Students and Regents Press for More Education Funding
Iowa City students and university leaders urged the State Legislature to increase funding for higher education. They criticized proposed 12 to 13 percent tuition hikes aimed at raising faculty salaries, calling the plan a Band-Aid solution and urging a lobbying push to secure more state money.
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Iowa City
State Board of Regents
Connie Hesburg
University of Northern Iowa
Regents
Iowa
Hesburg
Iowa State University
Gordon Eaton
Consid
UNI
U of I
Charles DuMond
Michael Beck
Brian Kennedy
Iowa State
ISA
Eaton
James Freedman
Democrats plan sanctions on small Iowa school districts
Iowa Democrats in the Legislature propose a harsh package to force small districts to improve or merge. Sanctions would cap funded admin posts and cut state aid up to 10 percent yearly, with potential quicker timelines to meet new standards. About 100 districts under 300 students face targeted pressure.
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Des Moines
House
Don Avenson
D-Oelwein
Avenson
Bettendorf board member urged to resign over kegger admission
Bettendorf Iowa board member Paul Beckwith admitted hosting a Halloween party at his home where a keg was served to about 85 high school seniors. Beckwith refused to resign, saying the board cannot compel him, while urging citizens and peers call for his step down. Secretary Kissinger briefed Carter and Mondale on foreign policy in Plains Georgia.
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Bettendorf
Kegger
Paul Beckwith
Christopher
Bettendorf High School
Beckwith
Allan Shimp
Iowa
Shimp
Henry A. Kissinger
Plains, Ga
Jimmy Carter
Walter F. Mondale
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