Why Iowa public schools are required to let private school kids play sports

Why Iowa public schools are required to let private school kids play sports

“Survival mode.” That’s what Rep. Heather Matson says Iowa’s public school districts are operating in these days. And in just a couple of short months, there will be another issue added to the growing list of Republican moves that are hurting the state’s more than 300 public school districts. Besides being underfunded, not having teacher candidates to hire, and a voucher system that diverts public funds from public schools to private, the new tr…