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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
Sponsored by the Senate Education Committee, Sen. Sandy Salmon (R)
Topics:Higher education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 26, 2026
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 12, 2026
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Skipped: House committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 12, 202662–27
- 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 Starting in the fall of 2028, the state board of regents must review the general education requirements at Iowa's public universities. This review focuses on finding any required courses that include topics related to diversity, equity, inclusion, or critical race theory. The board then has the power to tell a university to remove those specific courses or requirements.1
Read the official explanation
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.
15 written public comments to its subcommittee: February 9, 2026 (14), January 29, 2026 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
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