• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Politics / Govt / Group asks for state funding for school fix up

Group asks for state funding for school fix up

April 29, 1999 By admin

A group which seeks state tax dollars to fix up local schools staged a rallyoutside the capitol today. John Desmond of Waterloo says it’s time for thestate to supplement local property tax dollars used for school constructionand renovation.Desmond is a member of a group known as Iowans United to Save our Schools.Republicans who control the legislature’s debate agenda oppose the idea ofsending more state aid to schools for school fix-up, arguing localadministrators and taxpayers should be making those infrastructure decisions– and investments.”Save our Schools” intends a year-long campaign to convince policy-makers toinvest state dollars in school construction.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Politics / Govt Tagged With: Legislature, Taxes

Featured Stories

Biden calls man quizzing him at town hall ‘a damn liar’

Governor ends public airing of state agency budget requests

Former Manchester hospital CEO given suspended 10-year sentence

After 70 years, southwest Iowa woman files final ‘Up a Country Lane’ column

Sioux City residents can once again own pit bulls

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Iowa State’s Campbell agrees to contract extension

Epenesa and Duncan honored by B1G

Iowa’s Nunge sidelined by knee injury

State board proposes changes for sports eligibility, creation of summer dead period

Iowa’s Epenesa honored by B1G

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2019 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC