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Iowa lawmakers consider measure making it easier to hold children back a grade, given pandemic-related turmoil Samantha Hernandez, Des Moines Register
In condition of the state, Reynolds calls for open enrollment in every school district
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Parents could request their children be held back a grade in an effort to help students who have fallen behind academically, under a bill introduced this week.
If it becomes law, Iowa would allow parents or caregivers to submit written requests before Aug. 15 to hold children from advancing during the 2021-22 school year, if they feel their children did not progress enough academically during the current school year.
Des Moines Register
Over the strenuous objections of Democrats and teachers groups, Republicans in the Iowa House and Senate are moving quickly to approve a pair of proposals they argue will give parents more choice in their children s education.
The proposals, one that would require school districts to offer a fully in-person learning option during the pandemic and another that would give students state money to spend on private education, sped through the subcommittee and committee process Monday.
The final House and Senate floor votes on the in-person learning bills could come in both chambers within the next week. A version of the proposal cleared the Senate Education Committee on Monday and the House version will receive a committee vote on Tuesday.
DES MOINES - Republican lawmakers who control the Iowa Legislature pressed ahead Monday with plans to expand school choice for parents with public funds for private and charter schools and with requiring K-12 schools to offer an in-person instruction option as the state struggles through the pandemic.
Republicans advance required in-person learning option, private school scholarship bills in Iowa Legislature Stephen Gruber-Miller and Ian Richardson, Des Moines Register
In condition of the state, Reynolds calls for open enrollment in every school district
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Over the strenuous objections of Democrats and teachers groups, Republicans in the Iowa House and Senate are moving quickly to approve a pair of proposals they argue will give parents more choice in their children s education.
The proposals, one that would require school districts to offer a fully in-person learning option during the pandemic and another that would give students state money to spend on private education, sped through the subcommittee and committee process Monday.