AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoLocal Food & Schools: Iowa’s Choose Iowa local-food grant wrapped up its pilot year, awarding $70,000 total to 33 schools/districts statewide so they could buy items like meat, poultry, dairy (no milk), eggs, honey and produce from registered local vendors. Education Access: The Iowa Department of Education finalized free and reduced-price meal eligibility rules, with household income cutoffs spelled out by household size and SNAP/FIP families often auto-qualified. Arts & Community Learning: Southeast Iowa students earned spots in the Iowa All-State Show Choir and Band at Central College in Pella, while Waterloo hosted a 1619 Freedom School Read-In with more than 700 attendees and readings from authors including Angie Thomas. Sports & Youth Development: A new officiating alliance for women’s college basketball aims to improve training, evaluation and oversight, and Horizons’ “Our Place” senior recreation center in Cedar Rapids won a $600,000 state tourism grant. Water & Research: Iowa Lakeside Laboratory is expanding with a new Innovation and Discovery Lab to grow water-quality testing and hands-on learning. Public Safety & Scams: A Hawarden library event will teach residents how fraud schemes—from check washing to crypto and bank impersonation—are evolving fast.
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