DES MOINES — Republican senators are working with Gov. Kim Reynolds to direct federal money to cover a projected $7 million shortfall that hit Iowa preschools when enrollments dropped as parents kept their kids home during the COVID-19 pandemic.Sen. Amy Sinclair, R-Allerton, chair of the Iowa Senate Education Committee, told a subcommittee meeting Tuesday she is working with the governor’s office to use federal early childhood dollars as part of a measure being formulated to provide one-time supplemental school funding to help districts that incurred costs related to the pandemic, the Aug.
Federal Aid Could Ease Preschool Losses From Pandemic In Iowa
Rod Boshart, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Tue, 03/16/2021 - 2:42pm
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Topics: Iowa Linn County Cedar Rapids
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