Iowa Senate passes 2% K-12 school funding boost; House sets Thursday hearing on 2.25% raise
Lawmakers are seeking to meet a deadline in Iowa law to set school funding levels within 30 days of receiving the governor's ...
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Iowa Senate lawmakers approve 2 percent increase in public school funding
Iowa Senate lawmakers approved a bill to increase state funding to public schools by 2 percent, conflicting with an increase ...
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Iowa is now paying for more than 27,000 students to attend private schools. Here's why:
Education savings accounts and a law that expanded public charter schools were part of Iowa Republicans' multi-year campaign to increase school choice options. The ESA program allowed families ...
How will Iowa DOGE work? Kim Reynolds creates efficiency task force to cut government
Kim Reynolds signed an executive order Monday officially creating the Iowa Department of Government Efficiency task force.
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Gov. Reynolds launches Iowa DOGE task force
Gov. Kim Reynolds signed an executive order Monday launching the Iowa DOGE task force to find new ways to cut government ...
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School vouchers have smaller initial impact on Cedar Rapids Schools than expected
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - 27,866 students participated in Iowa’s Students First Education Savings Account this school year. Public school enrollment throughout the state dropped, but nonpublic ...
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Iowa private Catholic schools seeing more students enrolling using state funding
Iowa Catholic schools are also seeing a more diverse student ... This academic year students can use about $7,826 through the state’s voucher system to pay for private education.
Iowa is now paying for more than 27,000 students to attend private schools. Here's why:
This is the final year of the ESA program's income restrictions. Next year, the program will be open to all Iowa families, regardless of wealth.