KCCI - District 91心頭istration District 91心頭istration Media Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:23:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Bill requiring Iowa high school students to pass a citizenship test heads to House floor /bill-requiring-iowa-high-school-students-to-pass-a-citizenship-test-heads-to-house-floor/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:59:06 +0000 /?p=170856 House Study Bill 30 would require students to pass a U.S. citizenship and immigration services naturalization civics test to receive their high school diploma. The test would consist of multiple-choice questions chosen at random from the 100-question pool.

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]]> Iowa high school students could soon be required to pass a civics test to graduate and receive their diploma.

House Study Bill 30 would require students to pass a U.S. citizenship and immigration services naturalization civics test to receive their high school diploma. The test would consist of multiple-choice questions chosen at random from the 100-question pool.

A student would need to answer at least 60% correctly to pass. A student who fails could retake the test as many times as necessary.

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]]> Chronic absenteeism law helps, frustrates Iowa school districts /article/chronic-absenteeism-law-helps-frustrates-iowa-school-districts/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 14:32:31 +0000 /?p=168891 A new state law meant to crack down on chronically absent students went into effect at the start of the academic year. Its been a source of frustration for districts and families. Waukee Superintendent Brad Buck says it's an important effort, but a tough one to put into place. It took more hours than anticipated.

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]]> A new state law meant to crack down on chronically absent students went into effect at the start of the academic year. Its been a source of frustration for districts and families. Waukee Superintendent Brad Buck says it’s an important effort, but a tough one to put into place. It took more hours than anticipated.

When the Legislature ran this, they said, Youve already got plenty of money to do this. It has turned into a bit of an unfunded mandate locally and not just in Waukee, Buck said.

Joshua Brown, president of the Iowa State Education Association, has heard from administrators across Iowa. He said the law is an example of government overreach.

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