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Prohibiting private institutions of higher education that participate in the Iowa tuition grant program from establishing diversity, equity, and inclusion offices
Sponsored by the House Higher Education Committee
Topics:Higher educationDiversity, equity & inclusion
Same legislation: HSB 60
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 22, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 26, 2025
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, 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 Private colleges and universities in Iowa would be banned from having offices dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion unless required by other laws. If a school breaks this rule, they could lose their eligibility to participate in the Iowa tuition grant program. Anyone can report a school that might be violating this law to the attorney general.1
Read the official explanation
This bill prohibits a private institution of higher education, as defined in the bill, from establishing, sustaining, supporting, or staffing a diversity, equity, and inclusion office, as defined in the bill. The prohibition does not apply if otherwise provided by federal or state law or accreditation standards. The bill specifies activities that the bill shall not be construed to prohibit. The bill authorizes any person to report a private institution of higher education’s potential violation of the requirements of the bill to the attorney general, who shall provide notice of such report to the department of education and the institution within days. No later than days after receiving such notice, the institution is required to take one of two actions. The institution shall either correct the violation and provide documentation of the correction to the attorney general and the department or provide documentation to the attorney general and the department demonstrating that the action of the institution upon which the report was based was not a violation. If within the 30-day period the institution has not corrected the violation or provided documentation that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the attorney general that a violation did not occur, the institution shall be ineligible to participate in the Iowa tuition grant program as of the next academic year beginning thereafter. If either action is carried out by the institution by October of an academic year, eligibility shall be restored as of the next academic year beginning after such action is carried out.
Why it matters. Private institutions of higher education would be prohibited from establishing, supporting, or staffing diversity, equity, and inclusion offices unless required by federal or state law or accreditation standards. Any person can report a potential violation to the attorney general, and institutions that fail to correct a violation or prove it did not occur could lose eligibility for the Iowa tuition grant program.2
House subcommittee
Named January 22, 2025 (as HSB 60). On February 12, 2025 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
32 written public comments to its subcommittee: February 12, 2025 (28), February 4, 2025 (4) · on the Legislature’s site
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