House File 2242 -H-8028 IntroducedAmend HOUSEHouse FILEFile 2242 BYas COMMITTEEfollows: ON HIGHER EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 531) A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting an increase in the amount of tuition charged to resident undergraduate students at regents institutions for a period of time and including effective date provisions.

BE1. IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

TLSBPage 5959HV1, (2)before 91line je/ns1 H.F.by inserting:

2242<DIVISION I ELECTION OF STATE BOARD OF REGENTS Section 1.

Section 262.9,262.1, subsection 19, Code 2026, is amended byto addingread theas followingfollows: new paragraph:

NEW262.1 PARAGRAPHMembership. .

d.The state board of regents consists of nine members, eight of whom shall be selected from the state at large solely with regard to their qualifications and fitness to discharge the duties of the office elected pursuant to section 262.3.

ProhibitThe anyninth increasemember inshall be appointed by the amountelected members of tuitionthe chargedboard byand anshall institutionbe ofa higherstudent educationenrolled underon thea board’sfull-time controlbasis toin residentgood undergraduatestanding studentsat oneither the graduate or afterundergraduate level at one of the effectiveinstitutions datelisted in section 262.7, subsection 1, 2, or 3, at the time of thisthe Act.member’s appointment.

ThisNot paragraphmore isthan repealedfive Julymembers 1,shall 2031.be of the same political party.

The elected members of the state board of regents may, by a majority vote of those members, remove or suspend the ninth member.

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Section 262.2, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:

262.2 Appointment —— term of office.

The members shall be appointed by the governor subject to confirmation by the senate.

Prior to appointing the ninth member as specified in section 262.1, the governor shall consult with the appropriate student body government at the institution at which the proposed appointee is enrolled.

The term of each member of the board shall be for six years, except as provided in section 262.3, unless the ninth member, appointed in accordance with section 262.1, graduates or is no longer enrolled at an institution of higher education under the board’s control, at which time the term of the ninth member shall expire one year from the date on which the member graduates or is no longer enrolled in an institution of higher education under the board’s control.

However, if HF 2242.2844 (1) 91 -1- je/ns 1/4 within that year the ninth member reenrolls in any institution of higher education under the board’s control on a full-time basis and is a student in good standing at either the graduate or undergraduate level, the term of the ninth member shall continue in effect.

The terms of three members of the board shall begin and expire in each odd-numbered year as provided in section 69.19.

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NEW SECTION.

262.3 Election of certain members —— vacancies.

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Of the eight elective members of the board, two shall be elected by the registered voters of each of the three congressional districts in which is located an institution of higher learning governed by the board, one shall be elected from the remaining congressional district, and one shall be elected on a statewide basis.

Members of the board shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis at the regular school election under section 277.1 for staggered six-year terms, with terms commencing on the first day of January that is not a Sunday or holiday following their election.

Any eligible elector who is a resident of this state is entitled to elective membership on the board, except that a member elected by the voters of a congressional district must be a resident of that congressional district.

A vacancy in an elected position on the board shall be filled by the chairperson of the board for the unexpired balance of the term as provided in section 69.12 until the next succeeding regular election for school districts.

EFFECTIVEa. DATE.

ThisAt Act,each beingregular deemedschool ofelection, immediatea importance,successor takesshall effectbe uponchosen enactment.for each board member whose term will expire in the succeeding January.

EXPLANATIONNominations The inclusion of thiscandidates explanationshall doesbe notmade constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by thepetition membersin ofaccordance thewith generalchapter assembly.45.

ThisNominations bill requires the state board of regentscandidates tofor prohibitthe anystatewide increaseelected inmember theshall amountbe ofsigned tuition charged by anat institutionleast ofthree higherhundred educationeligible underelectors theresiding board’sin control to resident undergraduate students on or after the effectivestate. date of the bill until July 1, 2031.

TheNominations billof takesall effectother uponcandidates enactment.shall be signed by at least three hundred eligible electors residing in the congressional district.

LSBThe 5959HVpetition (2)form shall be furnished by the county HF 2242.2844 (1) 91 -1--2- je/ns 1/12/4 commissioner of elections.

Every candidate shall file with the nomination papers an affidavit stating the candidate’s name, the candidate’s residence, that the person is a candidate and is eligible for board membership, and that if elected the candidate will qualify for the office.

The affidavit shall also state that the candidate is aware that the candidate is disqualified from holding office if the candidate has been convicted of an infamous crime and the candidate’s rights have not been restored by the governor or by the president of the United States.

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The signed petitions shall be filed with the county commissioner of elections not later than 5:00 p.m.

on the sixty-ninth day before the regular election held pursuant to section 277.1.

The votes for board membership shall be canvassed in the same manner as the votes for state officers, and the returns shall be certified to the state commissioner of elections.

A plurality is sufficient to elect members, and a primary election for the office shall not be held.