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House advances several higher-education measures: ban on DEI/CRT requirements at regent schools, core curriculum and center for intellectual freedom among bills
Summary
The Iowa House advanced a multi-bill higher-education package Wednesday that includes restrictions on diversity/equity/CRT requirements at regent institutions, new general education requirements, and the creation of a Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa.
The Iowa House on Wednesday advanced a package of higher-education measures that together change governance, curriculum and permissible administrative practices at regent institutions.
House File 269, labeled by supporters as a —Freedom from Indoctrination— measure, requires the Board of Regents to adopt policies prohibiting public universities from requiring students or faculty to adopt or be evaluated by concepts identified in the bill—s definitions of diversity, equity and critical race theory unless the academic program—s title makes the focus explicit. Sponsor Representative Holt said the bill preserves academic freedom by preventing certain programmatic…
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