Indiana students will need to put their phones away during class starting next school year, under a new law that requires districts to ban communication devices from classrooms. Senate Enrolled Act 185 bans “any portable wireless device.”... Read More
Indiana lawmakers have cut a proposal that would have permitted chaplains to work in public schools — part of a compromise on a bill allowing students to leave school for religious instruction at their parents’ request. They returned House Bill 1137 to its...... Read More
The bill, Senate Bill 255, is on hold until next year, when lawmakers take up issues tied to the state budget. But its backers say it’s the start of a conversation about expanding school choice in the state, far beyond the scope of existing voucher programs.... Read More
A bill to hold back and provide more support to third graders who can’t read proficiently passed the Senate Education and Career Development Committee Wednesday along party lines. Senate Bill 1 would reinforce the state’s policy of holding back students who...... Read More
A record number of Indiana students are using Indiana’s near-universal voucher program to attend private schools this year. The Indiana Department of Education approved 69,271 Choice Scholarship applications during the first round of the program.... Read More
Indiana voters across the state showed support for giving school districts the green light to use millions of dollars in tax revenue..... Read More
The Perry Township district is also increasing wages for all other support staff.... Read More
The union says it has the right to negotiate the issue. The district says that’s not required under state law.... Read More
Smaller class sizes. School buses. Low-cost preschool. These are some of the things that eleven Indiana districts are hoping to fund via property tax increases that voters will consider in the November election.... Read More
Beginning Oct. 15, each school must post on its website a school performance report from the Indiana Department of Education that shows how its students are doing on academic and other measures.... Read More
