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Make Your Voice Heard On K-12 Nonpublic Education Cuts!

April 18, 2017 By Eric

Although it is a tough budget year for the State of Iowa and many interest groups are asking for increased resources, we have heard time and again this year that “K-12 education will be held harmless.”  We laid significant groundwork for tax credit and education savings account legislation moving forward.

Despite this, funding of transportation services for nonpublic school students is facing a cut in SSB 1198.  The budget bill is being considered by the Iowa legislature this week. The funding was cut $278,000 in this current fiscal year.  Next year’s budget continues cutting nonpublic school transportation funding for a total cut of $363,000. This is unacceptable.

Please use our action alert to contact your Representative and Senator today and ask them to support nonpublic schools by truly “holding K-12 harmless.”

Filed Under: Issue Update, Legislative Update, News Tagged With: Action Alert, Department of Ed, Education Savings Accounts, ESA, Governor Branstad, Iowa, Iowa House, Iowa Legislature, Iowa Senate, Private Education, School Choice, Transportation

2016 End of Session Newsletter

May 2, 2016 By Eric

Our newsletter summarizing the 2016 session can be found here.  It outlines the victory on independent accreditation, funding issues, assessments, the ESA effort, and more.

Be sure to forward the PDF to your school parents, friends, and anyone who may be interested.

Thank you to everyone who emailed your legislators this session.  Although they didn’t pass an ESA pilot program, your emails helped us get the sunset removed on independent accreditation – our top priority for ten sessions!  Thank you!

IACS 2016 End of Session Update

Filed Under: Athletics, Best Practices, Education Savings Accounts, Independent Accreditation, Iowa ACE, Issue Update, Legislative Update, News, School News Tagged With: Accreditation, Best Practices, Department of Ed, Education Savings Accounts, ESA, Governor Branstad, Independent Accreditation, Iowa, Iowa ACE, Iowa House, Iowa Legislature, Iowa Senate, newsletter, Private Education, School Choice, Textbooks, Transportation

January 2016 IACS Newsletter

February 1, 2016 By Eric

It may be the first of February but January had a number of things to talk about.  Our January 2016 IACS Newsletter is available to view/download now.

Be sure to sign up on our homepage to get our newsletters and legislative alerts!

Filed Under: Education Savings Accounts, Independent Accreditation, Iowa ACE, Issue Update, Legislative Update, News, School Choice Tagged With: Accreditation, Department of Ed, Education Savings Accounts, ESA, Events, Governor Branstad, Independent Accreditation, Iowa, Iowa ACE, Iowa House, Iowa Legislature, Iowa Senate, newsletter, Private Education, School Choice, State Board of Education, Textbooks, Transportation, website

Iowa School Choice Summit A Success!

September 29, 2015 By Eric

On September 16, school choice supporters from all over the State gathered in Des Moines to discuss the future of school choice initiatives.  Here are a couple of stories that provide good summaries of what happened:

Iowa School Choice Advocates Gather In Des Moines

Governor Raises Concern Before School Choice Group

Branstad Advocates For Choice In Education

Thank you to the Iowa Alliance for Choice in Education, Iowa Advocates for Choice in Education, the Iowa Catholic Conference, and others for putting this together.  We were proud to be a part of the event!

Filed Under: Education Savings Accounts, Iowa ACE, School Choice Tagged With: Education Savings Accounts, ESA, Events, Governor Branstad, Iowa, Iowa ACE, Iowa Legislature, Iowa Senate, Private Education, School Choice

July End-Of-Session Newsletter

July 16, 2015 By Eric

We have published the IACS July Newsletter.  It has a brief summary of this year’s legislative session, points out some issues in the news that affect our schools, and has some tips for enlarging your footprint in your community.  Let us know what you think by clicking below to view/download!

July 2015 IACS Newsletter

Filed Under: Issue Update, Legislative Update, News Tagged With: Accreditation, Best Practices, Education Savings Accounts, Email List, ESA, ESEA, Events, Governor Branstad, Independent Accreditation, Iowa, Iowa ACE, Iowa House, Iowa Legislature, Iowa Senate, Marketing, newsletter, Private Education, School Choice, Textbooks, Title Funding, Transportation, website

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