Iowa eases in home schooling rules under review
State education officials said they are considering a proposed rule to let parents teach at home with a state-certified teacher guiding the curriculum. The change aims to let the teacher spend part of the time teaching, leaving local boards to set hours. Opponents warn it still enforces state standards without abolishing certification.
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Iowa
Cathy Collins
Department of Public Instruction
DPI
Iowa Supreme Court
Charles City
Evelyn Hill
Iowa Home Educators’ Association
Charles City Baptist school defies Iowa teacher rules
Charles City Superintendent Larry Beard filed a formal complaint with Floyd County Attorney Ron Noah after Calvary Baptist Christian Academy failed to identify its students and respond to legal requests. The privately run school has resisted state requirements for certified teachers, arguing religious freedom.
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Harles City
Charles City Co
Larry Beard
Floyd County
Calvary Baptist Christian Academy
Charles City
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Iowa
Johnson
Beard
Ron Noah
Governor warns of farm credit liquidation plan and consolidation
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad says the Farm Credit System plans a massive liquidation in the Omaha District totaling about 340 million dollars. He criticizes consolidation of 68 local associations, fears loss of local control, and calls for an external agency to manage problem loans while Congress and the Reagan administration weigh a bailout and farm bill prospects.
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Wilkinson
Farm Credit Administration
Frank Naylor
Branstad
Omaha
Farm Credit
Federal Land Bank
Reagan
Congress
House
Senate
Naylor
USDA
Branstad seeks federal probe of beef pricing practices
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad urged a U S federal investigation into how retailers set beef prices. He argued producer margins lag while retailers gain, citing a state study showing record farm to retail spread. Branstad met USDA officials and Food Marketing Institute leaders during a Washington visit.
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Washington
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Harry Truman Scholarship Foundation
Midwest
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Harry Sullivan
Food
Sullivan
Iowa State University
USDA
House ag task force cuts $11 billion from farm bill
A 14 member House Agriculture Committee task force met in secret to trim $11 billion from the next three years of farm policy. They propose delaying certain payments, delaying income support subsidies, and cutting disaster loan limits to fit a tighter budget while minimizing farm income impact. The Senate panel faces similar pressures as Reagan admin vows veto for busting the budget.
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DPI
Terry Branstad
House Ag
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Tom Foley
Dash
Congress
House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Reagan
Farmers Home Administration
Search continues for Dubuque man in river near bridge
Officials patrol the Mississippi near Dubuque after Ronald Wold, 25, disappears from a boat ride near the Julien Dubuque Bridge. Fred Ertl of Dubuque was with him. Wold’s body was not found Sunday as river rescue crews search the waters.
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Mississippi River
Dubuque
Ronald Wold
Fred Ertl
Julien Dubuque Bridge
Wold
Ertl
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