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The legislation passed the Senate as a single bill. The House is considering the proposals as two separate bills.
Bills that would expand charter schools in Iowa and create scholarships that could be spent on tuition at private schools are advancing as separate proposals in the Iowa House.
Unlike the current system, the charter school bill (HSB 242) approved by a House subcommittee Tuesday would allow independent groups to create new schools without approval from the local school board.
Applications would go through the State Board of Education and money for the charter schools would come from state funds that would have gone to a student’s public school.