Des Moines, Iowa (Feb. 1, 2018) - The package proposed today by House legislative leaders is an important step forward in addressing top priorities of Iowa school boards. "Iowa school boards and districts want and need sustainable funding for school infrastructure and technology, broadened flexibility and local control, transportation cost relief and equitable school funding," said Emily Piper, lobbyist for the Iowa Association of School Boards (IASB).

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. (February 1, 2018) -The University of Wisconsin-Platteville announces its Dean's List, honoring those full-time students who earned high honors in their respective colleges in the fall 2017 semester.

IOWA CITY, IA (01/31/2018)-- The following area students received their degrees from the University of Iowa at the close of the fall 2017 semester.

Conor Bryant of Bettendorf, IA (52722)-BSE-Biomedical Engineering

Erich Byers of Bettendorf, IA (52722)-BS-Actuarial Science

Julia Davidson of Bettendorf, IA (52722)-BA-Journalism and Mass Communication

Kayla French of Bettendorf, IA (52722)-BA-Psychology

Maegan Gorham of Bettendorf, IA (52722)-JD-Law

General Assembly should swiftly move cleanup

SPRINGFIELD (Jan. 26, 2018) — A compromise negotiated this week has paved the way for more Illinois schools to participate in the Invest in Kids scholarship tax-credit program, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner announced today. The move leaves the General Assembly clear to act swiftly to fully implement the requested cleanups to the state’s historic funding law.