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Iowa Senate Poised to Vacate Decision to Use Smarter Balanced

March 28, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The Iowa Senate may vote to vacate a decision by the Iowa State Board of Education to use Smarter Balanced in place of a new assessment to be ready by 2018.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2017 Bills, Iowa Assessments, Iowa Department of Education, Iowa Senate, SF 240, Smarter Balanced

Iowa Lawmaker Pushes for “Home Rule” for Local Schools

January 26, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

There are currently four bills before the Iowa Legislature that pertain to Common Core and local control of education for duly elected local school boards.

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: 2017 Bills, Brad Zaun, Common Core, Home Rule, Iowa, Iowa House, Iowa Senate, Jake Highfill, local control of education

Anti-Common Core Victories at the State Level

November 16, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

Anti-Common Core candidates saw several victories in Governor races, state school chief races, school board races, and in state legislatures.

Filed Under: Candidates on Education, Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Chris Sununu, Common Core, Dan Forest, Donald Trump, Elsie Arntzen, Eric Greitens, Iowa, Iowa House, Iowa Senate, Kentucky House, Mark Johnson, Matt Bevin, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Utah State Board of Education

Common Core Roll Back Bill Introduced in the Iowa Senate

January 23, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

State Senator Brad Zaun (R-Urbandale) introduces a bill in the Iowa Senate that would essentially roll back Iowa’s standards to what they were in 2006.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2015 Bills, Brad Zaun, Common Core State Standards, Iowa, Iowa Core, Iowa Core Curriculum, Iowa Senate, SF 16

Contact Iowa House-Senate Conference Committee to Strip SBAC Language from Bill

April 9, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

The Iowa House and Iowa Senate have put together a conference committee to iron out differences in their respective education reform bills. Of specific concern is a provision in the amended HF 215 which grants the Iowa Department of Education authority to mandate a different assessment (from what is already required by state law)  to […]

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: Amy Sinclair, Cecil Dolecheck, Common Core State Standards, Frank Wood, Herman Quirmbach, HF 215, Iowa House, Iowa House-Senate Education Reform Conference Committee, Iowa Senate, Joni Ernst, Mary Jo Wilhelm, Quentin Stanerson, Ron Jorgensen, Sharon Steckman, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, Tod Bowman

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