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Iowa charter schools bill prepared for governor's action


Iowa charter schools bill prepared for governor’s action
Mary Stroka, The Center Square contributor
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Gov. Kim Reynolds may soon sign a bill granting additional freedoms for charter schools in Iowa.
The Iowa Senate signed the bill, HF813, in a 30-18 vote on April 28. The Iowa House passed it in a 55-40 vote along party lines in March.
The bill would establish a new charter school program for the state that would provide two pathways for these schools: through the local school board creating a school within the district or through a founding group independent of public school districts that would be open to Iowan children across the state. ....

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