Des Moines Register: Legislation to provide state grants of about $4,000 annually to students enrolling in private schools moved forward Thursday in the Iowa Senate, despite criticism it would hurt public education and result in taxpayer support for religious-based schools.
Senate Study Bill 3206 cleared a Senate subcommittee on a 2-1 vote, sending it to the full Senate Appropriations Committee. Nineteen people testified for or against the bill, which supporters described as providing more choices for parents in an effort to improve their children's academic achievement.
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