Iowa auditor won't review public money to parochial schools
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa state officials say they won't challenge Polk County's spending of nearly $845,000 in public money to help parochial schools.
The Des Moines Register reports that Iowa State Auditor Mary Mosiman's office won't review the matter. The office's attorney, Bernardo Granwehr, says that the legality of spending public money on private schools could be questioned, but because Polk County Attorney John Sarcone declared the practice legal, the auditor's office has no grounds to review it.
State law prohibits the use of county money for church-affiliated schools.