RSSSF 2114 – FY14 Allowable Growth SF 2115 – FY14 Teacher Quality, Professional Development, Class Size Reduction FLOOR ACTION: SF 2114 is the FY14 Allowable Growth bill (for the 2013-2014 school year), which sets the growth at 4 percent. The total estimated cost of school aid will be $2.809 million. This is an increase of [...]
Read the full story >>Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal hosted the weekly statehouse leadership press conference on February 9, 2012
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Cost of Living Adjustment For Schools IowaPolitics.com “That’s sort of the cost-of-living adjustment for schools. That’s the inflation adjustment,” said Mary Jane Cobb, executive director of the Iowa State Education Association, which represents more than 34,000 educators. “ … “We’ve been living under zero percent allowable growth this year, 2 percent next year. Four percent [...]
Read the full story >>On February 7, the Iowa Senate approved a four percent increase in basic state aid to Iowa’s K12 school districts across Iowa. These dollars help pay salaries, buy textbooks, fuel school buses, and help avoid large class sizes.
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“Iowans have to be asking themselves, ‘Why in the world is Governor Branstad making funding of Iowa’s community schools less predictable, less sustainable, and less stable, when his message was exactly the opposite just a year ago?’ Senate Education Committee chair Herman Quirmbach of Ames
Read the full story >>SSB 3112 – FY14 Allowable Growth SSB 3113 – FY14 Teacher Quality, Professional Development, Class Size Reduction SF 2024 – Skilled Workforce Shortage Tuition Grant program COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 3112 is the FY14 Allowable Growth bill (for the 2013-2014 school year), which sets the growth at 4 percent. The total estimated cost of school aid [...]
Read the full story >>House and Senate Democrats propose to build on Iowa’s success in minority university enrollment by focusing on minority middle school and high school students
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Republicans and Democrats in the Iowa Senate voted unanimously on Wednesday, January 18 to ensure that state tuition help for Iowa’s returning soldiers would not be cut almost in half.
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Quirmbach’s complete quote illustrates the cautious approach Senate Democrats have learned they must take when dealing with Republican education initiatives.
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How serious is Governor Branstad about improving local schools?
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