Davenport Community Schools Hosts Iowa Legislator’s
Presentation on School Funding Issues

Iowa State Representative Ed Fallon (D-Des Moines) will stop in Davenport on Friday, January 9, at 3 p.m. in the Jim Hester Board Room of the Administration Services Center of the Davenport Community Schools, 1606 Brady Street, as part of his 99-county tour to build support for increased state funding of education in Iowa. 

Board members and staff of the Davenport Community Schools – as well as parents and interested community members – are invited to attend Fallon’s presentation.

He is proposing to shift $41 million from the Iowa Values Fund to Iowa’s schools, improving the state’s funding for K-12 and higher education.  The bill is co-sponsored by Rep. Scott Raecker (R-Urbandale).  As a result of the recent 2.5% across-the-board-budget cut, K-12 education lost $48 million in funding earlier this year. 

Such cuts have an immediate impact on school districts throughout the state – often resulting in reduced services or increased program restrictions; including such significant steps as potential school closures, school district consolidations and staff reductions.