HF 440 directs state colleges to improve college affordability in the following ways: directing schools to implement a work-study program to help offset tuition costs, directing schools to offer at least one baccalaureate program that can be completed in three years, and conducting studies into freezing tuition at the first year of a student’s education. CPAC believes that these are sound efforts to address the pressing issue of college affordability, and it supports this bill. HF 440 was passed by the Iowa House of Representatives in a 64-33 vote on March 18, 2025, and it was signed into law by Governor Kim Reynolds.