by Dr. Vic Smith | Apr 14, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Teacher Pay, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #355 Dear Friends, The Senate budget proposal was announced on April 8th. The Senate budget put more money into the K-12 budget than did the House plan in the second year of the budget. In the second year (FY 2023), the House increase was...
by Marilyn Shank | Apr 8, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Teacher Pay, Vouchers
Every Indiana public school is losing money because of vouchers Every Indiana public school is losing money because of vouchers. Even if no students leave your school district to use a voucher, even if you don’t have any voucher-accepting schools in your small or...
by ICPE | Mar 30, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, Special Education, State Budget, Teacher Pay, Testimony, Vouchers
Joel Hand testimony & video on HB 1001 K-12 Funding Subcommittee Thank you to our amazing lobbyist Joel Hand! He testified before the School Funding Subcommittee last week on March 25, 2021. He and almost 60 other speakers endured a 6-hour marathon meeting that...
by Dr. Vic Smith | Mar 24, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, Special Education, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Teacher Pay, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #354 Voucher expansion & ESAs are rolled into budget bill Dear Friends, They put ESA’s in the House budget. Now ESA’s have to be kept out of the Senate budget! ESA’s, the radical plan to give taxpayer money directly to home school...
by ICPE | Feb 23, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Teacher Pay, Vouchers
Southeastern Indiana School Study Council Superintendents reject attack on public education The members of the Southeastern Indiana School Study Council represent twenty-three (23) school corporations and one (1) career center across southeastern Indiana. “We...
by ICPE | Feb 19, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, Rally 2021 (online), Rural Schools, School Funding, Special Education, State Budget, Teacher Pay, Vouchers
ICPE Presidents Day Legislative Event – Video Our unexpected event is packed with great information! When we couldn’t have a rally due to COVID restrictions, we thought we’d do a small event at the Statehouse on Presidents Day to introduce the letter...