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 ...
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.
In the Wild West of School Voucher Expansions, States Rely on Untested Companies, With Mixed Results
States are handing multimillion-dollar contracts to a handful of fledgling private companies to manage the rapidly growing, ...
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School vouchers have smaller initial impact on Cedar Rapids Schools than expected
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG ... to nonpublic schools. For the Cedar Rapids Community School District, 91 of the district’s students enrolled in the so-called school voucher program and left.
Texas lawmaker who sent kids to private school criticizes school choice efforts
Houston, implied Monday wealthy parents enroll their children in private schools so the kids are not with 'your kids.' ...
Iowa House passes 2.25% school funding increase as negotiations with Senate continue
Iowa House Republicans voted Thursday to pass a 2.25% spending increase for K-12 schools as Democrats urged them to more than double their investment.
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U.S. education policy is at a crossroads. This congressional hearing shows why
He argued that parents shouldn't have to wait for their public schools to improve. "We have Black mothers and fathers lining ...
GOP governors want to out-Trump each other
They’re embracing the president’s cost cutting commission, while Democrats struggle to find the right balance between ...
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Iowa is now paying for more than 27,000 students to attend private schools. Here's why:
Iowa students using taxpayer-funded education savings accounts to pay for their private education grew to 27,866 participants, according to the Iowa Department of Education. That's up more than 60 ...
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GOP governors want to out-Trump each other
In Iowa, Gov ... up federal funding to expand school choice. In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott used his state of the state address to declare expanding a voucher-like program an emergency item ...