Separate bills banning spending for DEI offices in higher education have been proposed in Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Oklahoma, Utah and West Virginia, though some of those already have failed.
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Separate bills banning spending for DEI offices in higher education have been proposed in Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Oklahoma, Utah and West Virginia, though some of those already have failed.
$1.5 million in funding comes from the estate of Leonard and Evelyn Dolezal
Cedar Rapids School Board considering proposal to renovate Harrison Elementary and close Madison by fall 2025
Lawyer for female athletes complains Tulane law professor did not talk to female athletes before filing report
One of those projects is a $40 to $49 million expansion and build-out of its six-year-old Stead Family Children’s Hospital that -- with price escalations during construction, court-ordered payouts post-construction, and faulty work requiring widespread window repair -- already has seen its price swell from a $270.8 million budget to up to $450 million.
“By this time next year, I am done making weather calls,” he said in his message to families Tuesday.
Madison Elementary could be demolished and its school attendance zone would be combined with Harrison.
While in the weight room on a typical Tuesday morning in late March, several members of the Iowa Wesleyan University volleyball team saw their Apple Watches light up. It was an alert about an email calling the entire school to a mandatory meeting. And the board of trustees would be there.
Fiscal year 2024 budget increases to accommodate for planned facility projects
Four school districts in Iowa have switched to four-day school weeks. While childcare is a “a hot topic” for parents, providers say they see little increase in demand after the switch.
Nearly two months after Iowa Wesleyan University President Christine Plunkett in February asked Gov. Kim Reynolds for $12 million in federal COVID-relief funds to help her campus stay open, Plunkett in March sent another email telling the governor – who had yet to decide – that time was up.
As student enrollment declines and school officials say Iowa’s per-pupil state aid has failed to keep up with rising costs, the Cedar Rapids Community School District is looking to trim $2 million in planned spending from its general fund -- more than 80 percent of which pays staff salaries and benefits.
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