Here are the education bills that Indiana lawmakers passed in the 2026 legislative session

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One thought on “Here are the education bills that Indiana lawmakers passed in the 2026 legislative session

  1. Most of these bills should be handled at the local level, not at the state. The ^party of “small government”^ needs to stop growing the already huge amount of state-level governance.

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