Iowa lawmakers target education as top priority for 1998
Gov Branstad outlines an ambitious education agenda focusing on all day kindergarten year round schooling universal computer access higher teacher pay and performance measures. The plan aims to curb slipping test scores and improve pre K readiness while funding could reach 125 million by year five.
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Rod Boshart
Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
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Ron Corbett
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Terry Branstad
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Tax collections flat for start of fiscal 1998
Iowa state tax receipts for July through October were flat year over year due to a shift from quarterly to local option sales tax reimbursements. Net receipts dipped 6 percent in October, offset by a 6.8 percent rise in personal income tax, while analysts caution on sales tax trends as a gauge of consumer confidence.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Iowa
Tegeler
State Department of Revenue and Finance
Dennis Prouty
Legislative Fiscal Bureau
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