Private and charter schools

The Environmental Protection Agency is beginning to send nearly 5,000 electric buses to school districts around the country after a nearly two-year ramp-up. A few Midwestern districts weigh in on how the new buses are working so far.

In the first year for education savings accounts in Iowa, nearly 5,000 more students were approved for funding than estimated when the law was passed.

A longtime northwest Iowa educator who worried he would lose students to private schools didn’t see any change in enrollment this school year.

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law last week that’ll eventually offer taxpayer-funded accounts to all families who have kids in private schools. And lawmakers moved forward with proposals to restrict medical malpractice lawsuit payouts, and to change who is eligible for public assistance.

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed the bill into law Tuesday. Once fully implemented, 42,000 private school students could receive state funding at a cost of $345 million per year.

Iowa lawmakers are preparing to vote on a bill that would allow students to use their state-funded per-pupil funding as a scholarship to attend a private institution.

Still in the early weeks of the 2023 legislative session, GOP lawmakers are ready to vote on huge changes to Iowa’s education system. Here's a roundup of what we know about Gov. Kim Reynolds' school choice bill and where it stands.

Political analysts discuss Iowa and national politics, including classified documents found at Biden's personal residence, school choice debates and more.

Republican lawmakers continued fast action on Gov. Kim Reynolds’ voucher-style school choice plan Wednesday, passing it through key committees in the Iowa House and Senate.

The change would allow the House GOP to fast-track a vote on Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal to give state money to all families who send their kids to a private school.