Our latest newsletter is out! You can download it here (PDF)!
Inside are details on next week’s Iowa ACE School Choice Summit, our Annual Meeting coming up next month, and some other updates and miscellany we think you need to know!
IACS Partners With Others To Promote ESAs
The Iowa Association of Christian Schools has partnered with Americans For Prosperity (AFP), the Iowa Catholic Conference, and the Iowa Alliance for Choice in Education (Iowa ACE) to produce a video on school choice and Education Savings Accounts (ESAs). We will be promoting this video and other info on ESAs and school Choice on our websites throughout the Summer and Fall of 2016 and up through the early parts of the next legislative session in January.
Going to the website referenced in the video[s] and signing up will add your email to the Iowa ACE and AFP email lists. If you want to ensure you get the latest on Christian schools and our efforts throughout the state, please sign up here. Spread the word as you begin to see these videos and posts pop up on our Facebook and Twitter pages over the coming months! Below is a short version featuring our very own Dean Ridder of Isaac Newton Christian Academy but you can see the full version on the United For Students coalition website.
Please let us know what you think!
2016 End of Session Newsletter
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!
January 2016 IACS Newsletter
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.
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Iowa School Choice Summit A Success!
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!