New bill raises the Iowa education standard
Brett Blakemore
Sports Editor
The standard of education has been an issue in the US for many
years now, and the state of Iowa believe they have the thing to raise just
that. As of today, Governor Branstad signed a bill making scoring a 25 on the
ACT test a requirement to graduate high school. This now goes along with the
standing requirements of completing guideways at ihaveaplaniowa.org and
giving a senior presentation.
“This will force Iowa students to study and become the elite of
students in their age group,” legislator Seth Rollins said. “It’s about time we
become a trailblazer in education, even if it leads to some studying and test
taking from students.”
This is the first time a bill like this has successfully passed
and made it to law after multiple attempts in 2012. The bill will go into
effect for the school year of 2015-2016 and will have no exceptions to the
requirements.
“It was important to me to force kids to start studying and build
test taking skills,” Rollins said. “Taking a test upwards of six or seven times
is just the way to do that.”
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