An Iowa House higher‑education subcommittee advanced a bill that would remove the voting student regent from the Iowa Board of Regents and replace the seat with a gubernatorial appointee. The proposal also creates seven new nonvoting seats—including three student seats—and grants the legislature tools to override university expenditures via joint resolution. The legislation would expand state oversight with mandates on post‑tenure review, program approvals and limits on faculty governance. Supporters framed the revisions as accountability measures; opponents called them political encroachments on campus autonomy and shared governance.