Highlights in this edition:

• State Revenue Continues Solid Start to Fiscal Year 2027
  • FY 2026 revenue is $161 million ahead of what the REC predicted at its last meeting in March
• House Republicans Focused Health Curriculum on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Less Screen Time
  • K-12 health curriculum is an inexpensive and effective way to fight unhealthy outcomes, childhood obesity and high taxpayer funded healthcare costs
• What Were the Steps Taken to Protect Students and Teachers?
  • Requires schools to have escalating levels of discipline for repeated instances of threatened or perpetrated violence and strengthens the reporting requirements on timeliness and transparency
• Iowa Ranks 7th on Medicaid Report Card
  • The scorecard rewards states that keep Medicaid closer to a targeted safety-net program, exercise fiscal discipline, minimize improper payments and fraud, run competent eligibility systems, and keep provider markets open
• Iowa Launches New Grant Program to Expand Capacity for Training Workers in High-Demand Careers
  • Helps Iowa community colleges, trade unions, and private sector apprenticeship programs expand their physical capacity to train more workers in high-demand fields

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