Iowa Senate rejects competency test for high school grads
Iowa senators vote 27 23 to defeat Democratic amendments requiring reading and math competency for high school diplomas. The bill focuses on core indicators including graduation rates college attendance and employability, with testing in grades four eight and 11 and science in eight and 11.
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Senate Votes to Make Intentional HIV Transmission a Crime
Iowa Senate approved House File 2369 49 to 0 to create a Class B felony up to 25 years for knowingly transmitting HIV via intimate sex, blood, semen, organs, or drug exchange with consented victims exempt. bill moves to Gov Branstad. Also described environmental audit immunity, producer led financing plan totaling 100 million in funds, and REAP funding fights with Democrats.
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