by Dr. Vic Smith | Apr 19, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Teacher Pay, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #356 – looming threats and flaws Dear Friends, With only three days left in this General Assembly session, a dangerous threat to our state remains to be fixed. Education Scholarship Accounts are still in the budget bill, and the...
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 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 Dr. Vic Smith | Mar 4, 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 #353 – The camel’s nose Dear Friends, Milton Friedman, the famous economist who passed away in 2006, wanted to end public schools and get the government out of education. He proposed to just give tax money directly to parents to let...
by Dr. Vic Smith | Feb 14, 2021 | 2021 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, Rural Schools, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Teacher Pay, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #352 – President’s Day Public Education Zoom Webinar Dear Friends, Weather Alert: Join in on the Public Education Zoom webinar tomorrow Feb. 15th at 3PM! A small President’s Day event had been planned in the Statehouse to meet Covid...
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...
