It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state of Iowa and the purpose of this chapter to provide for the establishment of not more than fifteen areas which shall include all of the area of the state and which may operate community colleges offering to the greatest extent possible, educational opportunities and services in each of the following, when applicable, but not necessarily limited to:
 1. The first two years of college work including preprofessional education.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 260C.1

  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • School: means an agency of the state or political subdivision of the state, individual, partnership, company, firm, society, trust, association, corporation, or any combination which meets any of the following criteria:
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Student: means a person who enrolls in or seeks to enroll in a course of instruction offered or conducted by a school. See Iowa Code 261B.2
 2. Career and technical training.
 3. Programs for in-service training and retraining of workers.
 4. Programs for high school completion for students of post-high school age.
 5. Programs for all students of high school age who may best serve themselves by enrolling for career and technical training while also enrolled in a local high school, public or private.
 6. Programs for students of high school age to provide advanced college placement courses not taught at a student‘s high school while the student is also enrolled in the high school.
 7. Student personnel services.
 8. Community services.
 9. Career and technical education for persons who have academic, socioeconomic, or other disabilities which prevent succeeding in regular career and technical education programs.
 10. Training, retraining, and all necessary preparation for productive employment of all citizens.
 11. Career and technical training for persons who are not enrolled in a high school and who have not completed high school.
 12. Developmental education for persons who are academically or personally underprepared to succeed in their program of study.