Our Mission
To provide services and leadership, in partnership with families, schools and communities, that improve
the learning outcomes and well-being of all children and youth.
Our Goals
• Increase learning growth for students
• Decrease the gap in achievement
• Increase annual graduation rates
• Increase gateways to post-secondary success
Heartland AEA is
partnering with other AEAs this year to implement an electronic version
of the Request for Transportation Approval form.
Chapter
285.9(3), Code of Iowa, requires the Area Education Agency Board of
Directors to approve all bus routes outside the boundary of the school
district operating the buses. This has been interpreted to mean regular
routes and regular special education routes, not field trips or activity
trips.
The Code requires you to request permission from your
neighboring district(s) before your bus route crosses district
boundaries. The approval form
that was used last fall has been converted to an electronic process for
ease and efficiency. Video tutorials are included in the instructions
to help explain the new process, which is very user-friendly.
Please
note the new timeline this year. Last year, and in previous years, the
process was always completed in the fall of the current school year.
However, we are asking that the process be completed this spring for the
upcoming year.
Please review the attached instructions and timeline below. Questions can be directed to Jennifer Ugolini, Board Secretary at jugolini@heartlandaea.org or (515) 270-9030 ext. 14441.
Timeline:
• April 20 – May 22, complete steps 1-3
• May 25 – June 5, complete step 4
• September 1 – September 30, complete step 5
As you may know, Iowa’s Collaborating for Kids (C4K) is again making available for interested districts and non-public schools, training opportunities on the use of Iowa TIER and early literacy screening tools: Formative Assessment System for Teachers (FAST for K-6 students) and the Individual Growth and Development Indicators (IGDIs for preschool students).
The registration window is open until May 8.
All details, including dates, locations and registration links, are available on the Department’s Early Literacy Implementation webpage.
