Should Iowa public schools be FORCED to allow private school kids to participate in their extracurriculars and sports?
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it depends whether and how much they want the public schools to win championships.That's what Iowa GOP legislators think.
Once again, Iowa taxpayers on the hook for the religious nutjobs who think their kids are too good to go to public school but want the public school to cover the cost of their extracurriculars and playing sports.
- More than one bill would require public schools to allow private school students to participate in extracurricular activities that aren’t offered at their private school.
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As long as they ( their school) pay(s) for them to offset costs…
Mike…you can’t have your cake and eat it, too. Pay Up.. or send you kid to the school that offers the programs they want to participate in.
And maybe they weren’t. Education involves a lot more than books and scripture.
They already are being forced to 'pay up' - property taxes, sales taxes, state and federal aid, etc.
Yep… I pay fir roads I never use too… and I pay for schools I nevr use too..
Micheal…as my dad was fond of saying..”Life is tough all over!”
Again… what is your point?
So do I. And the point is we PAY for those roads so we should be allowed to drive on them...even if we never do.
The parents of these kids are already paying for public schools. If St. Thomas High doesn't have a cross country program then the kids sure as hell should be able to run at Jefferson High.
RTorbee was just stirring the pot when he started the thread. RTorbee acting like a R'ded little girl. As usual.
Well… those kids parents pay for public schools even if they choose not to use them or their facilities. If they want to “play” then then need to pay… but really doesn’t the public school have a duty to take care of their own as a higher priority? Would this be reciprocal.. since all taxpayers are paying for private schools now?
They'll always try, because the GOP controls the state and no amount of dumb ideas is too many! I also didn't read the article but what kids are trying to play public school sports? Xavier in CR has sports. So does Regina, Assumption, Dowling, Columbus, etc. Most of those schools have sporting programs.
In rural areas this might be harder to be fair, especially for some of the less popular sports like tennis for example, or where participation levels have been dropping such as girls basketball.
Back when I was at Columbus, at least at that time a handful of Bosco students were on our football team because they didn’t have enough to field their own team.
I went to small town public school and we didn't have tennis, soccer came late, no swimming, etc. We had the traditional sports but not until you got the CR size schools did all of those sports become available. My kids are Prairie Hawks and even in Jr High, have a pretty nice selection to choose from.
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I think it's the super small "bible" schools that are now getting money.
I know for a fact the tiny one in Bettendorf - Morningstar Academy - has its kids play at BHS.
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If the parents of said Private school kids are still paying their taxes that support the public schools, then I do not see a problem. Now, if they are NOT paying their taxes that support the public schools, then heck no.That's what Iowa GOP legislators think.
Once again, Iowa taxpayers on the hook for the religious nutjobs who think their kids are too good to go to public school but want the public school to cover the cost of their extracurriculars and playing sports.
- More than one bill would require public schools to allow private school students to participate in extracurricular activities that aren’t offered at their private school.
News about the 2026 governor's race, Iowa legislative happenings, and Steve King
Jan. 27 edition of "KHOI's Capitol Week"
I already brought that up. I don’t know of any private high schools in Iowa that don’t have the major sports. Now they might not all have tennis or soccer or some other similar sport. I’m guessing a couple of extra tennis balls doesn’t cost too much.
But no one seemed to care that it’s not happening at a large scale. And besides football equipment, most sports don’t cost much.
Not anymore. No parent is paying $7,500 in taxes to their local schools. You can't find anyone paying that much in state taxes at all.
They are, in fact, *stripping away* that much public tax money *from* their local schools to give to the businesses running their private school. So to expect public schools to use *even more* public taxes to coach your kid after you already stole $7,500 of it is asinine and completely unreasonable.
Private schools can easily afford to do their own extracurricular sht now they've tripled their income per student.
It's not hard to figure out you didn't play football in high school.
I disagree if the public school is not in the highest class for the sport. The public school must also include the private school enrollment in their classification.
Not reading the whole thread. If a private school kid wants to participate at a public school, that's fine. But their parents need to pay a fee. You're already getting tax payer money to go to a private school. Don't want to pay the fee? Go to the public school or take your voucher to a private school that offers it. Taxpayers have subsidized them enough.
Public schools rarely win championships with private school students. It's the exact opposite. Hello Dowling.
It’s not hard to figure out you don’t know a damn thing about me. FYI I played football, basketball and was in track. Was all district my junior and senior year in football as well.
Better luck next time.
That's the point I was making. A public school shouldn't be required to move from 1A to 2 or 3A to accommodate a few private school kids.
