Statement of policy

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. 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.