Cedar Rapids school survey backs new facility plan and bond
A Cedar Rapids Community survey shows 68 percent urging a new facility plan and potential bond referendum in November 2025. Voters split on right-sizing with 53 percent favoring it and 21 percent undecided, while 14 percent oppose. The district plans to form a task force in August to guide facility planning and expand college and career programs at Jefferson Kennedy and Washington high schools for 2025 26.
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ACT moves to form Iowa nonprofit in IA City base
ACT plans funding for continuation of an Iowa nonprofit headquartered in Iowa City, focusing on education and workplace success and maintaining representation on ACT board. The change follows pandemic driven shifts in testing as many colleges adopt test optional policies, with large declines in SAT and ACT takers and years of losses prior to a recent sale of campus property and layoffs.
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