A bill to raise teacher starting pay advanced out of the Iowa House budget committee Wednesday with an amendment. House File 2611 would raise the minimum teacher starting salary to $47,500 in the first year, with a jump to $50,000 in year two. The current starting salary, set at $33,500, was decided over a decade.
The Iowa House passed a bill Thursday to increase per-pupil state aid for K-12 schools by 3% — a level Democrats said was not adequate to keep up with inflation
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The Iowa House passed a bill Thursday to increase per-pupil state aid for K-12 schools by 3% — a level Democrats said was not adequate to keep up with inflation
DES MOINES, Iowa (KWWL)- The Iowa House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would increase funding for public schools by 3% next school year.