HF2489 • 2026

A bill for an act directing regents institutions to sign the federal Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 548 .)

Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Last action: 2026-02-16
Official status: Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 297 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act directing regents institutions to sign the federal Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 548 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act directing regents institutions to sign the federal Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 548 .)

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Bill History

2026-02-16 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 297 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act directing regents institutions to sign the federal Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HSB 548 .)

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House

File

2489

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2489

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

HIGHER

EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR

TO

HSB

548)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

directing

regents

institutions

to

sign

the

federal

1

Compact

for

Academic

Excellence

in

Higher

Education

and

2

including

effective

date

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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2489

Section

1.

REGENTS

INSTITUTIONS

——

COMPACT

FOR

ACADEMIC

1

EXCELLENCE

IN

HIGHER

EDUCATION.

The

state

university

of

2

Iowa,

Iowa

state

university

of

science

and

technology,

and

3

the

university

of

northern

Iowa

are

each

directed

to

sign

the

4

federal

Compact

for

Academic

Excellence

in

Higher

Education

no

5

later

than

December

31,

2026.

Each

institution

and

the

board

6

of

regents

shall

take

all

necessary

steps

to

facilitate

such

7

signature

by

that

date.

8

Sec.

2.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

This

Act,

being

deemed

of

immediate

9

importance,

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

10

EXPLANATION

11

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

12

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

13

This

bill

directs

the

university

of

Iowa,

Iowa

state

14

university,

and

the

university

of

northern

Iowa

to

each

sign

15

the

federal

Compact

for

Academic

Excellence

in

Higher

Education

16

no

later

than

December

31,

2026.

Each

institution

and

the

17

board

of

regents

shall

take

all

necessary

steps

to

facilitate

18

such

signature

by

that

date.

19

The

bill

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

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