Iowa Board Approves Temporary Monitor Substitutes for Classrooms
The Iowa State Board backs a temporary substitute monitor plan amid a teaching shortage. Monitors must have a bachelor’s degree and 50 hours of training, pass a background check, and face a five day classroom limit. Critics warn lowering standards risks student safety and morale.
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Ann Feldmann
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Feldmann
Reed
Zation
Judy Brueggeman
President weighs halting federal executions request
President Clinton will consider a request from Senator Feingold to suspend federal executions. White House officials say Clinton is concerned by Illinois Gov Ryan’s move to halt executions and will study the issue before acting. Illinois has executed 12 since 1976, while 13 death row inmates have been exonerated since 1987.
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Washington
Clinton
White House
Illinois
Russ Feingold
D-Wis
Joe Lockhart
Feingold
George Ryan
Linn trail paving debated by conservation board officials
Linn County conservation leaders weigh asphalt paving of the Cedar Lake Trail. Board members cite cost, maintenance, drainage, and base concerns amid grant funding and potential local matches. The Trails Association offers to raise the needed funds. past paving in Black Hawk County lasts 15 to 20 years.
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Linn Conservation
Conservation Board
Biechler
Black Hawk County
Barnum
Iowa Department of Transportation
Board of Supervisors
Cedar Lake
Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha
Hoover Trail
Linn County
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