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Iowa Department of Education

Advisory: Meeting Notice for Instructional Time Task Force

Iowa Department of Education Director Jason Glass today announced a meeting of the Instructional Time Task Force on Monday, Oct. 1, at 1 p.m.

 

Iowa School Safety

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A new school safety guide was put in place earlier this year to assist schools in establishing plans and procedures to make their facilities, students and staff safer.  Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division (HSEMD) put in place this guide, which covers a variety of emergencies, including how to respond to an intruder with a gun who enters a school intending to do harm.

View the 2012 Iowa School Safety Guide

 

Advisory: Meeting Notice for Task Force on Teacher Leadership and Compensation

Iowa Department of Education Director Jason Glass today announced a meeting of the Task Force on Teacher Leadership and Compensation on Friday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

 

Gov. Branstad announces Iowa school districts receive Teacher Incentive Funding

Gov. Terry E. Branstad announced today that the Central Decatur Community School District and the Saydel Community School District won a grant in partnership with the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching (NIET) from the U. S. Department of Education’s 2012 Teacher Incentive Fund.

 

Governor’s Bullying Prevention Summit

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In a show of unity, determination and support, nearly 1,200 Iowans came together for the Governor’s Bullying Prevention Summit in Des Moines on Nov 27. The goal: Stand up to bullying.

The summit featured a number of speakers from Iowa communities, as well as state and national experts who presented strategies about how to combat bullying.

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“Bullying is not exclusive to schools – it can be at malls, places of worship,” Sioux City Superintendent Paul Gausman (pictured here), a featured speaker, told the audience. “At some point in your life, you have been bullied. Other times perhaps a bystander. And if you’re totally honest, you may even admit that at one point in your life, you were a bully yourself.”

 


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Message from the Department

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School Leader Update

May 2013 School Leader Update

The is icon May 2013 School Leader Update now available.

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Public Notice

Notice for public comment

The Iowa Department of Education will request a waiver for the approval of an amendment to Iowa’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 School Improvement Grants Application to extend the waiver previously granted under section 421(b) of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA), 20 U.S.C. § 1225(b), to extend the period of availability of the fiscal year (FY) 2009 School Improvement Grant (SIG) funds awarded under Section 1003(g) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended, until September 30, 2014.

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