Iowa Budget Report, Board of Regents Budgets, 2016-2017

The Board of Regents was created in 1909 to coordinate and govern the three State institutions of higher education. The School for the Deaf and the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School were placed under its jurisdiction at a later date. The Board is given by statute the authority to "Have and exercise all the power necessary and convenient for the effective administration of its office and of the institutions under its control..." In addition, it is given many specifically enumerated powers. The Board of Regents consists of nine members appointed on a bi-partisan basis for six-year terms. The terms are staggered with three appointments being made every two years by the Governor with approval of two thirds of the Senate