by Dr. Vic Smith, Co-founder and Board Member ICPE | Feb 29, 2024 | 2024 Legislative Session, Education Savings Accounts, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, Statehouse Notes
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #384 – A new and negative precedent Dear Friends, A new and negative precedent was set today in the slow dismantlement of public education in Indiana. This morning the Senate Appropriations Committee approved HB 1001 which gives...
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...
by Dr. Vic Smith | Apr 20, 2023 | 2023 Legislative Session, Charter Schools, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Vouchers
Vic’s Statehouse Notes #374 – Education budget analysis Dear Friends, The Indiana Senate, led by Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Ryan Mishler, unveiled its proposed budget on April 13 and passed it on April 18, by a vote of 40-10. The Senate budget...
by Dr. Vic Smith | Mar 13, 2023 | 2023 Legislative Session, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Privatization, School Funding, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Vouchers
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...
by Dr. Vic Smith | Feb 16, 2023 | 2023 Legislative Session, Day of Action 2023, Dr. Jennifer McCormick, Education Savings Accounts, Get Involved, ICPE News, Indiana Legislature, Legislative Alerts, Legislative Priorities, Partisan School Boards, Privatization, Rally 2023, School Funding, Special Events, State Budget, Statehouse Notes, Vouchers
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...
