ALSO AT THE STATE HOUSE TODAY, LAWMAKERS BEGAN LOOKING AT A PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE STATE’S SCHOOL ATTENDANCE POLICY. CURRENT LAW REQUIRES IOWA SCHOOLS TO TAKE ACTION IF STUDENTS ARE CHRONICALLY ...

AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN MAKE SOME HEADWAY NOW THA Classes are canceled Tuesday for a northwestern Iowa elementary school due to illnesses. Laurens-Marathon's elementary school in Pocahontas County ...

The governor’s proposal to ban students from using cell phones during class time has cleared initial review in the Iowa Senate. School districts would have to adopt policies for cell phone use ...

Iowa’s K-12 students returning to school after summer break in August would have to put away their cellphones during class if lawmakers pass a bill Gov. Kim Reynolds is headlining as a top ...

The Iowa Senate Education Committee has approved a bill that would change Iowa’s limitation on when public and private schools can start in the fall. Current law says August 23 is the earliest ...

School districts report to the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services when a building reaches an absentee threshold of 10%. The most recent data released for the week that ended on Jan. 25 ...

A bill under review in the Iowa House would give the state’s smallest school districts a bit more budget flexibility. The bill is designed for districts with fewer than 200 students for three ...

The third edition of the Iowa high school girls state wrestling tournament, which will be hosted at Xtream Arena in Coralville on Feb. 6-7, is nearly upon us. Like any wrestling state tournament ...

At a minimum, schools would be required to ban cellphone use during instructional time. The governor’s office, teacher groups and Iowa school administrators said such policies help improve ...

Schools in Iowa and across the country are working to assure families they still have some protections after President Donald Trump's administration authorized federal agents to carry out ...

Iowa lawmakers advanced a bill Monday requiring public schools to replace references to the Gulf of Mexico and Denali with references to the “Gulf of America” and “Mount McKinley” in classroom ...