by Indiana Coalition for Public Education | Feb 9, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Legislative Alerts - 2025
Legislative Alert: SB 257 – Civics Education SB 257 is authored by Senator Spencer Deery. It would require teachers to base history or social studies instruction on the principles of the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution of...
by Indiana Coalition for Public Education | Feb 5, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Legislative Alerts - 2025
Legislative Alert: SB 289 – Nondiscrimination in employment and education After holding this bill back, likely due to the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus’ Unity Rally that occurred in the Statehouse at the same time as Governor Braun’s State of the State...
by Dr. Vic Smith, ICPE Co-Founder & Board Member | Feb 1, 2025 | Statehouse Notes
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #392 – HB 1002 deserves your urgent attention Dear Friends, House Bill 1002 would lower the standards for the Indiana Secretary of Education. It would remove all requirements now in law and let the Governor appoint non-educators and...
by Indiana Coalition for Public Education | Jan 31, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Legislative Alerts - 2025, Partisan School Boards
Legislative Alert: HB 1230 – Partisan School Boards Scroll down for updated calls to action KEEP POLITICS OUT OF THE SCHOOLHOUSE Two years ago, our ICPE co- founder and author of Vic’s Statehouse Notes, Dr. Vic Smith, wrote about similar bills: “Making...
by Indiana Coalition for Public Education | Jan 31, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Legislative Alerts - 2025, Partisan School Boards
*UPDATE* Legislative Alert: SB 287 – Partisan School Boards UPDATE as of 3/3/25 KEEP POLITICS OUT OF THE SCHOOLHOUSE Two years ago, our ICPE co- founder and author of Vic’s Statehouse Notes, Dr. Vic Smith, wrote about similar bills: “Making school boards...
