91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026
SF 244: Providing for general education requirements for undergraduate students at regents institutions and including applicability provisions
Died when the session ended · The General Assembly adjourned on October 2, 2026. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill requires the state board of regents (board) to develop and adopt a policy establishing general education requirements for undergraduate students. The bill provides required content of the policy. The general education requirements shall include required coursework in English composition, a world language, mathematics and statistics, natural sciences, social sciences, the humanities, western heritage, and American heritage. The bill provides minimum semester hours for each subject and specifies additional requirements for certain subjects.
Sponsors
Sen. Jesse Green (R)
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named February 11, 2025
- Sen. Jesse Green (R) · jesse.green@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Mike Pike (R) · mike.pike@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach (D) · herman.quirmbach@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 9 for, 6 against
For: Cicero Action; Foundation for Government Accountability Action; Inspired Life; Iowa Board of Regents; Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition; Iowans for Freedom; The Family Leader; The Family Leader Foundation; VALOR Iowa
Against: Episcopal Diocese of Iowa; Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Action Fund; Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers; Iowa Safe Schools; One Iowa; One Iowa Action
In plain words
- February 10, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
- February 11, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Green, Pike and Quirmbach
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/SF244