Text of IA HF 855 (2025)
A bill for an act prohibiting community colleges from establishing diversity, equity, and inclusion offices and engaging in certain other activities relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion.(Formerly HSB 61.)
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As introduced
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House
File
855
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
855
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HIGHER
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
61)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
community
colleges
from
establishing
1
diversity,
equity,
and
inclusion
offices
and
engaging
in
2
certain
other
activities
relating
to
diversity,
equity,
and
3
inclusion.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
261J.1,
subsection
3,
as
enacted
by
1
2024
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1152,
section
31,
is
amended
to
read
2
as
follows:
3
3.
“Public
institution
of
higher
education”
means
an
4
institution
of
higher
learning
governed
by
the
state
board
of
5
regents
or
a
community
college
.
6
EXPLANATION
7
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
8
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
9
This
bill
provides
that
a
public
institution
of
higher
10
education
for
purposes
of
Code
chapter
261J,
relating
to
11
diversity,
equity,
and
inclusion,
includes
a
community
college.
12
Code
chapter
261J
generally
prohibits
public
institutions
13
of
higher
education
from
establishing
diversity,
equity,
and
14
inclusion
offices,
as
defined
in
Code
chapter
261J;
requiring
a
15
person
to
provide
a
diversity,
equity,
or
inclusion
statement;
16
or
giving
preferential
treatment
to
any
person
based
on
the
17
provisions
of
such
a
statement.
The
prohibitions
do
not
apply
18
if
otherwise
provided
by
federal
or
state
law
or
accreditation
19
standards.
Code
chapter
261J
requires
annual
reports
to
20
the
general
assembly
and
governor
on
compliance
by
public
21
institutions
of
higher
education
and
provides
for
enforcement
22
by
the
attorney
general.
23
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