DES MOINES, Iowa ( Iowa Capital Dispatch ) - Iowa lawmakers are urging the Iowa Board of Regents to sign on to a new educational compact that would require universities to freeze tuition, make changes to admission processes for international students and poll campus communities annually about their compliance with the compact.

Rep. Taylor Collins, R-Mediapolis, and Sen. Lynn Evans, R-Aurelia, sent a letter Sunday to the Board of Regents asking the body to join the Compact for Excellence in Higher Education, developed by President Donald Trump and his administration, “as soon as possible.”

“Iowa has a chance to be a leader in higher education reform by having our universities be the first to sign on to this compact,” the letter stated.

Board of Regents spokesperson Josh Lehman said in

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