(Radio Iowa) – Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott is back on the campaign trail in Iowa, touting a parents’ bill of rights that primarily focuses on parental involvement in education.

Scott says it’s time to break the backs of teachers’ unions and let all parents use public funds to pay for their children to attend private schools, charter schools or be homeschooled.

Scott says his plan is designed to empower parents from the school room to the smart phone. Scott is calling on social media companies to improve safety features that protect children and he says there should be country-of-origin labels for smart phone apps. Scott says Big Tech is stealing the attention spans of children and online predators are stealing their futures.

Democrats say Scott has spent his career working to divert taxpayer dollars to wealthy private schools and his parents’ bill of rights would devastate public education. Scott, who is a U-S Senator from South Carolina, campaigned in Le Mrs and Sioux Center yesterday (Wednesday) is scheduled to make stops in southeast Iowa today (Thursday).

Republican presidential candidates Mike Pence and Vivek Ramaswamy are also campaigning in Iowa today (Thursday).