by Dr. Vic Smith | Jan 15, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Charter Schools, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Statehouse Notes
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #391 – HB 1136 is a terrible bill Dear Friends, Legislators who brought us school choice now propose to remove an important school choice for parents. House Bill 1136 is the UNCHOICE for parents. A long term goal of those who oppose...
by Indiana Coalition for Public Education | Nov 1, 2024 | Accountability, Charter Schools, Education Savings Accounts, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Innovation Schools, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Vouchers
Leaky Bucket of Funding – Updated As we prepare for the Indiana General Assembly to craft the state’s next two-year budget in January 2025, we again expect to hear legislators brag about more “historic funding increases” for K-12 education and, also,...
by ICPE | Feb 6, 2024 | 2024 Legislative Session, Accountability, Charter Schools, Day of Action 2024, Education Savings Accounts, Get Involved, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, Public Schools Unite Us, Rural Schools, School Funding, Special Events, Suburban Schools, Urban Schools, Vouchers
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...
by Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer, President | Nov 21, 2023 | 2024 Legislative Session, Accountability, Charter Schools, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Priorities, Open the Books, Transparency, Vouchers
ICPE Legislative Priorities 2024 With the first round of vouchers for the 2023-2024 school year increasing by nearly 30%, Hoosier taxpayers have the right to demand accountability and transparency for those tax dollars. Why are private voucher schools not audited by...
by ICPE | Apr 29, 2023 | #VotePublicEd, 2023 Legislative Session, Career Scholarship Accounts, Charter Schools, CTE Funding, Education Savings Accounts, Get Involved, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Innovation Schools, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, Rural Schools, School Funding, State Budget, Suburban Schools, Teacher Pay, Urban Schools, Vouchers, Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
Sine die – the session has ended Sine Die. The session has ended. We wonder, yet again, what it will take for Indiana’s citizens to see how the attack on public schools, the Common Good, will affect our children for decades to come. The supermajority will crow...
by Dr. Vic Smith, ICPE Founder & Board Member | Apr 27, 2023 | #VotePublicEd, 2023 Legislative Session, Career Scholarship Accounts, Charter Schools, CTE Funding, Education Savings Accounts, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Innovation Schools, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, Rural Schools, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Suburban Schools, Teacher Pay, Urban Schools, Vouchers, Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #375 – Tremendous disappointments for traditional public schools Dear Friends, The final budget unveiled Wednesday carries bad news for public education in Indiana. It adds 6% in the first year and only 2% in the second year for...
