Governor Reynolds’ Condition of the State
January 10, 2023
- State ranked #1 for opportunity
- Prioritize quality education
- Funding isn’t the answer
- Not about public versus private
- Comprehensive Education Reform Package
- School choice bill
- Education savings account for private schools
- $7,598/pupil
- For students already attending private, phase them in over three years, focusing on families with lowest income levels
- Education savings account for private schools
- Leader in work-based learning
- Highest number of new apprenticeship programs
- Last year, launched nation’s first teacher apprenticeship programs
- Expected to have 1,000 by next year
- Iowa Workforce Development (IWD)
- Establish the Iowa Office of Apprenticeship
- Moving to IWD:
- Secondary CTE
- Work-based Learning Intermediary Network
- Adult Education – Literacy and ESL
- PACE Regional Sector Boards
- Some schools consistently test in bottom 5%
- Department of Education to provide tailored support
- Specialized training on science of reading to improve early childhood literacy
- Provide curriculum
- Experts on the ground, talking to teachers/administrators and observing classroom instruction
- Provide recommendations
- Department of Education to provide tailored support
- School choice bill
- Iowa Code
- Eliminating redundant reporting requirements
- Giving schools more opportunity to take advantage of dual enrollment
- Currently, $100million earmarked for programs unspent in school districts
- Give schools freedom to use funds to increase teachers’ salaries
- Eliminating redundant reporting requirements
- Increase funding for the health care apprenticeship program created last year from $3 to $15 million
- Adding apprenticeships for emergency medical services, mental and behavior health, and direct support professionals
- Currently have 37 executive branch cabinet members
- Eleven agencies currently operate some kind of workforce program (more than 100 professional licensing functions)
- Reduce the number of cabin-level departments (37 down to 16) by aligning agencies with similar business operations to leverage shared services, improve efficiency, and decrease costs.
- Centralized similar programs:
- Department of Inspections and Appeals
- Expand Administrative Hearings Division
- Create a new Professional Licensing Division to include health and occupational licenses
- Department of Corrections will merge with Community-Based Corrections
- The following departments will move to Department of Education:
- Board of Educational Examiners
- STEM Advisory Council
- The following departments will move to the Department of Health and Human Services:
- Department of Aging
- Early Childhood Iowa
- Centralized similar programs:
- Administrative Code
- Currently has 20,000 pages and 190,000 restrictive terms
- Executive Order
- Puts a moratorium on new rulemaking
- Directs state agencies to assess their existing rules
- Must meet standard or rules will be repealed