after line 35 by inserting: “Sec. ___. APPLICABILITY. The following applies upon the expiration of the term of the president of the state board of regents as provided in section 262.9, subsection 1: The section of this division of this Act amending section 262.9, subsection
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- Page 5, line 4, by striking “subsections 2 and 22” and inserting “subsections 2, 3, and 22”
- Page 5, line 29, after “chapter 22” by inserting “, unless the identity of the candidate is revealed pursuant to the terms of a written agreement entered into between all members of the presidential selection committee”
- Page 5, after line 29 by inserting: “
- Make rules for admission to and for the government of said institutions, not inconsistent with law. The rules shall require the institutions of higher learning under its control to incorporate the classic learning test, developed by classic learning initiatives, into the regent admission index prior to the beginning of the 2025-2026 academic year.”
- By striking page 5, line 33, through page 6, line 4, and inserting: “b. The rules shall provide that the amount of resident tuition and mandatory fees charged by an institution of higher education under the board’s control to an undergraduate student who began the baccalaureate program on or after the 2025-2026 academic year shall not increase during the student’s first four full academic years of participation in the baccalaureate program. This paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit the board from increasing the amount of resident tuition and mandatory fees for incoming classes. c. Notwithstanding paragraph “b” , the rules developed by the board shall authorize institutions of higher education under the board’s control to increase the total amount of resident tuition and mandatory fees associated with the baccalaureate program by less than three percent of the total amount of resident tuition and mandatory fees the institution charged to undergraduate students during the immediately preceding academic year for all of the following students: (1) Students who take more than four full academic years to complete the baccalaureate program. (2) Students who have attained a sufficient amount of semester hours of undergraduate credits prior to the student’s date of admission such that the student is able to complete the remaining semester hours of credits associated with the baccalaureate program in less than four full academic years, but the student fails to do so.”
- Page 6, by striking lines 7 through 11 and inserting: “NEW SUBSECTION .
- a. Direct the institutions of higher education under its control to adopt policies and procedures that prohibit the institutions from creating any new position for an administrator, unless the board approves the creation of the new position.”
- Page 6, by striking lines 17 through 21 and inserting: “c. For purposes of this subsection, “administrator” means an employee who serves in the role of vice president, assistant vice president, or associate vice president.”
- Page 6, lines 23 and 24, by striking “on or before December 31, 2024” and inserting “prior to the beginning of the 2025-2026 academic year”
- Page 7, line 10, by striking “eliminate” and inserting “prohibit”
- Page 7, line 14, by striking “were” and inserting “are”
- Page 8, by striking lines 26 through
- Page 9, line 1, by striking “2024-2025” and inserting “2025-2026”
- Page 9, after line 10 by inserting: “c. Direct the institutions of higher education under its control to develop policies that allow undergraduate students to fulfill the requirements described in paragraph “a” through semester hours of credit attained at other educational institutions.”
- Page 10, after line 4 by inserting: “NEW SUBSECTION . ___. Direct the institutions of higher education under its control to adopt policies and procedures that prohibit the institutions from discriminating against faculty, staff, or students who do not ascribe to diversity, equity, and inclusion ideologies.”
- Page 11, line 2, after “work.” by inserting “This section shall not be construed to require an institution of higher education governed by the state board of regents to implement the proposed baccalaureate degree program.”
- Page 11, line 9, by striking “institution’s annual budget” and inserting “average annual total of the moneys appropriated to the institution by the general assembly and the institution’s revenue generated by tuition and mandatory fees”
- By striking page 11, line 16, through page 12, line
- Page 12, line 20, by striking “center, institute, or initiative” and inserting “center or institute”
- Page 12, line 31, by striking “three” and inserting “five business”
- Page 13, line 4, by striking “list of students” and inserting “student directory”
- Page 13, by striking lines 14 through
- By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting internal references as necessary.