LISTEN: Iowa Lawmakers Have Released K-12 Funding Proposals

Iowa Public Radio | By Clay Masters,

Katarina Sostaric

Published February 8, 2021 at 11:21 AM CST

IPR Morning Edition host Clay Masters talks about what happened last week in the Iowa legislature with IPR state government reporter Katarina Sostaric and what to expect this week.

The Iowa House and Senate have released their K-12 funding proposals, and the battle between Republicans and Democrats over adequate coronavirus mitigation protocols continues. The Senate has proposed a 2.2 percent increase and the House and governor have proposed a 2.5 percent increase in K-12 funding. That's in line with past couple of years.

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Clay Masters

Clay Masters is the senior politics reporter for MPR News.

Katarina Sostaric

Katarina Sostaric is IPR's State Government Reporter, with expertise in state government and agencies, state officials and how public policy affects Iowans' lives. She's covered Iowa's annual legislative sessions, the closure of state agencies, and policy impacts on family planning services and access, among other topics, for IPR, NPR and other public media organizations. Sostaric is a graduate of the University of Missouri.

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LISTEN: Iowa Lawmakers Have Released K-12 Funding Proposals

IPR Morning Edition host Clay Masters talks about what happened last week in the Iowa legislature with IPR state government reporter Katarina Sostaric and what to expect this week.

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