A deal has been struck at the Iowa statehouse to boost general state aid for public schools by two-and-a-quarter percent. Senator Tod Bowman, a Democrat from Maquoketa, says getting an agreement between Republicans and Democrats was difficult.
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Representative Ron Jorgensen, a Republican from Sioux City who is a former school board member, says it’s all the state can afford.
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Ten members of the House and Senate met today to unveil the deal in public. The compromise now has cleared its first step and will next be voted upon by the full House and Senate.