{"history":[],"article":{"id":"ff4dc431-a9a4-44ab-9356-88bad1d121e4","title":"Iowa Department of Education","slug":"iowa-department-of-education","content":":::summary\n:::\n\n# \nThe **[Iowa](https://bliptext.com/articles/iowa) Department of Education** sets the standards for all public institutions of education in [Iowa](https://bliptext.com/articles/iowa) and accredits private as well as [public schools](https://bliptext.com/articles/public-school-united-states).\nIt is headquartered in [Des Moines](https://bliptext.com/articles/des-moines-iowa).\n\n# Organization\nAs of 2020, the Iowa Department of Education consisted of 8 bureaus and works with the oversight of the 11 member Board of Education.\n\n# History\nThe Board of Education was founded in 1857.\nIn the 2019-2020 school year 93 percent of public school children in Iowa attended school in their neighborhood school district.\nPrior to 2021, there were only 2 [charter schools](https://bliptext.com/articles/charter-schools-in-the-united-states) in Iowa.\nAfter Governor [Kim Reynolds](https://bliptext.com/articles/kim-reynolds) signed two bills about establishing and operating new [charter schools](https://bliptext.com/articles/charter-schools-in-the-united-states) in May 2021, three more were founded in [Union, Iowa](https://bliptext.com/articles/union-iowa), [Hamburg, Iowa](https://bliptext.com/articles/hamburg-iowa) and [Des Moines](https://bliptext.com/articles/des-moines).\nIn 2023, the department received 8 more charter school applications for the 2024-25 School Year, one in [Oakmont](https://bliptext.com/articles/oakmont), three in [Cedar Rapids](https://bliptext.com/articles/cedar-rapids), and four in Des Moines.\nSince 2019, the Department of Education has used the Iowa Statewide Assessment for Student Progress (ISASP) since 2023, it has administered the [National Assessment of Educational Progress ](https://bliptext.com/articles/national-assessment-of-educational-progress) and since.\nIn 2019, the board allocated $2.7 million for school districts and $300,000 for accredited nonpublic schools.\n\n# Department Directors\n\n## Inline references\n**Secondary**\n

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","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T11:14:09.717Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T11:14:09.717Z","search_vector":"'depart':2 'educ':4 'iowa':1","search_content":" \n \n\n# \nThe **[Iowa](https://bliptext.com/articles/iowa) Department of Education** sets the standards for all public institutions of education in [Iowa](https://bliptext.com/articles/iowa) and accredits private as well as [public schools](https://bliptext.com/articles/public-school-united-states).\nIt is headquartered in [Des Moines](https://bliptext.com/articles/des-moines-iowa).\n\n# Organization\nAs of 2020, the Iowa Department of Education consisted of 8 bureaus and works with the oversight of the 11 member Board of Education.\n\n# History\nThe Board of Education was founded in 1857.\nIn the 2019-2020 school year 93 percent of public school children in Iowa attended school in their neighborhood school district.\nPrior to 2021, there were only 2 [charter schools](https://bliptext.com/articles/charter-schools-in-the-united-states) in Iowa.\nAfter Governor [Kim Reynolds](https://bliptext.com/articles/kim-reynolds) signed two bills about establishing and operating new [charter schools](https://bliptext.com/articles/charter-schools-in-the-united-states) in May 2021, three more were founded in [Union, Iowa](https://bliptext.com/articles/union-iowa), [Hamburg, Iowa](https://bliptext.com/articles/hamburg-iowa) and [Des Moines](https://bliptext.com/articles/des-moines).\nIn 2023, the department received 8 more charter school applications for the 2024-25 School Year, one in [Oakmont](https://bliptext.com/articles/oakmont), three in [Cedar Rapids](https://bliptext.com/articles/cedar-rapids), and four in Des Moines.\nSince 2019, the Department of Education has used the Iowa Statewide Assessment for Student Progress (ISASP) since 2023, it has administered the [National Assessment of Educational Progress ](https://bliptext.com/articles/national-assessment-of-educational-progress) and since.\nIn 2019, the board allocated $2.7 million for school districts and $300,000 for accredited nonpublic schools.\n\n# Department Directors\n\n## Inline references\n**Secondary**\n \n \n**Primary**\n \n \n \n \n \n\n## General references\n \n \n \n \n ","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}