An Iowa House higher‑education subcommittee advanced legislation that would eliminate the Board of Regents’ sole voting student position and replace it with a governor‑appointed regent, while creating seven nonvoting seats for students and legislators. The bill also instructs the board to implement post‑tenure review, new program approval standards, and limits faculty senate governance roles — aligning with priorities pushed by the Republican majority in the statehouse. If enacted, the measure would reconfigure shared governance across the University of Iowa, Iowa State, and University of Northern Iowa and give the legislature greater leverage over expenditures via joint resolution. Trustees and campus faculty warn the proposal would politicize academic governance and erode student voice. Higher‑education leaders in other states are watching for precedence in legislative overhauls of centralized university governance.