by Indiana Coalition for Public Education | Sep 8, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Annual Meeting, Dr. Jennifer McCormick, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Privatization, Property Taxes, Rural Schools, School Funding, Vouchers
Funding Slashed—What Will Your Schools Cut? Recap of ICPE’s 15th Annual Meeting Indiana Coalition for Public Education held its 15th Annual Meeting on Saturday, August 23, 2025. ICPE lobbyist Mr. Joel Hand served as emcee, while Dr. Michael Hicks, Dr. Jennifer...
by Dr. Vic Smith, ICPE Co-Founder | May 22, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, State Budget, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #395 – Reflecting on the budget: private school vouchers win Dear Friends, Even a deep budget crisis could not stop the Supermajority from giving a new benefit to all wealthy families: private school vouchers paid for by...
by Jim May, Board Member, ICPE | May 19, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, State Budget, Vouchers
A Budget Solution the General Assembly Ignored This past legislative session, Hoosiers discovered that our state is facing a budget shortfall of $2.4 billion over the next three years. This is less than ideal, especially coming on the heels of changes to our tax...
by Indiana Coalition for Public Education | May 5, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Charter Schools, Get Involved, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Priorities, Partisan School Boards, Privatization, Property Taxes, Rural Schools, School Funding, Special Education, Special Events, State Budget, Teacher Pay, Urban Schools, Vouchers
MAY DAY! ICPE Post-Session Review: What Happened If you missed our post-session review via the Zoom webinar we held on May 1st with our president, Cathy Fuentes-Rohwer, and our lobbyist and general counsel, Joel Hand, you can watch it back here. The slide presentation...
by Dr. Vic Smith, ICPE Co-Founder & Board Member | Mar 28, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts - 2025, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #394 – Legislative Alert: Taxation Without Representation & Calls To Action Dear Friends, NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION! Many people don’t realize that school board members at charter schools are not elected by voters, but...
by Indiana Coalition for Public Education | Feb 19, 2025 | 2025 Legislative Session, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, Property Taxes, Rural Schools, School Funding, Special Education, Special Events, Suburban Schools, Teacher Pay, Urban Schools, Vouchers
Event: ICPE’s Mid Session Legislative Update – Joel Hand Join ICPE and our lobbyist Joel Hand for a mid-Session review the PreK-12 education bills that are moving at the Indiana Statehouse. Meeting is on Zoom. Register to have the link emailed to you....
