by Indiana Coalition for Public Education | Nov 1, 2024 | 2025 Legislative Session, 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 | 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...
by ICPE | Apr 27, 2023 | #VotePublicEd, 2023 Legislative Session, Charter Schools, CTE Funding, Education Savings Accounts, Get Involved, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Innovation Schools, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, Rural Schools, School Funding, Special Education, State Budget, Teacher Pay, Urban Schools, Vouchers, Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
Suckerpunched! A horrible day for Indiana K-12 public education with losses across the board NOW IS THE FINAL TIME TO CALL ALL INDIANA LEGISLATORS: Senators: (800) 382-9467 House Democrats: (800) 382-9842 House Republicans(800) 382-9841 As we always say, a budget...
by ICPE | Mar 3, 2023 | 2023 Legislative Session, Charter Schools, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Innovation Schools, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Teacher Pay, Vouchers
Budget reflects priorities – leaky bucket of school funding It’s another budget session–one where we get to see the priorities of Indiana’s legislature. We see already that charters and vouchers will likely wind up as winners. In fact, of the new...
by Keri Miksza & Jenny Robinson of ICPE Monroe County | Feb 22, 2023 | 2023 Legislative Session, Charter Schools, Education Savings Accounts, Get Involved, ICPE - Monroe County, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Innovation Schools, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, Rural Schools, School Funding, State Budget, Teacher Pay, Vouchers
2023 Legislative Update – The Sucker Punch 2023 Legislative Update We’re well into the 2023 legislative session, and some of us are asking: Do our legislators understand that public schools* are essential infrastructure in communities across Indiana—rural,...
