Blog & Statehouse Notes
This space serves as vital resource for those who are dedicated to preserving and enhancing public education in Indiana. Through insightful articles, updates, and analysis, ICPE provides timely information on legislative actions, policy changes, and advocacy efforts impacting Indiana’s public education system. We strive to empower stakeholders with the knowledge and tools necessary to support and defend public education.
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #384 – A new and negative precedent
Dear Friends, A new and negative precedent was set today in the slow dismantlement of public education in Indiana. This morning the Senate Appropriations Committee approved HB 1001 which gives state money to parents of general education students who are siblings of...
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #383 – Let’s talk about democracy
In last week's series of Statehouse Notes I told you that Senate Bill 255 is a stunning proposal to give control of education funding to parents. I deeply oppose this plan and urge you to oppose it as well. Senate Bill 255 is dead for this session, but Senator Mishler...
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #382 – Sneaky and inappropriate amendment
Dear Friends, I’ve been writing to you about the flawed plan to give parents control of your tax money to run their own homeschools, a plan which would create unaccountable micro schools that would take resources away from public school students. Now a sneaky and...
Public Schools Week 2024
We are thrilled to share that Indiana Coalition for Public Education is joining with the Learning First Alliance and partners nationwide to celebrate educators, students, and school communities during Public Schools Week 2024. During the week of February 26-March 1,...
ICPE Day of Action: Fight for our Democracy!
Many thanks to all of those who took the time to head to our event in Indianapolis on Presidents Day! We were thrilled and energized to have so many people at our 2024 ICPE Day of Action at the Statehouse last Monday. We had wonderful speakers who shared their various...
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #381 – Lowering standards
In my most recent Statehouse Notes I told you that Senate Bill 255 is a stunning proposal to give control of education funding to parents. I deeply oppose this plan and urge you to oppose it as well. Senate Bill 255 is dead for this session, but Senator Mishler says...
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #380 – No supervision or accountability
In my most recent Statehouse Notes I told you that Senate Bill 255 is a stunning proposal to give control of education funding to parents. I deeply oppose this plan and urge you to oppose it as well. Senate Bill 255 is dead for this session, but Senator Mishler says...
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #379 – Take a stand
Dear Friends, In yesterday’s Vic's Statehouse Notes I told you that Senate Bill 255 is a stunning proposal to give control of education funding to parents. I deeply oppose this plan and urge you to oppose it as well. Senate Bill 255 is dead for this session, but...
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #378 – A radical experiment
Dear Friends, Please join us for a DAY OF ACTION AT THE STATEHOUSE ON PRESIDENTS DAY HERE'S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW: https://indianacoalitionforpubliced.org/2024/02/06/icpe-statehouse-day-of-action-unite-for-our-public-schools/ AND HERE'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT:...
ICPE Statehouse Day of Action: Unite for Our Public Schools
Mark your calendars for Presidents’ Day on Monday, February 19th and bring your friends and family to ICPE’s Day of Action. This legislative session has been a scary preview of what is to come next year when the legislature debates the budget and determines their...
Retention of third graders based on IREAD-3
For a legislative session that the supermajority promised would be short and sweet - and non controversial - we are finding some bills quite sour and we must yet again prepare to battle for our kids and the schools they deserve. Despite research to the contrary, the...
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #377 – Not a good start
It's Not a Good Start for the Short Session Two Senate bills, SB 255 and SB 143, directly implement Milton Friedman’s plan to give school funding to parents and not to schools, abruptly ending the way public education in Indiana has been funded for over a century....
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