Trump administration must restore grants for school counselors, judge rules
Congress funded the mental health program after the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
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Legal Prep charter school secures downtown Indy location
The school’s downtown location on South Meridian Street is central to Legal Prep’s desire to be close to the city’s legal and business community.
Trump administration to hold back grants from schools over bathroom policies
The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights had given three school systems until Tuesday to agree to change policies supporting transgender students.
Rokita advises it would be ‘wise’ to remove teachers who express support for political violence
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita sent a six-page memo to all Indiana school superintendents and university administrators Monday night saying that schools are “wrong” for not disciplining or firing teachers who make comments about Charlie Kirk’s death.
Indiana higher ed board to vote on K-12 education secretary as new commissioner
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education will hold a special meeting Friday to vote on Secretary of Education Katie Jenner as the state’s next commissioner for higher education. If approved, she would lead both the Indiana Department of Education and the higher education commission.
Indiana’s universal school voucher system spotlighted at conservative policy conference
Indiana House Speaker Todd Huston was among key panelists on Wednesday’s “school choice” education panel.
State budget cuts impact Indiana alternative schools
Amid state budget troubles, alternative schools lost more than $4 million in funding.
Indiana private school voucher spending tops $497M as enrollment slows
Participation in Indiana’s Choice Scholarship Program grew by about 8.5% in the 2024-25 school year — marking a slowdown after record-setting enrollment growth in prior years.
Supreme Court says parents can pull their kids from public school lessons using LGBTQ books
The high court ruled that the schools likely could not require elementary school children to sit through lessons involving the books if parents expressed religious objections to the material.
Indiana schools get roadmap for K-12 policy changes following 2025 legislative session
A new academic year is still weeks away, but Indiana educators are already working to implement a slate of new laws passed during the 2025 legislative session.
Former Indiana virtual charter school official to plead guilty in $44M fraud case
Percy Clark, 82, of Carmel, who helped oversee Indiana Virtual School and Indiana Virtual Pathways Academy, admitted to participating in a plan to inflate student enrollment numbers to obtain tens of millions of dollars in state education funding.
State: insufficient planning, funding pauses summer meals program
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun’s second-in-command pointed to a lack of planning under Gov. Eric Holcomb’s administration as the reason Hoosier schoolchildren won’t be able to use a summer meals program.
Partisan school board bill narrowly avoids tie vote, goes to governor
Indiana is set to join the handful of states running partisan school board elections after a squeaker of a final vote Thursday—pending a decision from Republican Gov. Mike Braun.
Teachers, parents call for ‘fully funded public schools’ at Indiana Statehouse rally
Hundreds of teachers, parents and students from across the state rallied to call for increased funding for public schools.
Lawsuits allege culture of violence at Perry Township Schools
Two families are suing Perry Township Schools for unspecified damages over the alleged bullying of two students with disabilities that left them with traumatic head injuries
Legislation would dissolve IPS, four other school districts. Then charters take over
The four other school districts that would be disbanded are: Gary Community Schools, Tri-Township Consolidated Schools in LaPorte County, Union Schools southeast of Muncie, and Cannelton City Schools near the Kentucky border in Perry County.
State lawmakers expected to debate a slew of education-related proposals
State legislators are expected to spend the next four months hashing out how much money to make available for K-12 base funding, as well as allocations that could affect teacher pay, summer school and math and literacy tutoring.
Breaking down the fiscal issues that will dominate 2025 legislative session
Lawmakers will convene Wednesday to begin drafting the state’s next two-year budget, determining how to spend approximately $44 billion dollars to fund government services such as schools, health insurance programs and infrastructure as well as tackling other fiscal issues.
Indiana Kids Election results reflect 2024 outcome, except in governor’s race
Unlike the state’s registered voters, students from 165 schools across the state narrowly favored Democrat Jennifer McCormick over Republican Mike Braun.
Bar foundation’s mock election program expands statewide
The Indiana Kids Election kicked off in 2022 as a pilot program, but this year, the program is available to K-12 students in all districts across the state through the Indiana Bar Foundation.