Iowa Baby Boom Not fueling Local Schools Of Iowa
Iowa sees a slower growth in baby boomers with fewer children under five than 1980 and a steady four year drop in kindergarten ages. State demographers cite economic pressures and delayed childbearing as factors while nationwide counts show mixed trends.
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DES Moines
Iowa
U.S. Census Bureau
Ohio
Michigan
Lee Tack
Department of Public Instruction
Tack
Jim Taylor
Mike Dare
Department of Health
Don Starsink
Suitland
Starsink
GOP cool to budget session plan in Iowa
Republican leaders balk at House Speaker Avenson plan to trim 58.2 million to close a deficit potentially near 100 million. Hultman calls the figures insufficient, while Avenson says a special session remains unlikely. Branstad may cut across the board to wipe the deficit if needed.
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Des Moines
House
Donald Avenson
D-Oelwein
Senate
Cal Hultman
Red Oak
Terry Branstad
Hultman
Avenson
William Krahl
Branstad
del Stromer
Cedar Rapids to Host National Rural Education Conference
Cedar Rapids will host a national Rural Education Association conference October 13 to 15 at the Five Seasons Center. The event, titled Rural Schools A Place to Grow, is hosted by the Grant Wood Area Education Agency and People United for Rural Education. More than 500 educators and officials will attend with keynote speakers from the American Association of School Administrators, Council of Chief State School Officers, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, and Rural Education Association. Workshops cover community renewal, farm youth well being, rural teacher recruitment, and science education improvements. For registration, contact Dwight Bode at Grant Wood AEA.
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Cedar Rapids
Five Seasons Center
Rural Education Association
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
People United For Rural Education
Joseph Scherer
American Association of School Administrators
Anne Campbell
Council of Chief State School Officers
Gene Clifford
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Peter Schwalbenberg
The
Dwight Bode
Grant Wood Area
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Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
General Fund
C.R
New York
Maurice Scharfer
Armstrong
Bonnie
Sale
Jill
Venus
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