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Education bill that proposes 2.25% funding increase for state schools passes in the House

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DES MOINES, Iowa (KWWL) -- Lawmakers in the Iowa House on Thursday debated on what state funding percentage is needed for public schools in the state.

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The Quad-City TimesThe Quad-City Times

2% or a little more? Iowa lawmakers weigh school funding

State lawmakers spent this week putting their K-12 school funding proposals through the legislative process, with both chambers voting to approve their respectively, but slightly different, pitches.

·Cherokee County, United States
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The Daily IowanThe Daily Iowan

Iowa House lawmakers send 2.25 percent school funding increase back to Senate - The Daily Iowan

Iowa House Republicans approved a bill to increase state funding to public schools by 2.25 percent and appropriate a one-time payment of $22.6 million to schools, a measure they say is aimed at helping schools cope with inflation.  The public school funding in the House proposal is higher than the governor’s proposed budget and the Senate proposal, which would increase public school funding by just 2 percent. The House proposal is still a quarte…

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KWWLKWWL

Education bill that proposes 2.25% funding increase for state schools passes in the House

DES MOINES, Iowa (KWWL) -- Lawmakers in the Iowa House on Thursday debated on what state funding percentage is needed for public schools in the state.

·Waterloo, United States
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WHO-DTWHO-DT

Iowa House Republicans pass 2.25% funding increase for schools; Democrats warn of staff, tax implications

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowa Senate Republicans passed the caucus' proposed 2% increase to public school funding for FY 2026 earlier this week; and to end the fourth week of the session House Republicans cleared a 2.25% increase through the chamber. In a vote down party lines, the bill passed 58 to 35. Outside of the 2.25% state supplemental aid (SSA) increase and the second phase of teacher salary increases, the House Republican bill includes milli…

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Iowa House passes 2.25% increase in school funding

Iowa schools now have an idea about how much money they’ll receive from state taxpayers from the coming year, but not exactly.

·Cedar Rapids, United States
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Iowa Capital DispatchIowa Capital Dispatch

Iowa House passes public school funding with 2.25% per-pupil spending increase • Iowa Capital Dispatch

Rep. Dan Gehlbach, R-Urbandale, spoke on funding Iowa's public K-12 schools on the House floor Feb. 13, 2025. (Photo by Robin Opsahl/Iowa Capital Dispatch)The Iowa House passed a bill Thursday with a 2.25% per-pupil funding increase alongside other funding changes for Iowa’s public K-12 schools. The move sends the legislation back to the Senate, which proposed a 2% rate. The House voted 58-35 to pass an amended version of Senate File 167, reflec…

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Iowa Starting Line broke the news in on Thursday, February 13, 2025.
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