Governor Signs School Funding Bill

(Des Moines, IA) — Governor Kim Reynolds has signed the first bill into law from this session of the Iowa Legislature. Reynolds signed the bill which provides Iowa school districts a two-and-a-half percent increase in funding for each student in the next budget year. The plan Republicans backed gives schools an estimated 159 million dollars in new money. Democrats say that isn’t enough money, and sought to raise school funding by 300 million dollars this year.