DES MOINES, Iowa —

Iowa lawmakers are weighing in on President Donald Trump's higher education proposal.

The compact includes priorities such as capping tuition for five years, not allowing demographics like sex, race, or gender identity to impact student admissions, accepting the government's definition of gender for campus facilities, and capping international students at 15 percent of the undergraduate student body.

Iowa Democrats are urging the Iowa Board of Regents to reject the agreement.

"It's absolutely tied to political partisan allegiance," said State Rep. Ross Wilburn, D- Ames. "It's government overreach, just plain and simple. Let's give our faculty and staff the freedom to educate young people and to research important scientific discoveries that are free from political th

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