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Public commenters urge state to raise per-pupil funding and phase out taxpayer-funded ESA vouchers
Summary
During the Ames Community School District public forum, speakers blamed declining enrollment and falling state funding for local cuts and urged the district to support a resolution calling for a minimum 5% increase in state per-pupil funding and reinstatement of an ESA income cap to phase out taxpayer-funded ESAs within five years.
Public commenters at an Ames Community School District meeting urged the board to press state lawmakers for higher per-student funding and to restrict taxpayer-funded education savings accounts (ESAs).
An unidentified commenter, speaking during the public forum, said cuts that have hit Boone and Cedar Rapids schools — including staff reductions, hiring freezes and potential building consolidations — were driven by "declining enrollment combined with continued decreases in state funding that don't even keep up with inflation." The speaker introduced a resolution calling for "at minimum the…
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