by Dr. Vic Smith, ICPE Co-Founder | May 22, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, State Budget, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #395 – Reflecting on the budget: private school vouchers win Dear Friends, Even a deep budget crisis could not stop the Supermajority from giving a new benefit to all wealthy families: private school vouchers paid for by...
by Jim May, Board Member, ICPE | May 19, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, State Budget, Vouchers
A Budget Solution the General Assembly Ignored This past legislative session, Hoosiers discovered that our state is facing a budget shortfall of $2.4 billion over the next three years. This is less than ideal, especially coming on the heels of changes to our tax...
by Indiana Coalition for Public Education | May 5, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Charter Schools, Get Involved, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Priorities, Partisan School Boards, Privatization, Property Taxes, Rural Schools, School Funding, Special Education, Special Events, State Budget, Teacher Pay, Urban Schools, Vouchers
MAY DAY! ICPE Post-Session Review: What Happened If you missed our post-session review via the Zoom webinar we held on May 1st with our president, Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer, and our lobbyist and general counsel, Joel Hand, you can watch it back here. The slide presentation...
by Indiana Coalition for Public Education | Apr 8, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Charter Schools, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts - 2025, Privatization
*UPDATE* Legislative Alert: SB 373 Amendments #9 & #13 – No taxation without representation UPDATED to add Amendment #13 which ALSO brings back HB 1505 language – 4/8/25 This egregious amendment (blindsiding the general public) was posted the afternoon...
by Dr. Vic Smith, ICPE Co-Founder & Board Member | Mar 28, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts - 2025, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #394 – Legislative Alert: Taxation Without Representation & Calls To Action Dear Friends, NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION! Many people don’t realize that school board members at charter schools are not elected by voters, but...
by Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer, ICPE President | Mar 15, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Charter Schools, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, IPS, Privatization, School Funding, Urban Schools
Community Conversation in Indianapolis: Fund our Neighborhood Public Schools On Tuesday March 11th, the Indiana Coalition for Public Education was invited to join an excellent panel of educators and legislators to discuss current legislation affecting the funding of...
