Iowa Senate Study Bill 3080, or the “School Choice” bill proposes that public funds be used for private school scholarships. The vouchers will come from a portion of public funding that public schools get on a per-pupil basis. District 14 Republican Iowa State Senator Amy Sinclair tells KNIA/KRLS News that the proposed bill would not affect public schools.

“What we are talking about is a finite number of scholarships that go to students of low or moderate means or students with IEP’s. And so, help or hurt a public school, that’s not what the governor proposed here. What the governor proposed was helping students who aren’t getting what they need from the current (school) district that they are in and want to find a better alternative for their child.”

10,000 vouchers will be given out per school year with the proposal, and only households earning up to $111,000 per year will be eligible.