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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1998
Page
6
DES MOINES AP A 12 million education reform bill clearing the Senate Education Committee advances with a 9-5 vote. It includes a 9 million early education block grant, a 500000 plan for extended year conversion, a minimum teacher salary rise to 21000, and a 1 million merit pay pilot.
In Des Moines lawmakers shelved a civil commitment bill to detain Iowa’s violent sexual offenders after sentences end. Sen. Jeff Angelo said an interim study committee will review other programs and potential treatments, while life sentences remain for repeat offenses and hormonal therapy could be required after multiple offenses.
Iowa House Speaker Ron Corbett says he will seek a seventh term in the 52nd District covering northeast and southeast Cedar Rapids. The Cedar Rapids Republican, first elected 37 years ago, cites improving welfare, low unemployment, and education as his focus while urging tax cuts and crime tackling. He and his wife Benedicta have four children.
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