Highlights in this edition:

• Gambling Tax Collections Rise as the New Year Begins
  • January was the first to show monthly gaming tax revenue growth exceeding $1 million in over a year
• Department Seeks Social Studies Educators and Stakeholders for Standards Review
  • Starting in April, the committee will meet regularly over three months to review and recommend proposed changes to the existing social studies standards
• Higher Education Committee Approves Civics Graduation Requirement
  • No requirement currently exists at Iowa’s three regents institutions or community colleges which requires students to be competent in American history, civics or government.  Yet Iowa, ISU, UNI each require students to take a course on diversity or DEI. 
• House HHS Advances Bills on Mental Health, Child Care, Parental Consent
  • House File 312 allows for individuals to be committed based on psychiatric deterioration

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