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Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 allows states and tribes to submit requests to waive any statutory or regulatory requirement seeking to "reduce administrative burden" and align programs with the needs of its students, according to a release from the Department of Education.

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon granted Iowa a first-of-its-kind waiver to use millions of unrestricted federal dollars on education

In addition to Iowa's $9 million in flexible federal funding, the Education Department approved the state's application for "Ed-Flex authority," which allows the state to grant individual school districts waivers from certain federal requirements without first having to submit individual waiver requests, according to the release from the department.

The over $9 million waiver will help the Hawkeye State save millions in "compliance costs" over four years as the money flows directly back into the classroom, McMahon said in a post on X.

"The more red tape that we cut from the federal level, the more Iowa can increase education quality," [the governor] added.

Childcare: more red tape
Education: less red tape
 
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