by Dr. Vic Smith | Feb 27, 2024 | 2024 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #382 – Sneaky and inappropriate amendment Dear Friends, I’ve been writing to you about the flawed plan to give parents control of your tax money to run their own homeschools, a plan which would create unaccountable micro schools that...
by Dr. Vic Smith | Feb 22, 2024 | 2024 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #381 – Lowering standards In my most recent Statehouse Notes I told you that Senate Bill 255 is a stunning proposal to give control of education funding to parents. I deeply oppose this plan and urge you to oppose it as well. Senate...
by Dr. Vic Smith | Feb 20, 2024 | ICPE News, Statehouse Notes
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #380 – No supervision or accountability In my most recent Statehouse Notes I told you that Senate Bill 255 is a stunning proposal to give control of education funding to parents. I deeply oppose this plan and urge you to oppose it as...
by Dr. Vic Smith | Feb 19, 2024 | 2024 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #379 – Take a stand Dear Friends, In yesterday’s Vic’s Statehouse Notes I told you that Senate Bill 255 is a stunning proposal to give control of education funding to parents. I deeply oppose this plan and urge you to oppose it...
by Dr. Vic Smith | Apr 29, 2023 | 2023 Legislative Session, Indiana Legislature, IPS, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #376 – The final budget is not always the final budget Now we’ve learned that the final budget is not always the final budget. By most accounts, cries of agony by school superintendents to their Senators over low funding levels in...
by Dr. Vic Smith, ICPE Founder & Board Member | Apr 27, 2023 | #VotePublicEd, 2023 Legislative Session, Career Scholarship Accounts, Charter Schools, CTE Funding, Education Savings Accounts, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Innovation Schools, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, Rural Schools, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Suburban Schools, Teacher Pay, Urban Schools, Vouchers, Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #375 – Tremendous disappointments for traditional public schools Dear Friends, The final budget unveiled Wednesday carries bad news for public education in Indiana. It adds 6% in the first year and only 2% in the second year for...
