Below is the end of session wrap up document prepared by the House Republican Research Staff
Agriculture, Budget, Commerce, Economic Growth, Education, Government Oversight, Human Resources, Judiciary, Labor, Local Government, Public Safety, State Government, Taxes, Transportation, Veterans Affairs | JillJ | May 14, 2012 | 
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Ken Mason has a combined salary of $107,000 a year at the university.
Education | JillJ | May 7, 2012 | Comments (0)
Education reform took one step closer to the Governor’s desk this week. Through a quick transition, the House pushed the Senate version through subcommittee and committee on Monday, and followed that with a short debate on the floor. The bill passed, as amended by the House, 54-45.
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Education | JillJ | April 19, 2012 | Comments (0)
The Senate passed its own version of education reform on Monday, the version shares some similar language with the House version, but differs considerably on many points.
The areas where the bills agree are mainly around competency-based learning and the Iowa learning online initiative.
What’s missing that the House language included are areas that will help:
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Education | JillJ | April 12, 2012 | Comments (0)
Education | JillJ | March 13, 2012 | Comments (0)
On Tuesday the House held a public hearing on House File 2380, the Education Reform bill. In just under two and half hours, the legislature heard from about 44 speakers and an opening statement by Governor Branstad about his proposed bill.
The speakers were all over the board on issues, with many not taking a position on the full bill itself, but rather individual parts of the bill. Aside from the Governor, speakers included teachers, principals, superintendents, lobbyists, parents, youth ministers, school board members, union representatives, and students. There is much passion for the education of Iowa’s children.
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Education | JillJ | March 8, 2012 | Comments (0)
Introductions will begin at 6:30pm with the hearing to immediately follow. The hearing will last for two hours after introductions have been completed. Those wishing to speak at the hearing should contact the Legislative Information Office at (515) 281-5129 or lioinfo@legis.state.ia.us to sign up or submit written testimony.
The hearing will be live-streamed on the House’s new system which can be found on the Iowa General Assembly’s website or directly by clicking here.
Education | JillJ | February 27, 2012 | Comments (0)
The 2012 legislative session has made its way through the first funnel. Click below to see a list of bills that made it through.
Agriculture, Budget, Commerce, Economic Growth, Education, Environmental Protection, Human Resources, Judiciary, Labor, Local Government, Natural Resources, Public Safety, State Government, Taxes, Transportation, Veterans Affairs | JillJ | February 24, 2012 | Comments (0)
Tuesday evening the House Education Committee passed House Study Bill 517, the Governor’s Education Reform bill. Following a lengthy subcommittee and committee process that began in mid-January, the bill moved to the full House by a vote of 12-11.
There were 29 amendments to the bill in committee, the vast majority of which were brought by the minority party and were withdrawn after brief comments. In the end, seven of the amendments were passed either in a bipartisan manner or by voice vote. Only three failed, by a record vote, all of which were party-line.
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Education | JillJ | February 23, 2012 | Comments (0)
If you’ve ever wondered how the breakdown of a tuition dollar looks, the following chart gives a good representation of that. While not specific to tuition dollars, as they are co-mingled with state general university fund revenues, the chart shows what percentage of a dollar goes towards what expenditure by category at the universities.
Education | JillJ | February 3, 2012 | Comments (0)
