ICYMI: Republican Education Budget Chair Blames Reynolds Budget Crisis for Lack of School Funding

In an interview with KMALand, Republican State Representative Cecil Dolecheck, Chairman of the House Education Budget Committee, admitted that the Reynolds Budget Crisis is the reason Republicans in the State Legislature will not provide more funding to Iowa schools this year.

From KMALand :

 In an interview on KMA’s “Morning Line” program Monday morning, State Representative Cecil Dolecheck says legislators favor the lower allowable growth rate because of the need to pay off funds borrowed by the governor out of the State Emergency Fund.

“We just felt that the revenue was not there to be able to do that ,” said Dolecheck. “The governor had not paid back the money borrowed from cash reserves last year. The House had agreed to pay it all back in one year. The governor didn’t do that. So, we just didn’t feel that we could take the full one-and-a-half to do that. So, we agreed on the 1%.”

For more on the Reynolds Budget Crisis’ impact on education, visit ReynoldsBudgetCrisis.org.