Iowa AEAs face new funding shifts and oversight changes
Iowa lawmakers redirected funding from AEAs to school districts and moved special education oversight to the state education department. The five month post change reports show progress toward cutting administration costs by 30 percent by 2026 and increasing evidence based practices, mentoring, and Child Find processes while leaders call for system stabilization before further changes.
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Kim Reynolds
Aeas
State Education Department
Speer
Cindy Yelick
Heartland Aea
Iowa
Yelick
Heartland
AEA
Grant Wood Aea
Grant Wood Aea Consortium
Melissa Ford
Kristi Upah
Upah
Grant Wood
Ford
Reynolds
Area Education Agency
Iowa Capitol
Des Moines
Erin Murphy
the Gazette
Higher ed Republicans push plan to curb DEI spending
Iowa lawmakers press to update public and private higher education policies under a new law limiting DEI spending. The move targets DEI offices and programming, with a legislative panel led by Collins to scrutinize campus equity efforts and tuition grant use for private colleges. Strong focus on workforce outcomes and taxpayer value.
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Speer
Aeas
Yelick
Iowa State University
Wendy Wintersteen
Collins
Iowa
Pat Grassley
R-New Hartford
The
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Grassley
Konfist
DEI
Board of Regents
Iowa City
Ames
Cedar Falls
Sinclair
Dave Jacoby
Dcoralville
the Gazette
Jacoby
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