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Committee approves bill to create 15-hour requisite core for college degrees; higher ed officials say institutions retain flexibility
Summary
House Bill 1696 would replace the 35-hour general-education floor with a 15-hour requisite core (including American history and government) and give institutions flexibility for the remaining general-education curriculum. The committee approved the measure after agency testimony that the change aligns with higher-education goals.
Representative Macklinden presented House Bill 1696 as a package developed with the Division of Higher Education and public colleges and universities to reduce barriers to degree completion and modernize the general-education core.
"We establish a 15 hour requisite core" that would apply to associate and bachelor degrees, Macklinden said. She described the requisite core as including "two English or English-equivalent courses, one math or math-equivalent, one 3-hour American history course, and one 3-hour…
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