Public Policy Research

White Papers and Presentations

View this PPT on poverty in Iowa, with maps showing the free and reduced-price percentages by school district for each year from FY 2001 through FY 2023 from the ISFIS Interactive Mapping Tool.

View Iowa Youth Survey data for various years.

View the Iowa Policy Project article titled "Strengthening Public Education:  No New Subsidies to Private Schools" published October 25, 2018.

View the Iowa Policy Project and Child and Family Policy Center article on "Taxpayer Support of Private Education in Iowa" published November 2, 2018.

View the annual publication of data and statistics on Iowa's government, economy, and population in the LSA 2017 FACTBOOK, published July 12, 2018

View Tax Policy and Tax Cuts Analysis White Paper prepared by ISFIS, April 20, 2018

View Mandatory Retention: Iowa Rethinks an Unproven and Expensive State Policy Presentation by ISFIS, at Administrator Days in Kearney, NE, July 27, 2018

View Resources/Sources for 3rd Grade Retention, Reading Interventions, Other Strategies to Improve Literacy from the presentation at Administrator Days in Kearney, NE, July 26, 2017

View the Legislative Priorities & Advocacy Resources for Education Presentation from the Iowa ASCD Conference, by ISFIS Partners, from February 8, 2017

View the Iowa Demographics & Education Funding Then and Now Presentation from the University of Iowa Distinguished Speakers Series, featuring ISFIS Partners, from December 10, 2015

View the Analysis of Early Intervention/Class Size Block Grant White Paper prepared by ISFIS, April 1, 2013

 

Legislative Reports

January 2022 - View the Iowa Department of Education Supplemental Assistance for High-Need Schools Report per 284.11

January 2020 - View the FY 2019 SILO/SAVE Report from the Iowa Department of Education.

January 2020 - View the Commission on Educator Leadership and Compensation Report - Three Year Report (2017-19) from the Iowa Department of Education.  

January 2020 - Iowa Department of Education report on Early ACCESS Council Governor's Report per 34 CFR §303.604c.

January 2020 - Iowa Department of Education report on General Assembly for Supplemental Assistance for High-Need Schools Report per 284.11.

January 2020 - Iowa Department of Education report for Child Development Coordinating Council Annual Report per 256A.3.

January 2020 - Iowa Department of Education report for Iowa Autism Council Report per 256.35A.

January 2020 - Iowa Department of Education report for FY 2019 Adult Education and Literacy Program Report per 260C.50.

December 2019 - Iowa Department of Education report for FY 2019 Statewide Work-Based Intermediary Network Report per 256.40.

November 2019 - DOE Dyslexia Response Task Force Report per SF2360 §1 and per 2018 Iowa Acts, Ch. 1122.1. This report is available here.

2013 - Iowa Department of Education report from ELL Task Force 2013

 

Legal Updates

December 13, 2019 - School Finance Formula Review Committee Meeting

 

Issue Reviews 

Issue Reviews from the Iowa Legislature are below. These reviews concern PK-12 schools and taxes. You can find a complete list of Issue Reviews on the Issue Reviews page on the Iowa Legislature website. Click on the title for a PDF version of the document.

 

Fiscal Topics 

Fiscal Topics from the Iowa Legislature are below. These topics concern PK-12 schools and taxes. You can find a complete list of Fiscal Topics on the Fiscal Topics page on the Iowa Legislature website.  Click on the title for a PDF version of the document.