WANT TO SPEND. AMANDA: HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAY AN ADDITIONAL 2.5% OF THE STATE’S BUDGET SHOULD GO TOWARDS IOWA’S PUBLICCH SOOLS. THAT ADDS UP TO $155 MILLION AND EQUALS 5 MORE DOLLARS PER STUDENT. HOUSE REPUICBLANS ALSO DROPPED A SEPARATE BILL AS PART OF AN OVERALL PACKAGE THAT INCLUDES ROUGHLY $19 MILLION. THAT’S ONE TIME MONEY THEY SAY SHOULD GO TOWAS RDSUPPORTING STAFF DEALING WITH INFLATION-RELATED COSTS. HOUSE SPEAKER PAT GRASSLEY SAID TODAY THERE’S ALREADY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY GOING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION. BUT HE SAYS HOUSE REPUBLICSAN WANT AN INCREASE THEY JUST WANT IT TO BE SUSTAINABLE. >> BEING AROUND 50% OF THE BUDGET, THAT’I S MEAN, THAT’S A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION, AND WE’RE FUNDING WE’RE PUTTING MORE MONEY TO K 12 EDUCATION ANTH IT’S EVER HAPPENED IN THIS STE.AT AMANDA THERE ARE ALREADY 3 OTHER : SCHOOL FUNDING PLANS MOVING THROUGH THE STATEHOUSE. GOVERNOR REYNOLDS PROPOSALS THE SAME AS HOUSE REPUBLICANS. SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE CALLING FOR A SLIGHTLY SMALLER INCREASE OF 2.25%. THAT WOULD SEND AN EXTRA $150 MILLION TO PUBLIC EDUCATION. AND DEMOCRATS WANT AN ADDITI