Editor:
Time is running out. The school voucher bill (referred to as a Student Savings Account) has passed the Iowa Senate and is now in the Iowa House, despite a tremendous outcry of opposition. Even Senator Carrie Koelker admitted that she could not read all of the thousands of emails flooding her inbox. Senator Koelker, along with Senator Dan Zumbach, have failed to listen to their constituents.
The Student Savings Account proposal is simply - use tax dollars to support private schools! No matter what spin Republicans put on this proposal, or as the Des Moines Register says âput lipstick on a pig,â a majority of the per pupil tax dollars would go to a private accredited school (of any type). The long-standing principle that the funding of our public schools is the responsibility of âallâ citizens is certainly in jeopardy with this bill.