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The Legislature adjourned for the summer on June 30. The Senate Democratic Research staff has compiled a review to help you sort through the highlights, low-lights and missed opportunities of the 2011 legislative session. (Updated 8/1/11)
Read the full story >>STAFF CONTACT: Bridget Godes SF 424 – PPEL joint pilot projects FLOOR ACTION: SF 424 allows the Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL) to be used for joint community college and school district infrastructure projects. The bill only sets up a pilot project for one area. The bill bounced back from the House with a [...]
Read the full story >>STAFF CONTACT: Bridget Godes SF 453 – High school graduation requirements HF 493 – Public employee repayment of leave wages FLOOR ACTION: SF 453 relates to high school graduation requirements and allows an eighth-grader to take a high school core class and have it count toward graduation requirements. The bill came back from the House [...]
Read the full story >>STAFF CONTACT: Bridget Godes HF 493 – Public employee repayment of leave wages COMMITTEEE ACTION: HF 493 requires all public employees who were put on administrative leave because they were charged with a felony to pay back those wages if they are convicted of the felony. This legislation came about as a result of reports [...]
Read the full story >>STAFF CONTACT: Bridget Godes SF 419 – Student activity fund changes SF 444 – Private schools student financial obligations SF 470 – DE community college code clean-up SSB 1203 – Arts month resolution FLOOR ACTION: SF 419 authorizes the establishment of a philanthropy account within a student activity fund. [3/23: 33-15 (Bacon, Bartz, Behn, Boettger, [...]
Read the full story >>STAFF CONTACT: Bridget Godes SF 204 – Sex abuse taskforce SF 328 – Ed Jobs bill SF 367 – Head injury prevention SF 420 – Regional academies flexibility SF 424 – PPEL joint community college pilot SF 437 – Iowa Online AP Academy SF 440 – Student Aid Commission’s powers and duties SF 445 – [...]
Read the full story >>STAFF CONTACT: Bridget Godes SF 426 – Whole grade sharing HF 184 – Categorical allowable growth HF 185 – Regular program allowable growth FLOOR ACTION: SF 426 changes how funding for whole-grade sharing follows students. The bill says all funding follows a student except for any “real costs” to the home district, including transportation and [...]
Read the full story >>STAFF CONTACT: Bridget Godes SF 36 – High school graduation requirements SF 66 – Expanded PPEL uses SF 70 – BOEE administrative rules grandfather window SF 74 – Open enrollment athletic ineligibility SF 85 – Iowa Online AP academy SF 122 – Duties of the college student aid commission SF 123 – Immunity from civil [...]
Read the full story >>A statehouse demonstration of the value of high qualtiy preschool to Iowa families.
Read the full story >>STAFF CONTACT: Bridget Godes SF 120 – Board of Educational Examiners licensure clean-up SF 202 – Ed Jobs legislation FLOOR ACTION: SF 120 adds human trafficking and any offense specified in the laws of another jurisdiction as a reason for license revocation. This language conforms to new language passed during the 2010 session in HF [...]
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