Sharon Steckman

Iowa State Representative/Educator

[Bleeding Heartland @LauraRBelin]

Democratic State Rep Sharon Steckman offering amendment that strikes everything in the bill except the section creating a task force.
"There is no reason for the rest of the bill." After task force spends this year studying AEAs, #ialegis can come back next year and act.

[Bleeding Heartland @LauraRBelin]

Siegrist acknowledged the bill "gives me some heartburn in some areas" but he does support it. The task force will help state figure out how to improve special education in Iowa.
"Nothing changes with special education" under this bill, he claims.

[Sharon Steckman @SSteckman]

Report: Iowa colleges seeing more students leave state after graduation https://t.co/XHJ7sIjyn7

[Todd Dorman @tdorman]

State government runs on high octane pure red ideology that must seep into every nook and cranny in Iowa. https://t.co/4BHJGOFRL8

[Patrick Kearney @kearneyiowa]

Here's your reminder that Ms. Hinson and her husband took out a PPP loan and it was cancelled. She isn't paying it back. Apparently you pay back a loan unless you are Ms. Hinson. Her fake outrage would be more interesting if she wasn't a hypocrite.

[Sharon Steckman @SSteckman]

Well said Rep. Turek!

[Josh Turek @turek4iowa]

Check out my op-ed in the Des Moines Register on the Condition of the State for the disabled in Iowa
Spoiler alert.. Iowa is not a good place to be disabled!
https://t.co/IPWRCxiYeN

[Bleeding Heartland @LauraRBelin]

Not one Iowa Senate Republican voted against a blood donation bill that the Iowa Medical Society and every major blood bank opposed.
My reporting on a low-profile bill that says a lot about #ialegis culture, with video highlights from the Senate debate: https://t.co/WE8JKq1aPG

[Sharon Steckman @SSteckman]

Iowa college graduates leaving state for better career opportunities https://t.co/SCeOeYp0H5

[Bleeding Heartland @LauraRBelin]

New post: Heather Sievers has a daughter with a rare condition that caused significant developmental delays.
She tells her family's story, which shows that Iowa's integrated AEA system "works and is a national treasure."
https://t.co/Go2KErS7ce

[Sharon Steckman @SSteckman]

@KonfrstForHouse @turek4iowa Josh is the
Representative we all need an Iowa!

[Sharon Steckman @SSteckman]

Letters to the editor: Will Iowans and AEAs get stung? https://t.co/05ze2GrTbH

[Sharon Steckman @SSteckman]

https://t.co/qcjKJQlZru

[Sharon Steckman @SSteckman]

Iowa Republicans are fast-tracking a bill from Gov. @kimreynoldsia that defines “man” and “woman” in state law. It’s been panned by opponents as “LGBTQ erasure” and a violation of privacy, while the governor’s office coined it ... https://t.co/cvfuO5WUoW

[Sharon Steckman @SSteckman]

Iowa kids deserve better! Now is your time to speak out against Governor Reynolds’s cuts to AEAs before the subcommittee on Wednesday (1/31).  1���⃣ Sign the petition: https://t.co/q2uUGpaPbM  2️⃣ Leave a comment in opposition to the bill: https://t.co/v0OkrEGDqU #ialegis

[Sarah Trone Garriott @SarahforIowa]

The governor is doubling down on her proposal to gut the Area Education Agencies, hoping an ad campaign will turn R lawmakers away from their constituents and get them back under her thumb.

Here’s why so many Iowans are speaking out against dismantling the AEAs:

[Randy Richardson @RandyOnEd]

Gov. Reynolds proposes a 2.5% increase in SSA for public schools while new state voucher plan for private schools comes in $20 million over expected costs. Somethings wrong with this picture. #vouchers

[Iowa House Democrats @iowahousedems]

SIGN THE PETITION: Join the thousands of Iowans concerned about the cuts to AEAs proposed by Governor Reynolds. Iowa kids deserve better. Sign the petition at: https://t.co/1FaQPfBJ2D. #ialegis

[Sharon Steckman @SSteckman]

@charliewishman You do realize that was fiction???

[Sharon Steckman @SSteckman]

Totally agree...Auditor airs concerns about proposed overhaul of Iowa AEAs https://t.co/5Mul7Hz8Qp

[Sharon Steckman @SSteckman]

Iowa lawmakers starve public schools of needed cash https://t.co/N0feMYGuyq