Home school programs grow as districts fund and enroll
The Mid-Prairie and Marion districts expand home school options with open enrollments. Marion hosts the state's largest program with 997 students, drawing many from other districts and supported by a $2 million state budget. The program employs 40 teachers and costs about $2,000 per pupil.
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Marion Independent
Marion
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Linn-Mar
College Community
Town City
Tom Ertz
Ertz
Marion home school program gains funding and space expansion
Marion schools expand home school funding and facilities after legislative changes. The district moves money to flex accounts for a new Emerson Elementary based learning center, while Mid Prairie grows programs into Washington Township with new classrooms and a gym.
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Marion
Chris Dyer
Marion School Board
Emerson
Dyer
Washington Township
Jan Childress
Iowa Home School Assistance Programs Details
Iowa districts offer Home School Assistance Programs for ages 6 to 15 with licensed instructors and quarterly contact four times, two face to face. Open enrollment deadlines exist, and funding totals are provided per enrolled student, with additional funding if students take district classes. In 2012-13 about 10,700 existed. 2016-17 about 7,000. Erin Jordan, The Gazette.
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Iowa City
Mid-Prairie
Marion
Craig Hansel
Theodore Roosevelt
Jamie Walpole
Alexis Walpole
Hayden Walpole
Mid-Praire
Cedar Rapids
Linn-Mar
Clear Creek Amana
Iowa
Iowa Department of Education
NAFTA talks draw varied US Canada Mexico concerns
Agriculture firms including Cargill and Tyson Foods press the administration to shield farming during NAFTA negotiations. Iowa exports to Canada and Mexico outpace Japan China and Germany combined, while Trudeau heads to Washington then Mexico. Analysts warn the US stance could threaten the accord amid unresolved rules of origin and labor standards. Congressional hurdles loom if labor provisions stay weak.
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Sonny Perdue
Trump
Cargill
Cedar Rapids
Tyson Foods
U.S
Stockton
Waterloo
U.S. Commerce Department
Iowa
Canada
Mexico
Japan
China
Germany
Justin Trudeau
Washington
Enrique Pena Nieto
Lawrence Herman
Toronto
NAFTA
North America
Kurt Howald
Tijuana
Business Coordinating Council
United States
Howald
Pera Nieto
Jared Kushner
Laura Dawson
Canada Institute
Wilson Center
Congress
Rep
Sander Levin
D-Mich
House
Ways and Means Committee
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Mid- Prairie
Jessica Olinger
Naomi
Olinger
Kalona
Rebecca F. Miller
the Gazette
Lilia Naso
Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department
Kurt Jurgensmeier
New Life Community Church
Brenda
Joelle
Jurgensmeiers
Hansel
Ann Langenfeld
Lincoln
Erinjordan
Thegazette.com
Department of Education
Erin Jordan
Bath
Penn Nieto
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