Highlights in this edition:

• Support for Iowa Community Colleges Has Grown Under House Republicans
  • Since FY 2011 funding to community colleges has grown by 52.5% despite a drop in enrollment
• Feedback on New Social Studies Standards Sought
  • House Republicans identified deficiencies in the old standards and forced the inclusion of topics such as the crimes against humanity committed by communist regimes, the attacks on America on 9-11-2001 and instruction related to the Holocaust - Democrats voted against this effort
• Iowa Achieves Impressive Gains in Literacy and Science in New 2025 Assessment Results
  • The state-level results show encouraging improvements in student achievement across most grade levels in English language arts and science
• DPS Updates the Iowa Sex Offender Registry Website
  • Homepage links to active registrants and most wanted registrants

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