A bureaucracy scorned. (Iowa's open-enrollment law for public school children)

From: National Review | Date: March 29, 1993| Author: Smith, C. Sheldon | Copyright information

The Iowa law allows children to enroll in school districts of parental choice. Although its application is limited to public schools, it offers choices unavailable in the past. One of the drawbacks, however, is that local school boards can halt transfers if they lead to racially unbalanced districts.

Deb Barnett of Des Moines was excited about taking advantage of Iowa's open-enrollment law, a law that would allow her to send her two children to a neighboring school district. She p...

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