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 Marilyn Shank | May 11, 2020 | CARES Funding, School Funding, U.S. Dept. of Education
DeVos’ CARES Guidance Deprives Indiana’s Neediest Students Betsy DeVos’ guidance would deprive Indiana’s most needy public school students of $10.5 million in CARES Act funding. Let me explain a complex situation simply as I can. Most reasonable human beings...
by Vic Smith | Mar 9, 2020 | 2020 Legislative Session, Charter Schools, Indiana Legislature, Privatization, Rural Schools, School Funding, Statehouse Notes, Urban Schools
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #345 Dear Friends, Are you still riled up about the end-of-session legislative sneak attack to divert property tax referendum money from traditional public schools to charter schools? Please contact legislators in the next 24 hours about...
by Marilyn Shank | Mar 5, 2020 | 2020 Legislative Session, Charter Schools, Indiana Legislature, Innovation Schools, Privatization, School Funding
ACT NOW ON HB 1065 AMENDMENT #6 Act now to get Amendment 6 removed from House Bill 1065 Rep. Jeff Thompson filed his dissent to House Bill 1065 as amended, which now includes Amendment 6 allowing public schools to share referendum money with charter schools. The...
