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Christ-centered schools since 1976.

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Who’s Actually Checking the Books?

July 13, 2026 By IACS

One gubernatorial candidate made one claim the center of his campaign for governor: that Iowa’s private schools take ESA dollars with no real financial accountability attached. It’s a serious charge. It’s also one that doesn’t survive five minutes with the actual accreditation standards.

Topics: Education Savings Accounts, School Choice, Independent Accreditation, Best Practices Tags: Private Education, Audits, Financial Reviews, Accountability, Iowa Senate, Iowa House, Iowa Legislature, Education Savings Accounts, Iowa, Independent Accreditation, Accreditation, School Choice, ESA

Accountability in Iowa’s Private Schools

August 7, 2025 By IACS

Let’s take a look at private school accountability in Iowa

Topics: News, Education Savings Accounts, School Choice, Issue Update, Elementary/Middle, High School, Independent Accreditation Tags: Accountability, Research, School Choice Myths, Unfunded Mandates, Christian Education, news, ESAs, christian schools, Students First Act, Legislative

Court Cases and the Legal Environment Around School Choice

July 28, 2025 By IACS

Well-designed and religiously neutral programs that empower parents are almost always upheld as constitutional.

Topics: Education Savings Accounts, News, Tax Credits, Issue Update, School Choice Tags: Catholic Charities Bureau v Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, Executive Branch, Attorney General, Circuit Court, Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v Drummond, Mahmoud v Taylor, Pulsifer v Westshore Christian, christian schools, Students First Act, Challenges, news, Administrators, ESAs, Supreme Court, School Choice Myths, Courts, Judicial Review, Court Cases, Research, Federal Issues, Christian Education

Iowa ACE Creates ‘Parents For Educational Choice’ Group

May 22, 2025 By IACS

Our partners at the Iowa Alliance for Choice in Education are forming an affiliated committee called “Parents for Educational Choice.”

Topics: Education Savings Accounts, News, Tax Credits, Issue Update, School Choice, Iowa ACE Tags: Parenting, School Choice, Iowa ACE, Christian Education, School Tuition Organizations, Students First Act, christian schools, ESAs, Parents For Educational Choice

IACS School Survey Summary

January 14, 2025 By IACS

For the past three years, IACS has surveyed its member schools to get data on the challenges and successes that we are seeing statewide and help inform our work both in education, support, and advocacy.

Topics: Education Savings Accounts, News, Issue Update, School Choice Tags: Survey, Education Savings Accounts, Christian Education, christian schools

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