Articles Tagged: Kim Reynolds

The scores of less than 1 percent of the Iowa students in special education are being cited by the governor as the primary reason she is proposing to overhaul the state’s area education agencies.

State lawmakers honored the new all-time women’s basketball scoring leader as ‘one of the greatest collegiate athletes of all time’

Republicans say the proposal expands post-partum care for low-income Iowans who need it most, while Democrats say it expands care for some low-income Iowans at the expense of coverage for others.

Iowa Senate Republicans advanced Gov. Kim Reynolds’ legislation that would accelerate previously planned state income tax reductions. But the top Senate Republican on tax policy said legislators, in the coming weeks, also will advance their own proposal, which includes an eventual elimination of the state income tax.

Last week was “funnel week” at the Iowa Statehouse — the deadline for legislation to pass out of committee in …

Special education advocates call it an ‘improvement,’ but say changes are still needed.

Senate goes with governor’s plan, House offers more modest cuts

Previous attempts to pass the bill have met with resistance in the Iowa House, which held this year’s first hearing on Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal.

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen reversed course Monday and announced that the state will accept roughly $18 million in federal funding to help feed hungry children over the summer break.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, in her annual Condition of the State address last month, said Iowa needs to increase reading outcomes for elementary students. Last year, state test scores reported 34 percent of third-graders are not proficient in reading and writing skills. Under a proposed bill, Iowa colleges and universities would be required to train teachers in the “science of reading.” But what is it?

Bill would allow state courts to order undocumented immigrants deported

A three-member House panel voted 2-1 Tuesday to advance a bill that would define “man” and “woman” in state law. The bill was amended Tuesday to eliminate a requirement that transgender Iowans note both their pre- and post-transition genders on their driver’s license. However, both genders would still be noted on birth certificates.

Some school leaders feel their districts aren’t getting enough out of abnormally-governed AEA model

Groups lauded the governor’s support of the expansion, but raised concerns with her proposal to change the eligibility for Medicaid coverage of birth and postpartum care to 215 percent of the federal poverty line, from 375 percent under current law, in order to keep Medicaid costs for pregnancy and postpartum care budget neutral.

On an organized day of LGBTQ advocacy at the Iowa Capitol, Iowa House Republicans advanced a bill that would prohibit teachers from being punished for refusing to use a student’s preferred pronouns.