by ICPE | Jan 17, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Legislative Alerts - 2025
Legislative Alert: HB 1136 – Dissolving School Districts – Politicians’ Choice HB 1136: Politicians’ Choice Despite the mantra of “parent choice,” this bill would potentially eliminate public school parents’ choice in the Indianapolis Public...
by ICPE | Jan 17, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Alerts - 2025
Legislative Alert: HB 1002 – Various Education Matters & Deregulation Concerns Here are our specific concerns with HB 1002: 1. We oppose the watering down of requirements for the Secretary of Education. (Sect 13 of the bill, page 38) This position must have...
by ICPE | Jan 16, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Alerts - 2025
Legislative Alert: SB 320 – A very good bill SB 320 Choice Scholarships ICPE believes that if you take public funds you should have to play by the same rules as public schools.Voucher schools do not have to show us where the money goes, and they do not have to...
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 Dr. Vic Smith, ICPE Founder and Board Member | Oct 16, 2024 | #VotePublicEd, Candidate Pledge, Indiana Legislature, Privatization, Statehouse Notes
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #389 – Candidate Pledge Dear Friends, This election could determine the survival of public education in Indiana. The plan to give ESAs to all parents in a “universal voucher” system has already been presented by Senator Mishler. ...
