by Dr. Vic Smith | Feb 8, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #351 – The death knell of accountability Dear Friends, The House Education Committee last Wednesday passed House Bill 1005, taking Indiana in a radical and controversial direction. Let there be no confusion. This is new. Education...
by Marilyn Shank | Feb 8, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, Vouchers
HB 1005 headed to House Ways & Means – take action URGENT: House Bill 1005 which expands the Indiana Choice Scholarship (voucher) program and creates Education “Scholarship” Accounts (also known as Education Savings Accounts or ESAs) passed out...
by Dr. Vic Smith | Feb 2, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #350 – Shock and awe! Dear Friends, Shock and awe! Public education in Indiana is truly under attack. In a late move that I did not hear about until this morning, the Senate Education Committee has also scheduled their version of...
by Dr. Vic Smith | Feb 1, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, Statehouse Notes, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #349 – Is this the end of public education in Indiana? Dear Friends, Is this the end of public education in Indiana? Is Indiana following Milton Friedman’s playbook to give education money to parents and not to the schools? House...
by Vic Smith | Jan 27, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Charter Schools, Get Involved, Indiana Legislature, Innovation Schools, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Teacher Pay, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #348 Dear Friends, Heads up! Public education is under the most serious attack ever seen in Indiana. Will you help defend it as you have for the last decade? Taking advantage of the pandemic and reduced citizen access to the Statehouse,...
by Dr. Vic Smith | Dec 19, 2020 | 2021 Legislative Session, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #347 – Sound the alarm Dear Friends, Sound the alarm! We don’t need a new legislative crisis during this horrendous pandemic. Word from the Statehouse is that the Republican supermajority plans to give public tax money to upper...
