(Radio Iowa) – State Auditor Rob Sand, a Democrat, and Republican Governor Kim Reynolds are in a standoff over access to information about state funding for private school expenses. Sand says C-P-As who’ve worked for him as well as three other Republican state auditors asked for more data about the Education Savings Accounts parents of private school students applied for to cover tuition or other expenses.  “This office has never been refused the ability to examine a program,” Sand says. Governor Reynolds says Sand is using his office for political gain.

“He’s been obsessed with a program that he’s flat out against, just to score political points,” Reynolds says.

Reynolds says state agencies would provide more information about the Education Savings Accounts, if Sand spells out in a letter what is requested, but Sand has failed to do so. Sand says the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled the state auditor’s office doesn’t have to submit an additional request.