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DES MOINES — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said the state is in a “good place” to receive nearly $157 million in federal education funding by block grant rather than through the U.S. Department of Education, arguing that it will help eliminate “bureaucracy.”

During the annual turkey pardoning at the governor’s residence in Des Moines Tuesday, Reynolds told reporters that the state’s push to receive federal education funding in the form of block grants — fixed amounts of money from the federal government that can be used for a broad range of purposes — will help streamline the process and provide states with more flexibility in education spending.

“Sometimes they're (schools) leaving money on the tab

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