Des Moines, IA- A conservative think tank is recognizing Iowa for offering state funding directly to parents to cover private school expenses for their children.
Radio Iowa reports that the Heritage Foundation’s annual Educational Freedom Report Card ranked Iowa 22nd among the states in 2022, but ranked them 9th this year.
Governor Reynolds says that she is pleased with the response to the state’s Education Savings Accounts Program in its first year.
“The number of ESA applications, they exceeded…not only our expectations, but our projections,” Reynolds said, “and I truly believe that school choice…will make the most consequential change to our education system in decades not only in Iowa but across the country.”
Reynolds made her comments at an event hosted by the Heritage Foundation in Des Moines.
Nearly 19,000 state-funded Education Savings Accounts were approved for students this fall, but the state has not reported how many of those students successfully enrolled in private school
