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

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

January 2016 IACS Newsletter

February 1, 2016 By IACS

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

Iowa School Choice Summit A Success!

September 29, 2015 By IACS

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

July End-Of-Session Newsletter

July 16, 2015 By IACS

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

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