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HSB 572

Expands career education and community college credit transfers for high schoolers

The bill changes Iowa career education rules, including career academy requirements, how community college credits transfer to state universities, and summer community college classes for high school students. It also adds a discussion of college credit and industry credentials to students' career and academic plans.

Official title

A bill for an act relating to career education, including by modifying provisions related to career academies, the collective statewide articulation agreement between community colleges and the state board of regents, the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program, and individual career and academic plans.(See HF 2547.)

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. House
  4. Senate
  5. Governor

Last action, Feb 16: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2547.

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History

  • Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2547.House · Feb 16
  • Committee vote: Yeas, 11. Nays, 0. H.J. 284.House · Feb 11
  • Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 284.House · Feb 11
  • Subcommittee recommends passage.House · Feb 10
  • Subcommittee Meeting: 02/10/2026 12:45PM House Lounge 2.House · Feb 9
  • Subcommittee Meeting: 01/27/2026 12:00PM RM 19 (Cancelled).House · Jan 26
  • Subcommittee reassigned: Wheeler, Brown-Powers and Wills, J. H.J. 127.House · Jan 20
  • Subcommittee: Stone, Brown-Powers and Wills, J. H.J. 118.House · Jan 15
  • Introduced, referred to Higher Education. H.J. 116.House · Jan 15
  • By COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATIONHouse · Jan 15