RSSSF 451 – Modified Allowable Growth SF 2220 – Licensing for cosmetology and barbers SF 2221 – Background checks for school bus drivers SF 2225 – Sexual abuse taskforce recommendations SF 2267 – Postsecondary education program oversight SF 2284 – Education Reform policy HF 2383 – Educator misconduct reporting requirements SF 451 codifies previous Department [...]
Read the full story >>SF 451 – Modified Allowable Growth FLOOR ACTION: SF 451 codifies previous Department of Education (DE) practice by allowing school districts more flexibility and more efficient use of dropout prevention funds. Under existing law, districts may request Modified Allowable Growth (MAG) for dropout prevention from the School Budget Review Board under the DE for up [...]
Read the full story >>HF 2245 – State Allowable Growth and Categorical Allowable Growth HF 2383 – Educator misconduct reporting requirements FLOOR ACTION: HF 2245, as sent over by the House, changed the requirement for the Legislature to set allowable growth, or basic state aid, for schools two years out. Allowable growth has been a longtime law that helps [...]
Read the full story >>HF 2383 – Educator misconduct reporting requirements COMMITTEE ACTION: HF 2382 builds upon efforts started last year to enforce reporting of educator misconduct to the licensing Board of Educational Examiners (BOEE). Last year’s legislation required Iowa schools to have much stricter requirements for reporting allegations of educator misconduct to state licensers, making it more difficult [...]
Read the full story >>SF 2267 – Postsecondary education program oversight HF 2245 – Allowable Growth Set in Odd Years FLOOR ACTION: SF 2267 is an important student consumer protections bill that ensures all students are afforded the benefit of existing law that provides for a minimum refund of tuition charges when a student withdraws from a for-profit institution. [...]
Read the full story >>SF 2219 – Continuation of class size reduction program SF 2220 – Licensing for cosmetology and barbers SF 2221 – Background checks for school bus drivers SF 2225 – Sexual abuse taskforce recommendations FLOOR ACTION: SF 2219 strikes the sunset date for class-size reduction/early intervention program. This program was funded from July 1, 1999, to [...]
Read the full story >>SSB 3166 – Internship opportunities website SSB 3167 – Postsecondary education program oversight SSB 3171 – Senate education reform SF 2024 – Worker training program expansion SF 2087 – Creating outstanding instructional leaders’ pilot FLOOR ACTION: SF 2024 establishes new Community College skilled workforce training and grant programs, which receive $20 million annually for three [...]
Read the full story >>SSB 3102 – Continuation of class size reduction program SSB 3003 – Background checks for school bus drivers SF 2044 – Licensing for cosmetology SF 2035 – Sex abuse taskforce recommendations COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 3102 strikes the sunset date for class-size reduction/early intervention program. This program was funded from July 1, 1999, to June 30, [...]
Read the full story >>SF 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 >>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 [...]
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