An Iowa Senate subcommittee moved ahead legislation Wednesday to set a residency requirement in the University of Iowa nursing program — with no guarantees of it even coming to the full Education Committee without members seeing more information.
House File 2226 passed the House with other higher education legislation Feb. 24. It would require the UI’s bachelor of science in nursing program to establish a 70% residency requirement and prioritization of Iowa students for enrolling applicants, with reporting requirements to the General Assembly.
Iowa Senate Education Committee Chair Lynn Evans, R-Aurelia, chaired the subcommittee alongside Sen. Molly Donahue, D-Marion, and Sen. Mike Pike, R-Des Moines…