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State Board approves FY‑26 budgets for nine Area Education Agencies after department review
Summary
After a department review and short Q&A with individual AEA chiefs, the State Board approved proposed FY‑26 budget reports and requests for nine Area Education Agencies, with directors recommending statutory compliance and multiple AEAs planning centers of excellence.
The State Board of Education on March 21 approved FY‑26 budget requests and reports for nine Iowa Area Education Agencies (AEAs) after department staff reviewed filings and AEA chiefs presented condensed budget summaries and answered board questions.
Department staff described a new, expedited review process: all nine AEAs submitted budgets on time (February 27–28); four budgets were initially returned for clarification related to the statutory 30% administrative expenditure reduction and other technical items; all AEAs resubmitted and the department finished review by March 5. For each AEA the department checked two items required by statute: (1) a plan to meet the 30%…
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