IPS adopts $456 million budget for next year as district focuses on literacy, revamped academics
The projected spending plan adopted by the Indianapolis Public Schools board Thursday is $10 million more than projected spending for this school year.
The projected spending plan adopted by the Indianapolis Public Schools board Thursday is $10 million more than projected spending for this school year.
The gift, announced Tuesday morning, is from local philanthropist Julie Wood, in honor of her late husband, Tom Wood, a prominent car dealer who died of lung cancer in 2010 at age 78.
Hoosier municipalities hold 19 sister-city agreements with Chinese counterparts, two with Russian cities and one with a Cuban city, according to a list maintained by the Indiana chapter of Sister Cities International.
Purdue Polytechnic High School West is now expected to open somewhere on the west side of Indianapolis within Indianapolis Public Schools borders, but the exact location remains unclear.
Lawmakers and advocates hope the ban improves student engagement, behavior, and mental health, all of which they say have declined since cell phones became a common sight in students’ hands.
Stricter rules on school attendance, reading proficiency, and cellphone use in the classroom will affect Indiana students and schools beginning next year under legislation passed in the General Assembly’s 2024 session.
The final version accepted by both the House and Senate chambers made concessions in language that was opposed by critics of Israel.
Disagreements among Indiana lawmakers could stop passage of a bill aiming to address antisemitism on college campuses for the second year in a row.
The move comes a week after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction in an antitrust suit that challenges NCAA rules against recruiting inducements, saying they inhibit athletes’ ability to cash in on their celebrity and fame.
About 100 people showed up to the hearing Thursday at the City-County Building for what’s become a contentious fight between school choice advocates and traditional public school supporters.
A revised bill targeting absenteeism would require schools to prohibit habitually truant students from extracurricular activities, and would also impose a penalty on parents who make unproven allegations against teachers.
One bill has been stripped of language on civics education to instead focus on allowing chaplains in public schools.
Legislation that would require health plans to pay out-of-network ambulance providers for transports at rates set by local units has passed the Indiana Senate.
A cooperative of central Indiana communities wants to expand the impact of Main Street via walkable districts to attract residents and boost innovative development.
First-phase upgrades to the park will include a parking lot expansion, fishing piers, boardwalks, a bridge and a reengineered sledding hill. Plans for the second phase include a new playground, outdoor classroom and shelter.
It seems the backwaters of Indiana policymaking are fine when profits are being generated.
The elimination of minority from a statute that is ostensibly focused on diversity and inclusion seems more than odd—it seems unnecessary and counterproductive.
Multiple districts indicated they were not made aware of submissions to the public portal—and that many documents are out of date.
Senate Bill 270 clarifies language added in the last legislative session that led to two different interpretations of the law by Indianapolis Public Schools and the state.
Members of the Senate Committee on Education and Career Development advanced a heavily amended bill on Wednesday that in its original form would have referred more students to juvenile court.