Iowa State Representative/Educator
Joined January 2009
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Sharon Steckman retweeted
Democratic State Rep Sharon Steckman offering amendment that strikes everything in the bill except the section creating a task force.
"There is no reason for the rest of the bill." After task force spends this year studying AEAs, #ialegis can come back next year and act.
Iowa House debating House Republicans' AEA bill, which diverts from the governor's proposal.
Rep. Skyler Wheeler: This bill does not cut a single AEA job and does not change special education in Iowa. Includes operational sharing and creates a task force to study AEAs. #ialegis
Sharon Steckman retweeted
Siegrist acknowledged the bill "gives me some heartburn in some areas" but he does support it. The task force will help state figure out how to improve special education in Iowa.
"Nothing changes with special education" under this bill, he claims.
Report: Iowa colleges seeing more students leave state after graduation share.newsbreak.com/69fkmoym
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Sharon Steckman retweeted
State government runs on high octane pure red ideology that must seep into every nook and cranny in Iowa. thegazette.com/staff-columni…
Sharon Steckman retweeted
Here's your reminder that Ms. Hinson and her husband took out a PPP loan and it was cancelled. She isn't paying it back. Apparently you pay back a loan unless you are Ms. Hinson. Her fake outrage would be more interesting if she wasn't a hypocrite.
Well said Rep. Turek!
Check out my op-ed in the Des Moines Register on the Condition of the State for the disabled in Iowa
Spoiler alert.. Iowa is not a good place to be disabled!
desmoinesregister.com/story/…
Sharon Steckman retweeted
Not one Iowa Senate Republican voted against a blood donation bill that the Iowa Medical Society and every major blood bank opposed.
My reporting on a low-profile bill that says a lot about #ialegis culture, with video highlights from the Senate debate: bleedingheartland.com/2024/0…
Iowa college graduates leaving state for better career opportunities share.newsbreak.com/68mkmms1
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Sharon Steckman retweeted
New post: Heather Sievers has a daughter with a rare condition that caused significant developmental delays.
She tells her family's story, which shows that Iowa's integrated AEA system "works and is a national treasure."
bleedingheartland.com/2024/0…
Letters to the editor: Will Iowans and AEAs get stung? stormlake.com/articles/lette…
Iowa Republicans are fast-tracking a bill from Gov. @kimreynoldsia that defines “man” and “woman” in state law. It’s been panned by opponents as “LGBTQ erasure” and a violation of privacy, while the governor’s office coined it ... share.newsbreak.com/64eeozus
Iowa kids deserve better! Now is your time to speak out against Governor Reynolds’s cuts to AEAs before the subcommittee on Wednesday (1/31). 1️⃣ Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/… 2️⃣ Leave a comment in opposition to the bill: bit.ly/3OiWZdd #ialegis
Sharon Steckman retweeted
The governor is doubling down on her proposal to gut the Area Education Agencies, hoping an ad campaign will turn R lawmakers away from their constituents and get them back under her thumb.
Here’s why so many Iowans are speaking out against dismantling the AEAs:
New post: David Tilly, a special educator and former deputy director of the Iowa Dept of Education, gave me permission to publish the letter he sent to #Iowa lawmakers flagging problems w/ governor's proposed overhaul of Area Education Agencies. #ialegis bleedingheartland.com/2024/0…
Sharon Steckman retweeted
Gov. Reynolds proposes a 2.5% increase in SSA for public schools while new state voucher plan for private schools comes in $20 million over expected costs. Somethings wrong with this picture. #vouchers
Sharon Steckman retweeted
SIGN THE PETITION: Join the thousands of Iowans concerned about the cuts to AEAs proposed by Governor Reynolds. Iowa kids deserve better. Sign the petition at: actionnetwork.org/petitions/…. #ialegis
Totally agree...Auditor airs concerns about proposed overhaul of Iowa AEAs radioiowa.com/2024/01/10/aud…
Iowa lawmakers starve public schools of needed cash share.newsbreak.com/5w47gdha
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As Kim Reynolds pitches special education changes, Department of Education posts 29 new jobs share.newsbreak.com/5vwjuevb
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So she is assuming the House and the Senate will just rubber stamp whatever she wants. Is that the way democracy works???
As Kim Reynolds pitches special education changes, Department of Education posts 29 new jobs share.newsbreak.com/5vwjuevb
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