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Sacrificing Local Control at the Altar of the Dollar

Filed in Education at State Level by on March 13, 2012
Sacrificing Local Control at the Altar of the Dollar

The Des Moines Register had an article on Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s education bill and how it would erode local control.  They quote State Representative Greg Forristall who chairs the Iowa House Education Committee: Republicans, who often invoke the virtues of self-reliance and limited government, are “especially sensitive” to resisting centralization and preserving local control, [...]

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