Highlights in this edition:

• Even with Declining Enrollments, Support for Iowa Community Colleges Rose During Last Decade
  • Data shows a 67.7 percent increase in state funding per student over the previous decade
• House Republicans Continue to Fight for Parental Choice and Return to 100% In-Person School
  • The science is clear, convincing and continues to support safe in-person classrooms
• Continued Pattern of First Amendment Ignorance at Regent Schools
  • Oversight Committee held its first hearing on First Amendment Neglect at Regent Schools
• Bill to Add Political Ideology to the Iowa Civil Rights Code Clears First Hurdle
  • Anti-free speech movements and ideologies are becoming more and more pervasive within the media, big tech and higher education
• House Ways & Means Passes Child Care Tax Credit Increases for Parents
  • House File 1 make the credits available to all taxpayers with net incomes of less than $90,000 starting with tax year 2021