The Iowa Department of Education sets the standards for all public institutions of education in Iowa and accredits private as well as public schools. It is headquartered in Des Moines.[1] The Iowa Department of Education consists of 8 bureaus.[2] The department works with the oversight of the Board of Education. The Board of Education consists of 11 members and was founded in 1857.[3] The Department of Education uses the Iowa Statewide Assessment for Student Progress (ISASP). As of 2019, the board allocated $2.7 million for school districts and $300,000 for accredited nonpublic schools.[4]

References

  1. ^ Home page. Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on August 31, 2009.
  2. ^ "2020 Condition of Education Annual Report" (PDF). educateiowa.gov. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  3. ^ Perry, T.B. "The Board of Education". The Annals of Iowa 3 (1897). Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  4. ^ Friedel, Jan; Fletcher, Jeffery A. (2020). "Iowa". Journal of Education Finance. 45 (3): 297.

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