For the second year in a row, Iowa Senate Republicans have blocked an effort to extend the state’s restrictions on diversity, equity and inclusion programs to private colleges that participate in the Iowa Tuition Grant Program.
Members of a, Iowa Senate Education subcommittee meet Monday, March 16, 2026, at the Iowa Capitol to consider House File 2488, a bill that would have prohibited private colleges participating in the Iowa Tuition Grant Program from maintaining diversity, equity and inclusion offices. The panel declined to advance the measure.
Jeff Anderson, legislative advocate for the Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church, speaks to an Iowa Senate Education subcommittee Monday, March 16, 2026, at the Iowa Capitol in opposition to House File 2488, which would have barred private colleges receiving Iowa Tuition Grant funds from maintaining diversity, equity and inclusion offices.
Members of a, Iowa Senate Education subcommittee meet Monday, March 16, 2026, at the Iowa Capitol to consider House File 2488, a bill that would have prohibited private colleges participating in the Iowa Tuition Grant Program from maintaining diversity, equity and inclusion offices. The panel declined to advance the measure.
Jeff Anderson, legislative advocate for the Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church, speaks to an Iowa Senate Education subcommittee Monday, March 16, 2026, at the Iowa Capitol in opposition to House File 2488, which would have barred private colleges receiving Iowa Tuition Grant funds from maintaining diversity, equity and inclusion offices.
