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Providing for career development information for students newly enrolling in institutions of higher education and including applicability provisions
Topics:Higher educationJobs & workers
Same legislation: SF 2302
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 12, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 12, 2026
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 11, 2026
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 2302
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 2302 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 2302 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Colleges and universities in Iowa would require new undergraduate students to meet with a career development office during their first semester or orientation. These meetings provide students with specific information about their future careers, both in person and in writing. Students do not have to attend if they already had a similar meeting at a different college.1
Read the official explanation
_____ to require each enrolled undergraduate student, in their first semester or term of enrollment or during new student orientation, to schedule and attend a meeting with the institution’s career development office or similar unit of the institution. The bill specifies career-related information that must be provided to the student during the meeting as well as additional career-related information that must be provided to the student in writing before or during the meeting. A student is not required to attend a meeting if the student attended such a meeting at another institution of higher education. The bill defines “institution of higher education” as an institution of higher learning governed by the state board of regents. “Institution of higher education” also includes an accredited private institution with respect to students who are awarded the Iowa tuition grant. The bill applies to students enrolling in an institution of higher education for the first time on or after July 1, 2026.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 12, 2026. On January 28, 2026 it recommended passage.
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Fiscal note
AI summary This bill requires state-governed universities and participating private colleges to hold career development meetings with newly enrolled undergraduate students. Starting in fiscal year 2027, the three State Board of Regents institutions are expected to have an annual recurring cost of $910,000. The fiscal impact to independent colleges and universities is expected to be minimal.3
From the note: 25 FTE positions The fiscal impact to the independent colleges and universities is expected to be minimal.
- Career Development Office Meetings, Colleges and Universities · March 12, 2026
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Lobbying
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