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School funding
Indiana panel backs private school voucher bill
February 16, 2011
Associated PressA contentious proposal to use taxpayer money to help Indiana parents send their children to private schools cleared its first
legislative hurdle Wednesday.
MoreAnderson superintendent proposes closing Wigwam
February 9, 2011
Associated PressThe Wigwam at Anderson High School is the second-largest high school gymnasium in the world, second only to the Fieldhouse
in New Castle.
MoreMYERS: Cure the education death spiral
December 25, 2010
Woodrow Myers / Special to IBJAs we move deeper into the second decade of the new century, we must face the reality of our failure to keep our kids at the
front of the competition, especially in math and science.
MoreStates offering more college-savings vehicles
November 12, 2010
Bloomberg NewsIndiana among those rolling out new, less-risky 529 plans to attract savers wary of losing money in the stock market.
MoreSchools, state argue in court over funding formula
October 13, 2010
Associated PressHamilton Southeastern Schools, Franklin Township Schools and Middlebury Community Schools sued the state in February, claiming
its school funding formula unfairly penalizes growing districts.
MoreCourt delays hearing on Indiana school funding lawsuit
September 14, 2010
Associated PressHamilton Southeastern Schools, Franklin Township Schools and Middlebury Community Schools sued the state in February, claiming
the school funding formula unfairly penalizes growing districts.
MoreOther states join Indiana in spurning grant program
May 31, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressAbout two dozen states are going back to Washington for another shot at billions in education grants under the "Race to the
Top" program, but at least nine others including Indiana are opting out of trying a second time.
MoreObama plans tougher rules on for-profit colleges
May 4, 2010
Bloomberg NewsThe administration is gearing up to produce tougher regulations that may reduce the amount of federal financial aid flowing
to for-profit colleges such as locally-based ITT Educational.
MoreApproval of college-aid overhaul to shake Sallie Mae
March 22, 2010
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe legislation, piggybacked to the health care bill that passed Congress Sunday night, could also mean major job
losses for Sallie Mae, which employs about 2,400 people in Indiana, including 1,700 in Fishers.
MoreAnderson schools might cut 200-plus jobs
March 19, 2010
Associated PressA central Indiana school district could see 20 percent of its jobs cut for next school year as it works to close a multimillion-dollar
budget deficit.
MoreIndiana out in first phase of 'Race to the Top' grants
March 5, 2010
Associated PressIndiana has missed out in the first round of the U.S. Department of Education's "Race to the Top" competition, which will
deliver $4.35 billion in school-reform grants.
MoreSchools decry funding disparity in lawsuit
February 24, 2010
Associated PressHamilton Southeastern will see its per-pupil spending of $5,000 drop about $100 in 2010 despite a projected 900-student increase,
the lawsuit says. Indianapolis Public Schools, which has lost more than 1,000 students a year for the last five years, will
receive $7,500 per student in 2010.
MoreGrowing Indiana schools districts suing over funding
February 23, 2010
Associated PressHamilton Southeastern, Franklin Township and Middlebury Community Schools of Elkhart County say the school-funding formula
unfairly penalizes districts with growing enrollments.
MoreSome Indianapolis charters see financial position weaken
February 22, 2010
J.K. WallMayor's report shows smaller cash reserves for many schools, but one charter operator blames late government payments.
MoreCOPPER: Misunderstandings put Indiana school funding in a bind
February 6, 2010
Mike CopperState government overreacted in its attempts to reign in construction costs, and should seek middle ground
MoreFast-growing Ivy Tech feeling pain of funding cuts
January 26, 2010
Scott OlsonHoosiers enrolling at fast-growing Ivy Tech Community College might find it increasingly difficult to get the classes they
want at the times they prefer. Blame burgeoning enrollment and $10 million in funding cuts.
MorePurdue to slice benefits for staff, techology costs
January 22, 2010
Associated PressUniversity will cut employee benefits, retirement contributions and information technology services to partially close a $67
million budget deficit for the West Lafayette campus
MoreSchool foundations step up to pay for programs as funding dries up
January 2, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Washington Township Schools Foundation on the north side is among those that wants to raise money
for buildings and other high-cost needs.
MoreCollege cuts will favor some schools over others
December 23, 2009
Associated PressThe Indiana Commission for Higher Education said state colleges and universities need to find new ways to be efficient—without
new tuition hikes—to cope with spending cuts ordered by Gov. Mitch Daniels.
MoreVoters OK Hamilton Southeastern school-funding tax hike
November 10, 2009
IBJ StaffVoters in the Hamilton Southeastern school district on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bump to their property taxes to provide
the growing system an extra $5.5 million in funding each year for the next seven years.
MoreEDITORIAL: Tough love from taxpayers fed up with school spending
November 7, 2009
IBJ StaffAcross Indiana, in more than a dozen different school districts over the past year, taxpayers have sent a message to administrators:
We are no longer giving you a blank check.
MoreEducation cuts could be coming, state schools chief says
November 5, 2009
Associated PressIndiana's school chief warned school superintendents Thursday that declining state revenues could force cuts in public education
spending, education officials said.
MoreBeech Grove school referendum passes, two others fail
November 4, 2009
Voters in Beech Grove on Tuesday endorsed a tax increase to keep school buses operating, while other education-related measures
in two Marion County townships failed.
MoreIPS was winner in state budget
July 20, 2009
IBJ is completely off base to suggest that the new state budget was “balanced on the backs of poor children.”
As has been true of every state budget for the last two decades, students in Indianapolis Public Schools and other urban districts
are actually the biggest winners in this budget.
MoreEDITORIAL: School funding has fatal flaws
July 13, 2009
IBJ StaffA state budget was passed June 30, but it’s balanced on the backs of poor children. Legislators
deserve praise for at least slightly increasing overall education funding, but because of a flawed funding
formula, urban districts such as Indianapolis Public Schools actually will lose money in the next two
years.
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