Some Iowans have found a clever way to illustrate the fact that Iowa voucher bills don’t include academic standards for schools getting voucher funds. The Kansas tax credit scholarships and the bills to expand them lack standards and accountability provisions and HB 2119 to be heard next week in the House K-12 Education Budget Committee doesn’t require any accreditation at all. If these bills are really about helping students why don’t they put any requirements on the schools receiving the funds? Originally published to Facebook 1/30/2021....
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The View on Vouchers from Iowa
Iowa and Kansas are facing a major push to send tax dollars to private schools without imposing standards on those schools. Read one Iowa mom’s perspective. “I cannot stand by and be silent when it is proposed that tax dollars be taken away from my son’s only choice in education and be given to private schools that are allowed to reject him because of his diagnosis.” https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2021/01/29/school-choice-competition-iowa-education-outcomes-families/4296546001/ Originally posted to Facebook 1/30/2021....
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Our own Judith Deedy had the opportunity to participate in this thoughtful podcast on the remote/in-person situation. Check it out. Update: the SM Schools bond issue discussed passed 69/31. Originally posted to Facebook 1/31/2021....
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This post is from Iowa, but we agree with the sentiment. The Kansas House K-12 Education Budget will be hearing HB 2119, an Education Savings Account bill, on Monday, February 8th. We plan to be there to tell them our members believe public money should be for public schools, not private schools. Originally posted to Facebook 2/1/2021....
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