Iowa Education Legislative Watch
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HSB 675

Sets statewide course numbering and corequisite rules for community colleges

Requires Iowa community colleges to use a common course numbering system and a statewide general education framework, and to replace prerequisite remedial math and English with corequisite models by 2028-2029. It also renames career and technical education service areas as content areas and defines high-demand, high-skill, and high-wage occupations for career programs.

Official title

A bill for an act relating to education programs and systems, including career and technical education expenditures and definitions, statewide lower division general education framework and common course numbering systems, and the implementation of a statewide corequisite model in Iowa community colleges.(See HF 2610.)

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Where it stands

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

Last action, Feb 19: Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2610.

On these agendas

  • Education CommitteeFeb 16

    bills electronically assigned . Consideration of bills, at discretion of chair HSB 675 - Wheeler HSB 683 - Stone HF 2034 - Stone HSB 717 - Gehlbach SF 176 - Gehlbach

History

  • Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2610.House · Feb 19
  • Committee vote: Yeas, 23. Nays, 0. H.J. 315.House · Feb 16
  • Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 315.House · Feb 16
  • Subcommittee recommends passage.House · Feb 12
  • Subcommittee Meeting: 02/12/2026 8:30AM RM 19.House · Feb 10
  • Subcommittee: Wheeler, Gosa and Stone. H.J. 207.House · Feb 4
  • Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 204.House · Feb 4
  • By COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONHouse · Feb 4