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27 October
5:53 pm

The Department of Education director literally amended a contract for the company that runs the school vouchers program and they doubled the pay of our tax dollars to that company running the school vouchers program — nothing else in the contract changed whatsoever.

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Rob Sand, at Iowa Governor General Election Debate (KCRG / The Gazette)

5:53 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific allegation that Iowa's Department of Education director amended a contract to double payments to a school vouchers company with no other changes — a concrete, verifiable government action with potential fiscal and legal implications.
What we foundThe core facts — that the Iowa Department of Education amended the Odyssey contract and that costs are projected to more than double — are confirmed by multiple independent sources, but the claim that 'nothing else in the contract changed whatsoever' is inaccurate: the amendment added new variable transaction fees, which are the very mechanism driving the cost increase.
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