Iowa 2023-2024 Regular Session

Iowa House Bill HF135 Latest Draft

Bill / Enrolled Version Filed 05/05/2023

                            House File 135 - Enrolled   House File 135   AN ACT   RELATING TO THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS   AND THE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION GOVERNED BY THE   STATE BOARD OF REGENTS, INCLUDING REQUIRING THE BOARD TO   PUBLISH CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATED TO THE AVERAGE INCOME   AND STUDENT DEBT OF INSTITUTION GRADUATES AND REQUIRING THE   INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH INFORMATION RELATED   TO THE AVERAGE INCOME AND STUDENT DEBT OF INSTITUTION   GRADUATES AND TO ADOPT PROCEDURES THAT REQUIRE INSTITUTIONS   TO PROVIDE INFORMATION RELATED TO THE AVERAGE INCOME AND   STUDENT DEBT OF INSTITUTION GRADUATES TO UNDERGRADUATES.  

  House File 135, p. 2   BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:    Section 1. Section 262.9, Code 2023, is amended by adding    the following new subsection:    NEW SUBSECTION . 39. a. Develop and publish on the boards    internet site a report related to students who have completed    a baccalaureate degree program at an institution of higher    education governed by the board that is consistent with    applicable federal and state privacy restrictions, sortable by    graduating class, academic major, and institution of higher    education, and that includes all of the following information:    (1) The percentage of students who have completed a masters    or doctorate degree program after completing the baccalaureate    degree program.    (2) The median annual income of students one year, five    years, and ten years after completing the baccalaureate degree    program.    (3) The median student loan debt of students who have    student loan debt and who have completed the baccalaureate    degree program.    (4) The ratio of the student loan debt of students who have    student loan debt and who have completed the baccalaureate    degree program to the annual gross income of such students.    (5) An estimate of the amount of student loan payment    students who have student loan debt and who have completed the    baccalaureate degree program are required to make each month    and the amount, expressed as a percentage, of such payments    related to the students monthly gross income.    b. Direct the institutions of higher education governed by    the board to provide the board with the information necessary    to complete and annually update the report described in    paragraph a .    c. Direct the institutions of higher education governed    by the board to publish a link to the report described in    paragraph a on the institutions internet site.    d. Direct the institutions of higher education governed by    the board to adopt procedures, subject to the approval of the    board, that require the institution to provide students who are    in the process of completing the first year of a baccalaureate    

  House File 135, p. 3   program at an institution with a link to the report described    in paragraph a .    ______________________________   PAT GRASSLEY   Speaker of the House   ______________________________   AMY SINCLAIR   President of the Senate   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and   is known as House File 135, Ninetieth General Assembly.   ______________________________   MEGHAN NELSON   Chief Clerk of the House   Approved _______________, 2023 ______________________________   KIM REYNOLDS   Governor