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Relating to soil and water conservation courses of study at community colleges and Iowa state university of science and technology
Topics:K–12 educationEnvironment & natural resourcesHigher education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 25, 2023
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa State University must start offering enough classes for students to earn a degree in soil and water conservation by the fall of 2024. The state board of regents will also change rules so that community college students can easily transfer their science and water quality credits to complete this degree at Iowa State.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to soil and water conservation courses of study at community colleges and Iowa state university of H.F. science and technology (ISU). The bill requires ISU to offer, at a minimum, courses of study that will allow students to obtain an undergraduate degree with a major in soil and water conservation. The bill directs ISU to offer such a course of study no later than the fall semester of 2024. The bill directs the state board of regents to revise its statewide articulation agreement with community colleges to provide for the seamless transfer of general education and entry-level agronomy and water quality coursework that will count toward the completion of an undergraduate degree with a major in soil and water conservation at ISU.
House subcommittee
Named January 25, 2023. It hasn’t reported yet.
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