by Rep. Dustin Hite
It was another busy week at the Statehouse. I started on Monday by taking the gavel and sitting in the Speaker’s chair for the opening of Monday’s session. The rest of the week was filled with committees and subcommittees and is now ending with a blizzard. On Tuesday evening, the Iowa House passed House File 228, a bill which removes the ability of school districts to deny requests for open enrollment due to voluntary diversity plans adopted by the school districts. There are currently five districts in the state with voluntary diversity plans Des Moines, Waterloo, Postville, West Liberty, and Davenport and this bill now gives students in those districts the same option as students in all other districts to open enroll out.
Health Care Update Starts Eggs And Issues For 2021
Oskaloosa, Iowa – The pandemic has forced nearly everything to be different this past year, and Eggs and Issues changed with the times as well.
The bi-weekly forum sponsored by the Mahaska Chamber and Development Group is typically held at Smokey Row Coffee in downtown Oskaloosa. Due to COVID-19 concerns, it was broadcast live over social media and MCG.
Individuals could ask the panel, made up of Mahaska Health and Mahaska County Emergency Management representatives, questions over social media.
Patty Malloy, Public Health Coordinator, explained that Mahaska County is currently vaccinating individuals in the 1A group, of healthcare workers and long-term care facilities.
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