Some House Republicans Oppose Governor’s Scholarship Plan For Private Schools

(Des Moines)– Some Republicans in the Iowa House are going public with their opposition to the governor’s plan to create scholarships for 10-thousand students who want to attend a private school.  State Representative Megan Jones of Sioux Rapids says the needed votes aren’t there to pass the bill.  Jones says the 55-million-dollar price tag is a worry.  The bill’s future is uncertain.  The Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and a retiring Republican lawmaker from Walcott announced at a Quad Cities forum that they are opposed.