Iowa Board sets home schooling testing exemptions rules
Iowa Board of Education approves rules guiding interaction with home-school families under the 2013 education reform law. Home-schooled students are exempt from standardized tests but still subject to truancy laws. districts have limited powers to enforce, requiring good faith information requests and local authority contact if compliance issues arise.
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Iowa proposes preapproved early reading program list for districts
Iowa Department of Education rules would require districts to choose from a state preapproved list of early literacy programs or face sanctions. Local decisions remain, with department signoff on listed curriculums and funds up to 8 million dollars tied to the initiative. A public hearing is set for January 3 with rules possible within 110 days.
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