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Iowa House Passes 2% Increase in per-Pupil Public Education Funding
- On Thursday, the Iowa House passed a bill to raise per-pupil funding by 2%, passing 58-35 and returning the measure to the Senate due to an amendment.
- Framing it as budget certainty, GOP leaders said the 2% increase is a compromise with the Senate and Gov. Kim Reynolds after missing the Feb. 12 deadline.
- The package includes $7 million for paraeducator and support personnel pay, caps transportation equity payments at $1 million, and appropriates $105.9 million in new dollars, with a 2% increase equating to roughly $150 more per student.
- Democrats countered that the 2% increase is "entirely insufficient," warning it could force cuts to electives, larger classes and staff, with Urbandale, Boone and Ankeny districts facing job cuts and multimillion-dollar deficits.
- If the Senate approves it next week, the 2% rate aligns with Gov. Kim Reynolds' proposal, exceeds the Senate GOP's 1.75%, and fits within roughly $4 billion in state aid totals.
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House GOP lowers school funding increase to 2%, pass vote out of House floor
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa House voted to pass a 2% increase for school funding next school year. On Monday, the House proposed a 2.25% increase for State Supplemental Aid (SSA), but amended the proposal to 2% during a House floor debate on Thursday. Governor Kim Reynolds also proposed a 2% increase, while the [...]
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