Photos and video: Iowa legislators pass governor's private-school funding bill
Iowa Sen. President Amy Sinclair speaks during debate on a bill that would create education savings accounts Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, at the Statehouse in Des Moines.
State Rep. Dave Jacoby, D-Johnson, speaks during debate on a bill that would create education savings accounts Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, at the Statehouse in Des Moines.
State Sen. Eric Giddens, D-Black Hawk, speaks during debate on a bill that would create education savings accounts Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, at the Statehouse in Des Moines.
State Sen. Molly Donahue, D-Linn, speaks during debate on a bill that would create education savings accounts Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, at the Statehouse in Des Moines.
Spectators in the Iowa House gallery listen to debate on a bill that would create education savings accounts Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, at the Statehouse in Des Moines.
State Rep. Timi Brown-Powers, D-Black Hawk, speaks during debate on a bill that would create education savings accounts Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, at the Statehouse in Des Moines.
State Rep. Sami Scheetz, D-Linn, speaks during debate on a bill that would create education savings accounts Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, at the Statehouse in Des Moines.
State Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, D-Story, speaks during debate on a bill that would create education savings accounts Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, at the Statehouse in Des Moines.
Iowa House Majority Leader Matt W. Windschitl, left, talks with State Sen. Brad Zaun, R-Polk, during debate on a bill that would create education savings accounts Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, at the Statehouse in Des Moines.
DES MOINES — A state-funded private school financial assistance package costing $345 million a year is headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk, wher…
A proposal for state-funded savings accounts for Iowa parents to pay for private school would cost the state roughly $345 million annually once fully implemented, according to a nonpartisan fiscal analysis released Monday just hours before lawmakers began voting on the proposal.
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The bill would amount to a $106.8 million boost for Iowa's schools.
DES MOINES — Iowa’s K-12 public schools would get a 3% increase in per-pupil state funding for the next school year under proposals from the R…