Iowa Senate passes 2% K-12 school funding boost; House sets Thursday hearing on 2.25% raise
Lawmakers are seeking to meet a deadline in Iowa law to set school funding levels within 30 days of receiving the governor's ...
In the Wild West of School Voucher Expansions, States Rely on Untested Companies, With Mixed Results
States are handing multimillion-dollar contracts to a handful of fledgling private companies to manage the rapidly growing, ...
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Iowa Senate lawmakers approve 2 percent increase in public school funding
Iowa Senate lawmakers approved a bill to increase state funding to public schools by 2 percent, conflicting with an increase ...
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Iowa private schools see record enrollment growth with $320 million in state voucher support
Iowa’s Voucher Program Fuels Record 25,000 New Enrollments in Private Catholic Schools. (Getty Images) The state's voucher program has allocated nearly $320 million in funding this year ...
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Iowa is now paying for more than 27,000 students to attend private schools. Here's why:
Iowa students using taxpayer-funded education savings accounts to pay for their private education grew to 27,866 participants, according to the Iowa Department of Education. That's up more than 60 ...
Texas lawmaker who sent kids to private school criticizes school choice efforts
Houston, implied Monday wealthy parents enroll their children in private schools so the kids are not with 'your kids.' ...
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School vouchers have smaller initial impact on Cedar Rapids Schools than expected
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG ... to nonpublic schools. For the Cedar Rapids Community School District, 91 of the district’s students enrolled in the so-called school voucher program and left.
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U.S. education policy is at a crossroads. This congressional hearing shows why
The House education committee is charged with forging consensus on the nation's education policy. But at a recent meeting, ...
GOP governors want to out-Trump each other
They’re embracing the president’s cost cutting commission, while Democrats struggle to find the right balance between ...
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Iowa private Catholic schools seeing more students enrolling using state funding
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa ... school year, the first under the ESA program. Private school enrollment, meanwhile, rose by 2,503. This academic year students can use about $7,826 through the state’s ...
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How a school voucher program in Texas could affect policies across US: It'd 'be a big deal'
In 2023, states such as Iowa and Arkansas created school voucher programs, while others expanded their existing programs. Over the fall, however, opponents of voucher programs racked up some wins ...