Education Secretary Linda McMahon approved Iowa's federal education waiver, allowing the state to redirect nearly $8 million from compliance costs to classrooms.

Check out photos from Education Secretary Linda McMahon's visit to Broadway Elementary School in Denison on Wednesday morning.

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced plans to ease some restrictions on federal education funding at a public school in western Iowa.

The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday touted its decision to give Iowa more control over spending federal education dollars—but the specifics of the newly approved flexibility fall far short of the Trump administration’s stated goal of converting most federal education funding to block grants.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is giving Iowa more power to decide how it spends its federal education money, signing off on a proposal that is expected to be the first of many as conservative states seek new latitude from a White House promising to “return education to the states.”

Iowa became the first state in the country to receive federal education funding with reduced administrative requirements, officials announced Wednesday.

U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon was in Iowa as part of her Returning Education to the States tour.

Iowa is the first state in the country to receive the green light for a federal waiver approval that will allow it to circumvent some reporting and compliance requirements and have more discretion over the spending of federal education funds.

Iowa becomes the first state to receive a waiver giving it more control over federal education funds, and potentially paving the way for other states to follow suit.