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Growing Iowa School Districts Turn To Debt To Meet Demands, But So Do Non-Growing Districts

By Lauren Wade | April 22, 2019

Several Iowa school districts have taken on debt the last 17 years, with one district owing as much as $35,448 per student, to handle student enrollment increases but also repairs to aging buildings. The question they face is: how to manage that debt?

Education

Most Iowa School Districts Don’t Comply With Americans With Disabilities Act

By Hannah Soyer | May 16, 2016

When Cael Rudkin was in first grade at West Marshall Elementary School he got stuck outside one day because none of the school’s doors had handicap accessible push buttons. Fact is, the majority of Iowa school districts reviewed by the Iowa Department of Education do not meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards, an IowaWatch investigation revealed.