The Iowa Senate passed the education package prioritized by Governor Kim Reynolds that puts public funding toward independent charter and private schools.
Republicans supporting the bill say it gives students in poor-performing schools new options to go somewhere else. Speaker Pat Grassley says he expects the House to take more time to consider the proposal. There are no schools in the Sioux City Community School District that apply.
The President of the Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools Dr. John Flanery supports the plan and says it will give parents a choice of where to send their children. He talked to Siouxland Public Media about the proposal and counters comments made by the leader of the Sioux City Community School District made to Siouxland Public Media News this week.
