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Students are pictured at a Rochester Elementary School pre-K classroom. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)

Report: Illinois stalls in efforts to expand preschool compared to other states

Article Summary A 2025 nationwide report on statewide early childhood education found that Illinois stalled in efforts to expand preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds. Recent governor-led initiatives ...

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Education BLEEDING HEARTLAND: Iowa House speaker not looking for AEA funding fix By LAURA BELIN Bleeding Heartland – 4/15/24

Originally posted on April 14 Iowa House Republicans are unlikely to push for changing the new state law on services currently provided by Area Education Agencies (AEA), House Speaker Pat Grassley ...

Education BLEEDING HEARTLAND: ‘Take time to read this bill’: House Dem flagged AEA funding ‘oversight’ By LAURA BELIN Bleeding Heartland – 4/05/24

Barely a week after Governor Kim Reynolds signed an overhaul of Iowa’s Area Education Agencies, House Republicans are looking for ways to change the law’s provisions on media and education ...

Education BLEEDING HEARTLAND: Iowa House GOP’s ‘big wins’ won’t avert big problems for AEAs By LAURA BELIN Bleeding Heartland – 3/25/24

Originally published on March 24 Iowa House leaders attempted to wrap up work last week on the thorniest issue of the 2024 session: overhauling the Area Education Agencies (AEAs) to comply with ...

Economy Kentucky school districts say SNAP cuts legislation could worsen student hunger By NADIA RAMLAGAN Kentucky News Connection – 3/20/24

Kentucky school districts say a proposed bill to tighten restrictions on SNAP participation will lead to an uptick in student hunger. House Bill 367 would lower the income threshold for SNAP ...

Education Iowa lawmakers dismiss private school voucher ethics complaint By MARK MORAN Iowa News Connection – 3/19/24

An ethics committee in the Republican-led Iowa House has dismissed a complaint filed by a group of community activists against a state lawmaker for his support of the state’s Education Savings ...

Education BLEEDING HEARTLAND: Iowa superintendents sound alarm about AEA changes By LAURA BELIN Bleeding Heartland – 3/19/24

Originally published on March 19 Superintendents from more than 30 Iowa school districts warned state legislators on March 17 that major changes to Area Education Agencies (AEAs) “will have grave ...

Economy Teacher pay proposal advances in South Dakota Legislature By MIKE MOEN Greater Dakota News Service – 2/22/24

South Dakota lawmakers are taking a close look at teacher pay this session. A specific plan to establish salary requirements cleared the House this week. South Dakota has consistently ranked near the ...

Education Persistent state budget cuts create inadequate funding for Texas schools By ROZ BROWN Texas News Service – 1/25/24

A new report shows persistent state budget cuts in 80% of U.S. states — including Texas — deprive public schools of the funding they experienced before the Great Recession. The ...

Democracy BLEEDING HEARTLAND: Court blocks Iowa’s ‘staggeringly broad’ book bans, teaching restrictions By LAURA BELIN Bleeding Heartland – 1/02/24

Originally published on Dec. 31, 2023 The state of Iowa cannot enforce key parts of a new law that sought to ban books depicting sex acts from schools and prohibit instruction “relating to gender ...

Education BLEEDING HEARTLAND: State gaslights on Iowa’s book ban, ‘Don’t say Gay/Trans’ law By LAURA BELIN Bleeding Heartland – 12/26/23

Originally posted on Dec. 25 A federal judge will soon decide whether to block enforcement of all or part of an Iowa law that imposed many new regulations on public school libraries and educators. ...

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