(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Senate Education Committee has approved a bill that would change Iowa’s limitation on when public and private schools can start in the fall.
Current law says August 23rd is the earliest schools may start. It was set a decade ago at the urging of then-Governor Terry Branstad. to ensure the Iowa State Fair was over before schools started up. The bill would let schools start no earlier than the second to last Monday in August. That means schools could start as early as August 18th in some years.
Iowa Travel Industry Partners represents restaurants, hotels and tourism spots around the state, and is opposed to the bill.
