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10.2% of Iowa executive branch job descriptions require 4 year degree
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A spokesman for Governor Reynolds says about 10 percent of state government job classifications require a bachelor’s degree.
Kollin Crompton, the governor’s spokesman, is responding to State Auditor Rob Sand’s announcement that he’d collaborated with a non-profit and found 28 job classifications in state government where a four year college degree was not necessary.
Crompton says two years ago Governor Reynolds directed the state’s human resources agency to review the 807 unique job classifications within state government. The goal was to allow alternative requirements for employment wherever possible. Today, 10.2% of job classifications for positions in the state’s executive branch require a bachelor’s degree.
Crompton says the Reynolds Administration will continue to look for opportunities to update job requirements, making state government employment as accessible as possible to Iowans.
