Iowa Senate Returns Local Control to Iowa Schools
The Iowa Senate passed, SF 438, a bill designed to return more control to public schools and accredited non-public schools, by a party-line 32 to 17 vote.
School Choice Bill for Special Needs Students Advances in Iowa Senate
The Iowa Senate Education Committee passed a bill creating education savings accounts for special needs students enrolled in an accredited nonpublic school or denied open enrollment.
Bill Allowing Homeschoolers in Iowa Learning Online Initiative Advances
A bill, SSB 3030, allowing families that homeschool under competent private instruction or independent private instruction to utilize the Iowa Learning Online Initiative passed in the Iowa Senate Education Committee.