I don't have a problem with private schools. What I have a problem with is no public oversight of public money.

You knowingly supported an illegal alien taking $300k a year of “public money”

For the 100th time - NO such thing as Public Money. There is money the government STEALS from PRIVATE citizens.

According to you in a recent interview, there is no public oversight on the money at public schools either

What Rob is saying between the lines, Iowans, is that he has a HUGE problem with US using our judgement for OUR money and OUR kids. Rob prefers guys like HIM & @iowademocrats politicians do the thinking for US. No. Many fought hard for REAL progress in education.

Iowans, make no mistake, @iowademocrats have a HUGE problem that families have been given options 4 publicly funded education. They know the more people learn Dems r counterproductive to results the more people will shun them. Rob is advocating to bring back a plantation model.

It is literally their money… There’s no such thing as public money unless there is taxes. And there’s little to no oversight in public schooling these days. I mean hiring an illegal immigrant with guns doesn’t seem like a place you’d want to send your kids. 🤷‍♂️👎🤪

They are private. That’s the point. If a parent goes to private schools they are the oversight. Leave govt out.

As an auditor, you should know that private nonprofit schools are required to file IRS Form 990 annually, and those are publicly searchable on the IRS website. What more are you wanting?

Audits. Rules for spending.

Audited by whom? My nonprofit private school undergoes external audits to comply with its independent accreditor's standards. What more are you looking for? What spending rules are you proposing? Please be specific.

In addition to my previous two questions: How many public schools have you audited in recent years? What abuses of public funds are you concerned are occurring at private schools in Iowa?

Mr. Sand, I attempted to ask thoughtful questions in a respectful manner, seeking honest answers. X may not be the place for that. So I ask you to produce a full policy statement on Iowa's private schools. Include details. Post it here.

Prove that you have more than talking points from your party and teachers' unions. Prove you understand the issues. Prove that you intend to lead your party away from knee-jerk self-interest and its rampant bigotry against Christian and private schools. Please.

The “oversight” Rob is offering…

Would you please provide a list of all the public schools you’ve audited since becoming auditor? I’m genuinely curious.

That’s why they want it that way for fucks sake Rob. Everything the government touches turns to shit. Although not a huge problem in Iowa but cases have shown up most Americans and Iowans want teachers to teach schooling and should have no idea about the teachers personal life. No gender and woke BS. So if I kid wants away from that and a better education go for it. Some public schools in Iowa are major let downs. If this shows up in my school we will move or go private period.

Rob Sand auditing schools.

When the State enters into any Public-Private-Partnership, the State does not have the rights to audit the financials of the private company.

Keep your government nose out of private schools.

We have no oversight of NGOs either, but you seem to support them. Have you done any audits of the NGOs who help to illegally bring alien invaders into our state?

Rob and the con man were as thick as thieves!

It’s simple. If private schools siphon off public funds, they need to be held to the same standards of public accountability as public schools.

Rob you are so bad at this lmao

It's like you have no idea what's happening with public dollars all over the USA.

Um, you are gonna be shocked to learn a con artist tricked a woke school board into giving him all kinds of $$ & also so did a bunch of “consultants” to get this illegal conman. In Des Moines. Or are you okay with no oversight in public schools, just private?

No, you have a problem with not trusting parents!

Lol. If given the chance you and your party would take school choice away from Iowa parents. No one believes a WORD of what you're saying here.

Who is the “public”?

The parents who send their children to a private school are also part of the "public". If we don't like what's being taught, we send them somewhere else or we teach them ourselves.

Specifically what oversight are you referring to?

Roll back the school choice vouchers! There should be a brick wall between religious (private) schools and gov’t money in the first place.

You have every bit the over site of the program that you have of food stamps. Why aren't you out there complaining that HyVee owns several planes that they've paid for partially with EBT money?

There is no need for oversight Robbie. Government rule is $xxx per student goes to school of their choice. Government doesn’t get to decide how the school spends it.

So are you going to audit the Des Moines Public School system?

But isn’t that your current job? That’s not the responsibility of the governor. You’re really just out here trying to trick people into voting for you. It’s kind of sad.

Well that’s a misstatement. You have a problem with public money going to private schools. Such dishonesty from you.

Thanks for clarifying why School Choice is important. This statement says it all.

LETS TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Do public or private schools do a better job of educating students? Dems always create rules without ever considering the consequences. Discuss the results and achievements

@HawkGuyEnjoyer Can you believe this guy is the auditor and doesn’t know about 990 forms

We can only hope those terrible private schools are run as well as the Des Moines schools. Right?