Reports show more than 2-hundred-62- thousand Iowans rely on SNAP benefits. Iowa lawmakers are weighing-in on President Trump’s higher education proposal. The compact outlines a number of different priorities, including capping tuition for the next five years, not allowing demographics like sex, race, or gender identity to impact student admissions, accepting the government’s definition of gender while applying it to campus bathrooms and locker rooms, And capping international students at 15-percent of the undergraduate student body. Iowa Democrats are urging the Board of Regents to reject the agreement. < 8 – :23 “ITS ABSOLUTELY TIED TO POLITICAL PARTISAN ALLEGIANCE. ITS GOVERNMENT OVERREACH JUST PLAIN AND SIMPLE. LETS GIVE OUR FACULTY AND STAFF THE FREEDOM TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO RESEARCH IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES THAT ARE FREE FROM POLITICAL THREATS.”> Two Republican lawmakers are urging the Regents to agree to the terms. According to Iowa Capitol Dispatch, Republican State Senator Lynn Evans and State Representative Taylor Collins say quote, “These common sense reforms would not only be welcome news for Iowa students and taxpayers but joining this compact would greatly benefit Iowa’s universities by giving them preferred access to fe
Iowa lawmakers divided over Trump’s higher education compact
Iowa lawmakers are weighing in on President Donald Trump’s higher education proposal.The compact includes priorities such as capping tuition for five years, not allowing demographics like sex, race, or gender identity to impact student admissions, accepting the government’s definition of gender for campus facilities, and capping international students at 15 percent of the undergraduate student body.Iowa Democrats are urging the Iowa Board of Regents to reject the agreement.”It’s absolutely tied to political partisan allegiance,” said State Rep. Ross Wilburn, D- Ames. “It’s government overreach, just plain and simple. Let’s give our faculty and staff the freedom to educate young people and to research important scientific discoveries that are free from political threats.”According to Iowa Capitol Dispatch, State Sen. Lynn Evans, R-Aurelia, and State Rep. Taylor Collins, R-Mediapolis, said in a statement, “These commonsense reforms would not only be welcome news for Iowa students and taxpayers but joining this compact would greatly benefit Iowa’s universities by giving them preferred access to federal funding.”The Board of Regents says it is reviewing the agreement.
Iowa lawmakers are weighing in on President Donald Trump’s higher education proposal.
The compact includes priorities such as capping tuition for five years, not allowing demographics like sex, race, or gender identity to impact student admissions, accepting the government’s definition of gender for campus facilities, and capping international students at 15 percent of the undergraduate student body.
Iowa Democrats are urging the Iowa Board of Regents to reject the agreement.
“It’s absolutely tied to political partisan allegiance,” said State Rep. Ross Wilburn, D- Ames. “It’s government overreach, just plain and simple. Let’s give our faculty and staff the freedom to educate young people and to research important scientific discoveries that are free from political threats.”
According to Iowa Capitol Dispatch, State Sen. Lynn Evans, R-Aurelia, and State Rep. Taylor Collins, R-Mediapolis, said in a statement, “These commonsense reforms would not only be welcome news for Iowa students and taxpayers but joining this compact would greatly benefit Iowa’s universities by giving them preferred access to federal funding.”
The Board of Regents says it is reviewing the agreement.