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  3. Branstad’s mandate has expired

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    May 19, 2011
    Devastating education cuts clash with campaign pledge DES MOINES – Making Iowa schools the best in the nation was a key promise of Governor Branstad’s campaign. His campaign labeled him as the “education governor” and told voters that “our commitment to education must change by again putting Iowa’s children first.”...
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  4. Increase class size, reduced opportunities

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    May 17, 2011
    Governor Branstad needs to compromise on a budget that will not make unnecessary cuts to education or stifle job creation in Iowa. Iowa lawmakers each year set what is known as “allowable growth.” It is the percent that a school district can allow its budget to grow from year to...
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  8. False Advertising

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    February 4, 2011
    Remember the weeks before the November election when Republicans repeated the same promises, to create jobs and strengthen our economy, to voters across Iowa? Republicans are hoping you don’t. As the legislature finishes its first month in Des Moines, it’s clear that divisive social issues and drastic cuts to essential...
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  9. Daily Clips for March 31, 2010

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    March 31, 2010
    Congress alters student lending, hikes Pell From the AP/The SCSU Collegian More needy college students will have access to bigger Pell Grants, and future borrowers of government loans will have an easier time repaying them, under a vast overhaul of higher education aid on its way to President Barack Obama’s...
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  10. BRANSTAD WOULD END IOWA PRESCHOOL GRANTS

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    January 14, 2010
    In a sharp contrast with Gov. Chet Culver, Terry Branstad supports the elimination of the very successful statewide voluntary preschool program for 4-year-olds. Today in Iowa, preschool is offered in 175 school districts through a competitive grant program to make licensed teachers available to kids in cooperation with professionals and...
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