by Dr. Vic Smith | Feb 16, 2023 | 2023 Legislative Session, Day of Action 2023, Dr. Jennifer McCormick, Education Savings Accounts, Get Involved, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Partisan School Boards, Privatization, Rally 2023, School Funding, Special Events, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #372 Dear Friends, Are extremist neo-Nazi parents going to teach hate to their students in Indiana home schools funded by you, the taxpayer? Senate Bill 305 would allow every parent (there are no funding limits in the current bill) to sign...
by Dr. Vic Smith, Founder & Board Member, ICPE | Jan 27, 2023 | 2023 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #370 – A radical plan Dear Friends, The Indiana Senate Education Committee approved a bill Wednesday that would freeze out community members, taxpayers and even state leaders from any influence over what the students of Indiana...
by Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer | Aug 26, 2022 | 2022 Legislative Session, Annual Meeting, Charter Schools, Dr. Jennifer McCormick, Education Savings Accounts, Get Involved, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Innovation Schools, Rural Schools, State Budget, Suburban Schools, Urban Schools, Vouchers
ICPE’s All-Member Meeting: They’re Coming for Your School District On Saturday August 20th we held our annual all-member meeting in Washington Township. It was a jam-packed agenda full of information to digest–some of which made many of us nauseous! We had...
by ICPE | Jul 28, 2022 | 2022 Special Session, Indiana Legislature, State Budget
Joel Hand – Special Session Testimony on SB 3 Joel Hand’s Testimony on SB 3 (Tax & Fiscal Matters) to Senate Appropriations Committee on July 26, 2022. Good afternoon, Chairman Mishler and members of the Committee. My name is Joel Hand and I represent...
by Dr. Vic Smith | Jan 23, 2022 | 2022 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, State Budget, Statehouse Notes
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #362 Dear Friends, The Indiana Treasurer’s office is building an online portal that could be used to dismantle public education in Indiana. Now the Treasurer wants more money to build it and maintain it. This move should be resisted by all...
by ICPE | May 20, 2021 | Charter Schools, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Innovation Schools, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Teacher Pay, Vouchers, Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
Wolf at the “Hoosier” Schoolhouse Door Zoom link Join us for an evening with authors and education policy experts, Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider, for a discussion on how their book, A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, applies to Indiana. From New...
