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The Iowa Legislature approved the Education Savings Accounts Bill, commonly referred to as School Vouchers, which will allocate approximately $341 million for students to attend private schools and go towards tuition. Indianola Superintendent Ted Ihns tells KNIA News he is disappointed the bill passed, and is uncertain of how it may affect the Indianola Community School District in the future.

“From a public education standpoint this is very disappointing. It’s a situation where there was already choices for families with open enrollment at any time now. So for me, that’s just a big disappointment as to how the process went through.”

Hear more on today’s Let’s Talk Indianola.