Ranking Member of the Education committee, Sharon Steckman of Mason City raised concern about using the new Smarter Balanced Assessment test in replacement of the long time used Iowa Test of Basic Skills. Iowa Test of Basic Skills may be on way out By MIKE WISER Globe Gazette Des Moines Bureau | Posted: Sunday, February 5, [...]
Representative Sharon Steckman announced last month that she will seek re-election in the new House District 53 seat, which encompasses Mason City. From the Mason City Globe Gazette: Steckman will seek re-election in new House 53 seat MASON CITY — State Rep. Sharon Steckman, D-Mason City, announced Thursday that she will seek re-election to the new [...]
Iowa House Democratic Leader Kevin McCarthy has appointed State Representative Sharon Steckman of Mason City to the top post on the House Education Committee for the 2012 legislative session. “With education reform a key topic of the upcoming session, Rep. Steckman’s experience in the classroom and the Iowa House make her well prepared to help lead [...]
House Democrats Appoint Budget Team House Democratic Leader Kevin McCarthy and Assistant Democratic Leaders Ako Abdul-Samad, Mary Mascher, Mark Smith, and Sharon Steckman today announced their budget team for the 2011 legislative session. State Representative Tyler Olson of Cedar Rapids will be the lead Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee. In addition to Rep. Olson, the [...]
Iowa House Democrats elected State Representative Kevin McCarthy of Des Moines as the new House Democratic Leader today in a meeting at the State Capitol in Des Moines. House Democrats are committed to strengthening our economy and helping create jobs. We will work together on the main stream, bread and butter issues that effect the every [...]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL8XCD6Qeok[/youtube]The Iowa House has approved a major expansion of a historic rehabilitation program used in communities across Iowa. The bill, Senate File 481, will help revitalize towns and create good-paying jobs through a state income tax credit for historic preservation of buildings. “I came to the Capitol to work for jobs – jobs for my constituents [...]
Sharon Steckman is a longtime resident of Mason City. She was born in Chicago, Ill., and grew up in Arizona, Colo., and Nebraska. As an adult, before choosing to settle in Mason City, she lived in Ithaca, New York; Detroit and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mason City has been her home since 1976, and it’s where she [...]