SF 2303: Providing for a review of undergraduate general education requirements and core curricula at regents institutions and authorizing elimination of certain required courses and course requirements

What it does

This bill requires the state board of regents, by the semester beginning fall 2028, to conduct a review of all undergraduate general education requirements and core curricula at regents institutions. For the review, the board shall direct the institutions to review and identify any required courses or course requirements that include diversity, equity, inclusion, and critical race theory-related content. The board in its discretion shall direct an institution to eliminate such a course or course requirement. The bill requires the board to establish all policies required by the bill no later than December 31, 2026.

Lobbying · 10 for, 19 against

For: Anita Fischer - Personal Interest; Concerned Women For America of Iowa; Do No Harm Action; Inspired Life; Iowa Baptists For Biblical Values; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps; Professional Educators of Iowa; Rick Phillips; VALOR Iowa

Against: AFSCME Council 61; American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa (ACLU-IA); Bitches Get Stuff Done; Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church; Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO; Iowa Integrated Health Planning and Advisory Council; Iowa Safe Schools; NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Iowa-Nebraska; and 7 more

In plain words

1. February 12, 2026Filed in the Senate
2. February 12, 2026Approved by the Senate committee