Post by Logan on Mar 13, 2016 0:24:03 GMT -6
Last spring, Iowa House Republicans and Senate Democrats settled a long fight over K-12 education funding with a compromise.
The state’s basic aid to schools would rise by a modest 1.25 percent — about $88 million — but districts would also get a one-time infusion of $55.7 million. The final deal emerged after five hours of negotiations one evening in May, ending five months of legislative bickering.
At the negotiating table in the weeks leading up to that breakthrough were not only Republican leaders from the House and Democratic leaders from the Senate, but also key staffers from Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad's administration, including then-Chief of Staff Matt Hinch and Budget Director David Roederer.
After tough negotiations, lawmakers believed that the education compromise they reached was a done deal — until five weeks later, when Branstad vetoed the $55.7 million line item. The episode raised partisan hostility at the Capitol, sowing distrust and complicating this year’s budget negotiations.
Read more: www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2016/03/12/sixth-term-new-branstad-style-unilateral/80804410/
The state’s basic aid to schools would rise by a modest 1.25 percent — about $88 million — but districts would also get a one-time infusion of $55.7 million. The final deal emerged after five hours of negotiations one evening in May, ending five months of legislative bickering.
At the negotiating table in the weeks leading up to that breakthrough were not only Republican leaders from the House and Democratic leaders from the Senate, but also key staffers from Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad's administration, including then-Chief of Staff Matt Hinch and Budget Director David Roederer.
After tough negotiations, lawmakers believed that the education compromise they reached was a done deal — until five weeks later, when Branstad vetoed the $55.7 million line item. The episode raised partisan hostility at the Capitol, sowing distrust and complicating this year’s budget negotiations.
Read more: www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2016/03/12/sixth-term-new-branstad-style-unilateral/80804410/