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2209
BY
WILLIAMS
,
LARSON
,
FETT
,
THOMSON
,
HENDERSON
,
HAYES
,
MOMMSEN
,
BEHN
,
WATKINS
,
LAWLER
,
SIEGRIST
,
SIECK
,
WENGRYN
,
HORA
,
SORENSEN
,
WULF
,
DIEKEN
,
JONES
,
YOUNG
,
BLOOMINGDALE
,
SITZMANN
,
GERHOLD
,
CISNEROS
,
SHIPLEY
,
HARRIS
,
DUNWELL
,
GEARHART
,
BRADLEY
,
BARKER
,
GOLDING
,
NORDMAN
,
THOMPSON
,
GUSTOFF
,
HOLT
,
WOOD
,
KNIFF
McCULLA
,
and
WHEELER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
the
admission
of
students
to
the
Iowa
1
state
university
of
science
and
technology
college
of
2
veterinary
medicine.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
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Section
1.
Section
262.9,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
39A.
The
board
of
regents
and
Iowa
state
3
university
shall
adopt
policies
governing
the
admission
of
4
students
with
an
Iowa
background
to
the
college
of
veterinary
5
medicine
as
provided
in
chapter
266,
subchapter
VI.
6
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
266.61
Definitions.
7
As
used
in
this
subchapter,
unless
the
context
otherwise
8
requires:
9
1.
“College
of
veterinary
medicine”
or
“college”
means
10
Iowa
state
university
of
science
and
technology
college
of
11
veterinary
medicine.
12
2.
“DVM
degree
program”
means
the
four-year
doctor
of
13
veterinary
medicine
professional
degree
program
administered
by
14
the
college
of
veterinary
medicine.
15
3.
“Iowa
graduate
veterinarian”
means
a
person
who
has
16
received
a
doctor
of
veterinary
medicine
degree
from
the
17
college
of
veterinary
medicine
and
becomes
licensed
to
practice
18
veterinary
medicine
in
this
state
under
chapter
169.
19
4.
“Iowa
resident”
means
any
of
the
following:
20
a.
An
individual
who
graduated
from
an
Iowa
high
school.
21
b.
An
individual
who
has
lived
in
Iowa
for
at
least
four
22
consecutive
years
immediately
preceding
the
date
the
individual
23
would
begin
classes
at
the
college.
24
5.
“Iowa
rural
community”
means
a
county
in
the
state
with
25
a
population
of
less
than
twenty-five
thousand
according
to
26
the
most
recent
decennial
census
released
by
the
United
States
27
census
bureau.
28
6.
“Iowa
state
university”
means
Iowa
state
university
of
29
science
and
technology.
30
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
266.62
Admissions
policies
——
31
objective.
32
The
board
of
regents
and
Iowa
state
university
shall
33
adopt
policies
governing
the
admission
of
students
with
Iowa
34
backgrounds
to
the
college
of
veterinary
medicine
in
its
DVM
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degree
program
who
will
become
Iowa
graduate
veterinarians
1
entering
private
practice
in
an
Iowa
rural
community.
2
Sec.
4.
NEW
SECTION
.
266.63
Admissions
policies
——
criteria
3
and
preferences.
4
1.
The
board
of
regents
and
Iowa
state
university
shall
5
adopt
a
policy
requiring
that
not
less
than
eighty
percent
6
of
the
students
who
are
admitted
to
the
college’s
DVM
degree
7
program
be
Iowa
residents
or
persons
who
were,
prior
to
8
applying
to
the
college,
enrolled
in
an
eligible
postsecondary
9
institution
as
defined
in
section
261E.2.
10
2.
The
board
of
regents
and
Iowa
state
university
shall
11
adopt
a
policy
providing
a
preference
in
admitting
students
to
12
the
college’s
DVM
degree
program
who
meet
all
of
the
following
13
criteria:
14
a.
Declares
an
intention
to
elect
a
mixed
animal
option
15
track
of
college
courses.
16
b.
Declares
an
intention
to
enter
private
practice
in
an
17
Iowa
rural
community.
18
3.
In
evaluating
applicants
for
admission
to
the
college’s
19
DVM
degree
program,
no
consideration
shall
be
given
to
a
20
test
that
purports
to
assess
noncognitive
skills,
ethics,
21
and
interpersonal
traits,
including
but
not
limited
to
the
22
computer-based
assessment
for
sampling
personal
characteristics
23
(CASPer)
test.
24
Sec.
5.
NEW
SECTION
.
266.64
Admissions
policies
——
25
application
criteria.
26
The
board
of
regents
and
Iowa
state
university
shall
adopt
a
27
policy
requiring
an
application
for
admission
to
the
college
in
28
the
DVM
degree
program
include
in
the
application
all
of
the
29
following:
30
1.
Information
regarding
the
applicant’s
background
31
including
an
attestation
that
includes
whether
or
not
all
of
32
the
following
apply:
33
a.
That
the
applicant
was
born
in
Iowa
or
graduated
from
an
34
Iowa
high
school.
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b.
That
the
applicant
has
immediate
family
members
or
1
in-laws
who
reside
in
Iowa.
2
c.
That
the
applicant
graduated
from
a
public
or
private
3
university,
a
college,
or
a
community
college
located
in
Iowa.
4
d.
That
the
applicant
resided
in
an
Iowa
rural
community.
5
e.
That
the
applicant
resided
in
a
rural
community
other
6
than
an
Iowa
rural
community,
if
all
of
the
following
apply:
7
(1)
The
applicant’s
rural
community
had
similar
8
characteristics
to
a
similarly
sized
Iowa
rural
community.
9
(2)
The
applicant’s
rural
community
experienced
a
lack
of
10
private
practicing
veterinarians.
11
f.
That
none
of
the
paragraphs
“a”
through
“e”
apply
to
the
12
applicant,
but
that
the
applicant
is
planning
on
becoming
an
13
Iowa
graduate
licensed
veterinarian.
14
g.
That
none
of
the
paragraphs
“a
”
through
“f”
apply
to
the
15
applicant,
but
the
applicant
is
interested
in
attending
the
16
college’s
DVM
degree
program.
17
2.
A
declaration
that
the
applicant
intends
to
do
any
of
the
18
following:
19
a.
Elect
a
mixed
animal
option
track
of
courses.
20
b.
Enter
private
practice
in
an
Iowa
rural
community.
21
Sec.
6.
NEW
SECTION
.
266.65
Admissions
policies
——
report.
22
1.
Iowa
state
university
shall
submit
a
college
of
23
veterinary
medicine
admission
report
to
the
governor
and
24
general
assembly
by
January
15
of
each
year.
25
2.
The
report
described
in
subsection
1
shall
include
all
26
of
the
following:
27
a.
The
number
of
applicants
who
are
Iowa
residents
who
were
28
accepted
to
the
college’s
DVM
degree
program,
and
the
number
of
29
those
applicants
that
were
admitted
and
not
admitted,
including
30
as
a
percentage.
The
report
shall
include
a
brief
statement
31
explaining
why
each
applicant
was
not
admitted.
32
b.
The
number
of
applicants
who
were,
prior
to
applying
33
to
the
college,
enrolled
in
an
eligible
postsecondary
34
institution
as
defined
in
section
261E.2,
and
the
number
of
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those
applicants
that
were
admitted
and
not
admitted,
including
1
as
a
percentage.
The
report
shall
include
a
brief
statement
2
explaining
why
each
applicant
was
not
admitted.
3
c.
The
number
of
applicants
who
declared
an
intention
to
4
elect
a
mixed
animal
option
track
of
college
courses
and
the
5
number
of
those
applicants
that
were
admitted
and
not
admitted,
6
including
as
a
percentage.
The
report
shall
include
a
brief
7
statement
explaining
why
each
applicant
was
not
admitted.
8
d.
The
number
of
applicants
who
declared
an
intention
to
9
enter
private
practice
in
an
Iowa
rural
community
and
the
10
number
of
those
applicants
that
were
admitted
and
not
admitted,
11
including
as
a
percentage.
The
report
shall
include
a
brief
12
statement
explaining
why
each
applicant
was
not
admitted.
13
3.
Personal
information
regarding
an
applicant
in
an
14
annual
report
submitted
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
be
kept
15
confidential
as
required
under
the
federal
Family
Educational
16
Rights
and
Privacy
Act,
20
U.S.C.
§1232g,
and
in
the
same
17
manner
as
personal
information
in
student
records
maintained,
18
created,
collected,
or
assembled
by
or
for
a
school
corporation
19
or
educational
institution
in
accordance
with
section
22.7,
20
subsection
1.
21
Sec.
7.
DIRECTIONS
TO
CODE
EDITOR.
The
Code
editor
is
22
directed
to
arrange
the
following
sections
in
chapter
266,
as
23
enacted
by
this
Act,
into
a
new
subchapter
VI:
24
Sections
266.61
through
266.70.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
GENERAL.
This
bill
provides
for
the
admission
of
students
29
to
the
Iowa
state
university
of
science
and
technology
(ISU)
30
college
of
veterinary
medicine
(college).
The
bill
is
based
on
31
provisions
enacted
in
2025
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
164,
requiring
32
similar
policies
for
the
admission
of
students
to
the
college
33
of
medicine
or
the
college
of
dentistry
at
the
state
university
34
of
Iowa.
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OBJECTIVE.
Under
the
bill,
the
board
of
regents
and
ISU
1
are
required
to
adopt
policies
governing
the
admission
of
2
Iowa
students
to
the
college’s
four-year
veterinary
medicine
3
professional
degree
program
(DVM
program)
to
accomplish
the
4
objective
of
graduating
veterinarians
who
will
enter
private
5
practice
in
an
Iowa
rural
community
(having
a
population
of
6
less
than
25,000).
7
PERCENTAGE
REQUIREMENT.
The
bill
requires
that
not
less
8
than
80
percent
of
students
who
are
admitted
to
the
college’s
9
DVM
degree
program
be
Iowa
residents
or
individuals
who,
10
prior
to
applying
to
the
college,
were
enrolled
in
an
Iowa
11
postsecondary
institution.
12
APPLICATION
REQUIREMENTS.
The
bill
requires
the
board
of
13
regents
and
ISU
to
adopt
a
policy
providing
a
preference
in
14
admitting
students
to
the
college’s
DVM
degree
program
who
15
declare
an
intention
to
(1)
elect
a
mixed
animal
option
track
16
of
college
courses
and
(2)
enter
private
practice
in
an
Iowa
17
rural
community.
In
addition,
consideration
cannot
be
given
18
to
a
test
that
purports
to
assess
noncognitive
skills,
ethics,
19
and
interpersonal
traits
(e.g.,
the
CASPer
test).
The
bill
20
provides
that
an
applicant
must
attest
to
facts
regarding
the
21
applicant’s
Iowa
background
and
declare
whether
the
applicant
22
intends
to
elect
a
mixed
animal
option
college
course
track
23
and
after
graduation
enter
private
practice
in
an
Iowa
rural
24
community.
25
REPORT.
ISU
is
required
to
submit
an
annual
report
to
26
the
governor
and
general
assembly
describing
its
progress
27
in
meeting
the
statutory
objective.
Personal
information
28
regarding
an
applicant
is
required
to
be
confidential.
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