Blog & Statehouse Notes
It’s all just numbers until it’s your school district’s funding
Although the “average” public school funding increase in the Republican version of the budget being discussed tomorrow (March 16) is 5%, the increased funding for Fiscal Year 2024 can be anywhere between a high of 18.9% all the way down to less than 1% depending on...
Five years of vouchers – mapped by district
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 rural school district, your school district still loses money due to...
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #373
Dear Friends, The second half of the budget session has now begun. Budget proposals from the Governor and from the House are on the table. A public hearing on the Senate budget has been scheduled by a subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee for Thursday,...
Tell Indiana legislators – It makes no sense
The Indiana legislature is prepared to increase spending on private school vouchers by 70% ($1.1 billion) compared to a mere 5% increase for traditional public schools. Nearly 90% of Hoosier kids attend public schools, while 7% are in voucher schools. This is...
Speak Out at the Statehouse: Prioritize Public School Kids
Come to the Statehouse to speak up for our public schools next Thursday, March 16th. Plan to arrive by 10am. The School Funding Subcommittee begins immediately following the session that morning, but we have no idea how long that session will go. You must sign up...
Defend your public schools
At the half-way point Did you feel the collective sigh last week? It was every legislator, every staff member, and every citizen who cares about public education and has been following bills before the Indiana General Assembly. The session is at the half-way point. ...
Budget reflects priorities – leaky bucket of school funding
It's another budget session–one where we get to see the priorities of Indiana's legislature. We see already that charters and vouchers will likely wind up as winners. In fact, of the new money proposed in the House's version of the education budget, 37% of it will go...
“Indiana’s Billion Dollar Bake Sale”
During ICPE's Day of Action at the Statehouse held on February 20, 2023 (Presidents' Day), we hosted a mock bake sale to illustrate that no amount of fundraising can make up for the losses to public school budgets that have been caused by harmful education...
2023 Legislative Update – The Sucker Punch
2023 Legislative Update We’re well into the 2023 legislative session, and some of us are asking: Do our legislators understand that public schools* are essential infrastructure in communities across Indiana—rural, urban, and suburban? If so, why do they keep moving...
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #372
Dear Friends, Are extremist neo-Nazi parents going to teach hate to their students in Indiana home schools funded by you, the taxpayer? Senate Bill 305 would allow every parent (there are no funding limits in the current bill) to sign up online for an Education...
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