UNI Legislative Update
The Office of Governmental Relations provides legislative updates to the campus community through online communication and bimonthly campus presentations. These updates will inform faculty, staff and students of hot topics facing the legislature and legislative actions affecting UNI and the Regents institutions.
March 31, 2008
State of Iowa Research, Development , Demonstration, and Dissemination School
On Thursday, the Iowa Senate passed a bill establishing two committees to develop a state of Iowa research, development, demonstration, and dissemination (RDDD) school 40 - 7. The bill nows moves on to the House.
The bill charges UNI President Ben Allen and the Director of the Department of Education, Judy Jeffrey, to form committees to develop plans to expand the role of Price Laboratory School on UNI's campus into the state of Iowa's RDDD School. The two committees will center on funding and implementation.
Members of the committees will consist of faculty from both UNI and Price Lab along with Department of Education staff. Additionally, the finance and funding committee will be investigating whether or not Price Lab needs to be renovated in order to house RDDD School.
For more information feel free to read the bill the in its entirety here.
For even more info on the RDDD School, click through to the feasibility study.