DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad today signed the following bill into law:
Senate File 130: an Act relating to public funding and regulatory matters and making, reducing, transferring, and supplementing appropriations for expenditures in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and including effective date provisions.
“Lt. Gov. Reynolds and I appreciate that the 1st bill passed by the Iowa legislature, responsibly balances the budget for fiscal year 2017,” said Gov. Terry Branstad. “As I said in my Condition of the State address, these adjustments are required by law. I’m pleased that the legislature made the tough decisions early in the session exempting K-12 education funding, Medicaid payments and property tax backfill for local governments from reduction, providing stability for Iowa schools, businesses, and families.”
The bill passed the Iowa House 58-38 on Jan. 30, 2017 and the Iowa Senate on Jan. 26, 2017, 28-19.
Among the hardest hit in the bill is the Department of education, losing over $4.5 million. Also, community colleges lose $3 million. The Department of natural resources loses $1.3 million. The Department of Corrections is cut $5.5 million. The Department of human services loses $3.8 million. The grow Iowa values fund loses $12 million.
The state of Iowa had a $622 million surplus in fiscal year 2015.
Actually, when you factor in the benefits and actual work schedule, teachers are paid quite well. Compared to other professions with a four year degree. They have opportunities to make even more income if so driven in the summer months. A pretty good gig, they just like bitching.
DAmmit those kids deserve better god dammit give those teachers more $$$ so they teach better
Actually competitive teacher salaries do lead to better education. The best teachers go where the money is and they get hired, it’s plain and simple. Look at Arizona, their teachers are paid nothing and they are 48th in the state for education. With the voucher program Iowa wants to implement, the best teachers will end up in private schools where most of the “working class” won’t be able to afford to send their kids. It fits with the Republican agenda of “dumbing down” America to get more Republican voters. People are too dumb to realize they are voting against their best interests.
It sure hasn’t worked so far. So, once again you are full of shit.
Don’t look now, but there goes one of the dumbed down Republicans I was referring to! Careful, if you use words with more than three syllables or scientifically proven facts it will recoil in fear and run back to its safe space! Just because public education failed you doesn’t mean it’s failing everyone. Some people are just destined to be stupid, and you’re exhibit A.
Oh, now you went and hurt my feeling. What a terrible thing to do. Like I give a shit about the opinion of a overeducated snob with zero intelligence.
Do ESL students factor into your AZ numbers? It would explain a lot.