Grant Gerlock
ReporterGrant Gerlock started covering Des Moines and central Iowa for IPR in March 2019. Before that he covered food, agriculture and rural life for Harvest Public Media at NET in Lincoln, Nebraska, where his work was recognized with a Regional Murrow Award and awards from the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association.
Grant has a master’s degree in mass communication from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and graduated from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa. He grew up on a farm outside of Cumberland in southwest Iowa where he listened to public radio in the tractor. You can contact Grant at ggerlock@iowapublicradio.org.
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A bill passed by the Iowa Legislature would prohibit cities and counties from establishing guaranteed income programs aimed at reducing the impact of poverty.
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The Iowa Senate is sending a bill back to the House that would make it easier for schools to allow teachers and other staff to carry firearms.
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The Iowa Senate confirmed the former Virginia deputy director and education advisor in the Trump administration to lead the Iowa Department of Education.
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Gov. Kim Reynolds says a new law giving the state more oversight of the state’s nine Area Education Agencies introduces more accountability into special education.
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Senate Republicans are sending an education package to the governor that overhauls the state’s Area Education Agencies. It also increases school funding and gives teachers a raise.
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The Iowa House has passed an education package that combines changes to the state’s Area Education Agencies with an increase in teacher pay and this year’s school funding plan.
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The Iowa Senate has weighed in on changes to the state’s Area Education Agencies with a bill that would put local school districts in charge of almost all of the state funding for AEA services.
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Over two years, the bill would increase the minimum salary schools can pay teachers from $33,500 per year to $50,000.
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A bill passed in the Iowa House would ban guaranteed income programs such as the UpLift pilot program currently underway in three central Iowa counties.
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Republicans in the Iowa House have passed a bill that replaces Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposed overhaul of the state’s Area Education Agencies.
