How did Gov. Kim Reynold’s’ agenda fare this year? [Video]

Caleb McCulloughJournal Des Moines Bureau

DES MOINES — Speaking to Iowa lawmakers at the beginning of this year’s legislative session, Gov. Kim Reynolds promised a “bold vision” for the state: raising teacher pay, overhauling area education agencies, cutting taxes and reorganizing large health care and administrative systems.

Reynolds, a Republican, proposed more than a dozen bills this year dealing with health care, education, economic growth and the structure of government.

Reynolds was able to usher in many of her proposals largely as written, with large Republican majorities in the House and Senate that are generally supportive of her policy agenda. Other bills, though, saw major changes in the lawmaking process, and some bills that lawmakers have rejected before failed to pass again.

The cornerstone of Reynolds’ agenda this year was a plan to reorganize the funding and function of the state’s area education agencies, which provide special education support to school districts. The bill met …