Iowa House passes tuition freeze, continuing education, anti-DEI bills

By: Brooklyn Draisey

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: February 25, 2026

Words: 1,218

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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Iowa House lawmakers passed legislation Tuesday to freeze tuition and restrict some nonresident enrollment at public universities, penalize private colleges with diversity, equity and inclusion offices, and make changes to continuing education and career and technical education.

Career, continuing education courses

House File 2547 would expand career and technical education credit transfers and establish a fund for CTE learning outside of the school year. The House amended the bill to include a directive …

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