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Iowa Association of Christian Schools

The Public Policy Voice of Iowa's Protestant, Christ-Centered Schools since 1976.

The public policy voice of Iowa's Protestant,
Christ-centered schools since 1976.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates

March 6, 2020 By IACS

Many educators and parents are wondering how the recent outbreak(s) of COVID-19 affect schools and students. Although risk in Iowa is currently low, there are many things we can be doing to minimize risk and add to preparedness.

Topics: News, Issue Update, Best Practices Tags: Health, Governor Reynolds, Governor, Emergency Declaration, Public Emergency, ChildCare, Preschool, Department of Ed, Coronavirus

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

April 18, 2017 By IACS

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.

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

Our March Newsletter Is Out!

March 13, 2017 By IACS

The March 2017 IACS Newsletter is out!

Topics: News, Education Savings Accounts, Legislative Update, Issue Update, School Choice, Iowa ACE Tags: Iowa Senate, Best Practices, Iowa ACE, Newsletter, ESA, Iowa, School Choice, Department of Ed, Education Savings Accounts, Accreditation, Iowa Legislature, Iowa House, Email List, Events, Private Education

IACS September Newsletter

September 8, 2016 By IACS

Our latest newsletter is out! You can download it here (PDF)!

Topics: Education Savings Accounts, News, Legislative Update, Issue Update, School Choice, Iowa ACE Tags: website, Annual Meeting, Video, Iowa, Iowa Senate, Department of Ed, Accreditation, Education Savings Accounts, Iowa Legislature, Iowa House, Independent Accreditation, Transportation, Textbooks, Email List, Iowa ACE, IACS Events, ESA, Newsletter, Events, School Choice

2016 End of Session Newsletter

May 2, 2016 By IACS

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 […]

Topics: News, School News, Education Savings Accounts, Legislative Update, Issue Update, Athletics, Independent Accreditation, Iowa ACE, Best Practices Tags: Education Savings Accounts, Iowa Legislature, Governor Branstad, Iowa House, Transportation, Independent Accreditation, Textbooks, ESA, Private Education, Iowa Senate, School Choice, Iowa ACE, Best Practices, Department of Ed, Newsletter, Accreditation, Iowa

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