IACS is proud to be a part of the Iowa Alliance/Advocates for Choice in Education (Iowa ACE) coalition. This week, Iowa ACE cohosted a press conference with The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, announcing the results of a survey condicted Statewide. This survey was very encouraging! Here is a round up of links with more […]
Benefits of Private Education
We couldn’t agree more with the infographic that C.A.P.E. released recently:
Independent Accreditation Update
We want to thank you for your patience and your cooperation during this time between our independent accreditation language passing in the ed reform bill this session and what we hope is the tail end of the rules making process. IACS and the independent schools disagreed with some fundamental assumptions made in the rules as […]
SEVP/SEVIS Accreditation Issues
We have had a few schools contact us about the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) school certification. A number of our schools have had their recertification rejected because they are accredited only by the Iowa Department of Education. Iowa State accreditation is NOT recognized by the Student & Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) as a legitimate accrediting […]
Independent Accreditation Rules
Just FYI – The Legislature’s Administrative Rules Committee posted the rules the State Board of Education recently passed. We see not problem with these rules going through the Admin Rules Committee. These are the over-arching rules. Procedures, forms, and other details will be created by the Dept. of Ed very shortly. ARC 0964C — Independent accrediting […]