Rob Hogg on Education

Excellent schools are of utmost importance

Education is one of the areas for which Hogg has fought hard in the Iowa Legislature.˙Affordable college education and excellent schools are of utmost importance. He˙sees the need for more math and science opportunities to prepare students for the future.˙

Include financial literacy in core statewide curriculum

Passed Senate 36-14-0; passed House 97-3-0; Rob Hogg voted YEA; signed by governor 5/1/08
• Establish a voluntary model core curriculum, including 4 years of English and language arts, 3 years of mathematics, 3 years of science, and 3 years of social studies.
• The voluntary model core curriculum shall include social studies and 21st-century learning skills which include civic literacy, health literacy, technology literacy, financial literacy, and employability skills; and shall address students in K-through-12 in those areas.
• "Financial literacy" shall include financial responsibility and planning skills; money management skills, including setting financial goals, creating spending plans, and using financial instruments; applying decision-making skills to analyze debt incurrence and debt management; understanding risk management and functions of insurance; and understanding saving and investing.

$45M for teacher salary increases plus 4-year-old preschool

Vote to adopt an amendment that appropriates $99 million for the fiscal year 2007, an additional $30 million annually for the next three years, and beginning in 2010 sets the final appropriation amount at $219 million, to the Student Achievement and Teacher Quality Program.

H-8178 Preschool Amendment
Amendment Rejected House (46 - 51); Rep. Rob Hogg voted Yea

Vote to adopt an amendment that establishes preschool for four year-olds and appropriates $15 million to implement the program.

Later bills on same topics:
• April 19, 2007 : SF 277 Teacher Pay and Incentive Programs: Rep. Rob Hogg voted Yea (Conference Report Adopted in Senate, 35 - 14)
• April 18, 2007: HF 877 Statewide Preschool Program: Rep. Rob Hogg voted Yea (Bill Passed Senate, 36 - 14)