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The Iowa DOGE task force is facing pushback from public sector unions over ideas to change public pensions and introduce merit pay for teachers.

A panel leader clarified that merit pay would be bonuses tied to student achievements and that current employee pension benefits would remain untouched.

Unions remain skeptical, stating the proposals would still weaken the public pension system and tie teacher pay to standardized tests.

Public sector unions remain skeptical of ideas from Iowa's DOGE task force that would change pension benefits and introduce merit pay for teachers, though a panel leader sought to clarify some of the controversial recommendations.

Terry Lutz, chair of McClure Engineering and leader of DOGE's return-on-investment subgroup, spoke at the panel

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