Des Moines, Iowa — Several of the governor’s education-related proposals are advancing in the Iowa Senate.
Governor Reynolds is proposing that students be required to pass a civics test in order to graduate from high school. She’s also calling for the creation of state-funded accounts for low and middle-income parents who send their children to private school.
A bill that’s cleared a Senate subcommittee also requires that lists of all the books in school libraries be posted online. Melissa Peterson, a lobbyist for the Iowa State Education Association, says that should apply to private schools, too.
A Senate subcommittee has also advanced a “Parents’ Bill of Rights” that would require a student to have parental consent before borrowing a school library book that could be considered obscene.
