After pushback to her original plan, Gov. Kim Reynolds has rolled out a revised version of her bill to overhaul Iowa’s Area Education Agencies, which oversee special education services in schools.
The legislation lays out several of the governors education priorities entering the 2024 legislative session, which she first announced as part of her annual Condition of the State address on Jan. 9, including exercising more state control over the AEAs and boosting teacher pay.
It’s Reynolds’ latest attempt to make widespread changes to Iowa’s K-12 schools after leading passage of a law last year allowing families access to taxpayer-funded savings accounts to pay private school costs.
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