DES MOINES Republican senators are working with Gov. Kim Reynolds to direct federal money to cover a projected $7 million shortfall that hit Iowa preschools when enrollments dropped as parents kept their kids home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sen. Amy Sinclair, R-Allerton, chair of the Iowa Senate Education Committee, told a subcommittee meeting Tuesday she is working with the governor’s office to use federal early childhood dollars as part of a measure being formulated to provide one-time supplemental school funding to help districts that incurred costs related to the pandemic, the Aug. 10 derecho and other challenges.
The Senate amendment also would provide money to area education agencies that incurred COVID-19-related expenses while serving districts with in-person learning, she added.
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Immigrants from Central and South America are flowing across our southern borders in record numbers. The U. S. Border Patrol estimates 565 unaccompanied children come across everyday. There have been reported cases of immigrants with positive cases of COVID-19. Do you think our borders should be closed?
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There is a movement at the state capital to pass legislation authorizing school vouchers. This subject is nothing new, but there seems to be greater traction now then in years past. Governor Kim Reynolds has included it in her education bill now in the legislature. Area representatives and senators are also in favor of the idea citing school choice.
School choice would give parents the opportunity to choose whatever school they feel would best fit their needs. The initiative gives parents more control over their child’s education and would use public funds from Iowa taxpayers to accomplish this.
After weeks of inaction, bills on school choice private scholarships, charter schools advance in Iowa House Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register
In condition of the state, Reynolds calls for open enrollment in every school district
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Proposals to give taxpayer-funded scholarships to help some students attend private schools and to rewrite the rules for forming charter schools are advancing in the Iowa House after weeks of inaction.
The proposals are part of Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds broad education agenda this year, but House lawmakers are considering them as separate pieces of legislation. Both bills advanced through subcommittee hearings on Tuesday, making them eligible for consideration by the full House Education Committee.
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