Don’t believe what you hear—Republicans spend on education

This week the House voted on the single largest expenditure in the State of Iowa budget: our public schools.  You may hear that our schools are underfunded and being cut. That is statistically and factually false.  Over 55% of our $8 billion plus budget goes to education.  Education spending is the most important priority we as a Legislature do and that is reflected when it is the first funding bill passed. It is the large portion of our budget.