While Eastern Iowa’s two largest school districts — Cedar Rapids and Iowa City — reinstated a mask mandate this week for all students, staff and visitors, other area districts are waiting for a decision from their school board or have decided to forgo a mask mandate for now.
Students, staff and visitors in Iowa City schools will be required to wear masks on school grounds a day after a federal judge cleared the way at least temporarily for local officials to require masks in schools.
University of Iowa Health Care, at the same time its moving swiftly to erect a $395 million 469,000-square-foot campus on a 60-acre site in North Liberty, is looking to expand its footprint in Coralville near its popular Iowa River Landing clinic.
University of Iowa administrators since August 2020 have had more than a dozen interactions about violations at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity — which in recent weeks has been at the center of campus protests demanding its removal from campus. But none of those interactions have involved allegations of sexual violence.
Also, Iowa City schools Superintendent Matt Degner said he “anticipates” the district implementing a mask requirement for all students and staff Tuesday during a 6 p.m. school board meeting.
On the windy date in late March when two Iowa State University’s Crew Club members died after their boat capsized on Little Wall Lake, the club’s leadership “failed to follow critical health and safety procedures” outlined in the group’s constitution, according to internal and external reviews.
Federal judge ordered Monday that the state immediately halt enforcement of a law that prevents school districts from requiring them to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
Cedar Rapids middle schools will have no school-designated, full-time police officers if a revised 28E Agreement between the school district and city of Cedar Rapids is approved later this month.
A state law against mask mandates in Iowa schools is putting “children’s health on the line,” Iowa State Education Association President Mike Beranek argued Monday before a federal judge put the law on hold.
After University of Northern Iowa and Des Moines Area Community College in 2020 debuted a streamlined path for DMACC students seeking a four-year UNI degree, the pair have announced a new “tuition equality” initiative allowing the students to get their Panther degrees for a Bears tuition rate.
How many freshmen will Iowa universities see this fall? It’s hard to tell, given the enrollment losses last year because of COVID-19 and the pandemic’s impact on family finances.
Reversing some of its losses in recent years, the University of Iowa in the “2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges” rankings out today made among one of the biggest gains on the publication’s oft-touted national university list.
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