There is a misleading number on the loose as crunch time looms for school funding legislation. Backers of the zero allowable growth [ZAG] bill that passed the Iowa House assert that even in that scenario the state’s schools will receive $286 million more than they did last year. That’s because the legislature will finally make … Read more »

It’s the time of year when school district budgets spill onto the table like jigsaw puzzles to be pieced together. Now that the legislature has convened and the governor has proposed zero percent allowable growth in school funding for the next two years I thought we should post a primer on school finance to enable … Read more »