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[email protected] CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS Anson Elementary second-grade teacher Ginna Randall helps Juancarlo Ramirez Lagunas with some schoolwork on Friday. Ramirez is one of 5,332 students enrolled in the Marshalltown Community School District a reduction from last school year, but the district has proven it attracts students after setbacks. The Marshalltown Community School District lost 87.9 students in the past year, according to certified enrollment from the Iowa Department of Education (DOE). However, the loss was to be expected, as numerous public school districts across the state faced student population losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual certified enrollment is used by the DOE in the Iowa School Finance Formula for district funding, meaning districts receive money from the state based on the number of students. The more students, the higher amount of money. ....
REGIONALâEnrollment is down in public school districts across NâWest Iowa. Just five districts saw an overall increase in certified enrollment for 2020-21, led by the Sheldon School District adding two dozen more students than last year for a certified enrollment total of 1,096. Okoboji School District came next, adding 17.6 students for a certified enrollment of 1,033. The eight other districts reported enrollment decreases with several in the double digits. West Sioux School District had the sharpest decrease, dropping by 48.1 students for a certified enrollment 829.8. The changes mean possible expansions in some districts while others look to gradually trim staff through early retirement to stay within shrinking budgets. ....
There was a time when Iowa lawmakers took up funding for K-12 schools in the first month of each legislative session to highlight the priority Iowans place on education. That was changed a few years ago, giving legislators more time to get a better handle on state finances before making a decision on one of the largest slices of the general fund budget pie. The argument for the change was that allocating nearly half of the state’s general fund budget for K-12 schools said more about the importance of education than the timing of the appropriation. This year, about $3.4 billion nearly 44 percent of the Iowa’s $7.77 billion general fund budget is going to K-12 education. ....