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School Choice Movement Declares Victory in Iowa

Governor Reynolds signed the Students First Act into law, making Iowa the first state to enact a school choice measure in 2023.

AP/Charlie Neibergall
Governor Reynolds speaks to schoolchildren as she signs a bill that creates education savings accounts, at the statehouse at Des Moines. AP/Charlie Neibergall
RAINA RASKIN
RAINA RASKIN

Iowa has become the first state in the nation to pass a school choice measure this year, an education savings account plan championed by Governor Reynolds.

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RAINA RASKIN
RAINA RASKIN

Ms. Raskin is a staff reporter at the New York Sun. Originally from Washington DC, she lives in Lower Manhattan.

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