The University of Iowa over its first year with Follett didn’t impose enough checks and balances to ensure it’s getting what it’s owed, according to a June 2022 internal audit presented last week to the Board of Regents.
City of Coralville sells land worth $12,000 to school district with agreement that city has access to facility outside of school hours.
A new activities is next in the Mount Vernon school district’s 20-year vision, with a new instructional building to follow.
The state Board of Regents has agreed to settle a complaint with a University of Northern Iowa student who accused the institution and its employees of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
State executives Monday agreed to pay more than a half-million dollars to reimburse the University of Iowa for pipe damage its 65-year-old Medical Research Center suffered during an arctic snap in early 2018 that set records and burst pipes across the community.
Area schools are increasing the cost of student meals up to 25 cents for the 2022-23 school year after two years of providing free breakfast and lunch with federal waivers.
Harrison Elementary School Principal Trista Manternach is excited her school is one of the next buildings in Cedar Rapids to be modernized. Currently, students navigate often hot, exposed radiators in classrooms and work in hallways.
In the aftermath of the pandemic, higher education challenges remain — and in some cases are more prevalent — although COVID, with all the discomfort it brought, might have forced to the forefront one potential solution: online education.
Cedar Rapids school board member Dexter Merschbrock asks for a delay in a vote expected later this month on a new school resource officer contract.
Both University of Iowa President Barbara Wilson and Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen are getting 8.3 percent pay raises this summer — bumping up their annual base pay from $600,000 to $650,000.
The administration announced the action as President Joe Biden considers broader student loan forgiveness for millions of Americans. As a candidate, Biden said he supports forgiving $10,000 in student loans for all borrowers. He later indicated that such action should come through Congress, but the White House has said he is considering whether to pursue it through executive action.
Chen is one of only 161 high school seniors in the U.S. receiving the recognition for their accomplishments in academics, the arts, and career and technical education fields.
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