KateParksDbqSchoolBoard

As a professor and a mom, I am passionate about schools and will work hard to ensure that every student in Dubuque has access to a quality education.🍎

[Iowa Senate Democrats @IowaSenate]

“Even if a Democratic governor had proposed this bill, I would not be supporting it.”

Senator @PJochum identifies what the government reorganization scheme is really about: giving the governor and her cronies more power and less accountability. #ialegis

[Randy Richardson @RandyOnEd]

Ankeny school board wants to gut teacher contract. This is what happens when you lose collective bargaining rights
https://t.co/dkwRCVhogd

[Iowa Senate Democrats @IowaSenate]

Don’t have time to read Gov. Kim Reynolds’s 1,550-page Government Reorganization Power Grab bill?

Here’s what you need to know:

[Progress Iowa @ProgressIowa]

We believe Iowa's students deserve to thrive without politicians getting in the way. That's why we’re urging Iowa lawmakers to oppose HF 8 (now renumbered as HF 348), the "Don't Say Gay/Trans" bill, which would further marginalize LGBTQ students and cause harm. #Iowa

[Iowa House Democrats @iowahousedems]

Over the last decade, the Governor and #IAGOP have not adequately funded our public education system. Kids in every zip code in Iowa deserve a great education, and it is time for the legislature to renew its commitment to the state’s great public schools. #ialegis

[Randy Richardson @RandyOnEd]

Among all private schools in IA the share of white students in half of IA's private schools is at least 11 percentage points higher than the share of white students in the public school districts. #privateschools

[Sarah Trone Garriott @SarahforIowa]

.@EricGiddens4IA addressing the STEM Council: investing in STEM education helps prepare students for the future and keeps them in Iowa.

[Iowa Senate Democrats @IowaSenate]

A new bill from Gov. Reynolds removes the requirement that schools have a qualified teacher-librarian.

@MDonahueforIA is a teacher herself, and knows the value of trained teacher-librarians in our schools. Listen as she explains how lower standards hurts Iowa kids. #ialegis

[Claire Celsi @SenClaireCelsi]

Director of Education Ann Lebo has resigned. I guess she has lost confidence in her ability to watch our once excellent public education system go down the tubes under @IAGovernor Reynolds.

[ISEA @IowaSEA]

⚠️ 2/2/23 Ed Funding Update⚠️: the IA Senate passed SF 192 -setting SSA at 3%. This bill could be debated in the House as soon as Monday.

Please contact your state representative about the importance of adequate education funding in your local district: https://t.co/H8dbg771hZ

[Iowa Senate Democrats @IowaSenate]

.@SarahforIowa brought the receipts. The school funding plan Republicans forced through the Senate today will cut budgets for 71 Iowa school districts and threaten more rural schools with consolidation and closure. #ialegis

[KateParksDbqSchoolBoard @DbqKate]

Just horrific what the GOP is trying to do to public education. Why do so many fear examining history?

[Randy Richardson @RandyOnEd]

Iowa House bill that encourages reporting educators for teaching the truth advanced out of subcommittee yesterday. This legislation makes school districts pay up to $5,000 if action Republicans deem appropriate isn’t taken. And they wonder why Iowa has a teacher shortage…

[Sarah Trone Garriott @SarahforIowa]

Amendment by Senator @MDonahueforIA to add weighting for kids living in poverty and increase weighting for kids who need special education services. Iowa schools have been asking for poverty weighting for years, and there is a $144 million special ed deficit State wide.

[Randy Richardson @RandyOnEd]

As a former public school teacher I never dreamed we would become so reviled.
https://t.co/UDlFR2L5Yr

[Bleeding Heartland @LauraRBelin]

Continually struck by how overjoyed @IAGovernor was to punch down on trans kids, some of her most vulnerable constituents.
Yet she claims to care about children's mental health.
https://t.co/oB5WgClaOz

[Iowa Safe Schools @iowasafeschools]

This headline sums up what’s been happening at the capitol this week.

We need every single voice to be louder than ever to protect these kids 🏳️‍⚧️

Email [email protected] to get involved ASAP #ialegis @DMRegister

[Iowa Safe Schools @iowasafeschools]

THREAD: Iowa Safe Schools Statement on SF 83 & HF 9 Subcommittee Passage

Des Moines, IA (January 31, 2022) – Today, SF 83 & HF 9, a bill which would ban gender identity instruction in grades K-8 and a bill which would “out” transgender students passed subcommittees.

[Sarah Trone Garriott @SarahforIowa]

Today at 1:30 the Senate Education Committee is holding a subcommittee of the whole for school funding…again, cutting the public out of the process and fast tracking attacks on public education. A 2% increase does not keep up with 7% increase in costs—an effective cut.

[Iowa Senate Democrats @IowaSenate]

The “Don’t Say Trans” bill that Senate Republicans pushed forward today tells LGBTQ kids they aren’t welcome in our schools.

It’s dangerous, it’s wrong, and it goes against our Iowa values.

Senate Democrats are proud to support Iowa families – ALL Iowa families.
#ialegis

[Randy Richardson @RandyOnEd]

Iowans want @IAHouseGOP to support educators, not charge a fine if they speak honestly in the classroom! But, that’s what was proposed in HSB112. I’m urging my Representatives to get out of the classroom! Will you join me?