Bill seeks tax credits for boosting minimum-wage worker pay
State Sen. John Ruckelshaus has introduced a bill that would provide a state tax credit to employers that give minimum-wage workers a pay raise after they complete a training program.
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Professor: Indiana should review sexual harassment statute
A professor at IU's Robert H. McKinney School of Law says it's time for the state to change a statute that keeps sexual harassment victims from having their day in court, including a provision that requires an employer to give their consent before being sued.
IU wins lawsuit by fired director accused of sexual harassment
A district court judge ruled Indiana University’s School of Dentistry and high-ranking members of its faculty did not violate a former clinic director’s rights by firing him for alleged sexual harassment of students.
New coding school will let students pay with share of future income
More than half of the students in Kenzie Academy’s first coding class—launching in January—will finance their education using income-share agreements, a concept that has been lauded by Purdue President Mitch Daniels.
Lilly Endowment awards more than $20M to help pastors
The grants will help seminaries, universities and other organizations create or strengthen programs that help pastors build relationships with experienced clergy.
From autos to universities, here’s what the tax overhaul means for most industries
Its impact will spread far and wide starting next year, highlighted by a cut in the corporate rate to 21 percent, fully allowable deductions for capital expenses and lower levies on repatriating overseas profits.
Notre Dame to pay millions under tax reform bill
A university spokesman says the sweeping overhaul of the nation’s tax laws that Congress approved Wednesday would cost the university up to $9 million per year.
Butler closes on purchase of seminary buildings, 40 acres of land
Butler University’s College of Education plans to move into the main Christian Theological Seminary building in the 2018-2019 academic year.
IPS board votes to ask taxpayers for $936 million in additional funding
District leaders said that in the face of declining state and federal funding, raising property taxes is the only tool IPS has to fund teacher raises, building maintenance, busing and quality special ed programs.
Indianapolis private school plans to increase enrollment by 400-plus
An Indianapolis private school dedicated to promoting racial and economic integration is planning to grow by 50 percent in the coming years.
Indiana board to discuss takeover of Muncie school district
A board is scheduled to meet Wednesday to vote on whether an emergency manager should be given full control over the district's finances and academics.
Endowment to fund homework hotline through 2020
The statewide hotline run by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology also will begin collecting information from tutoring sessions to help identify students’ knowledge gaps.
Sallie Mae planning $12M expansion, 350 more jobs in Indianapolis
The expansion is the second for the student loan giant in Indianapolis in less than two years.
Notre Dame plans to build $66 million campus art museum
The museum is planned for the southern end of the South Bend campus, with construction expected to start in 2020.
Holcomb: Flailing online schools need ‘immediate attention and action’
The governor called the performance of one of the biggest online schools, Indiana Virtual, “unsatisfactory.” It has received more than $20 million in state funding while graduating about 61 students.
Ball State developing teaching degree with computer focus
The university said the effort is a response to Gov. Eric Holcomb's call for teaching computer science to more primary school students.
Holcomb, lawmakers try to crack the code on a convoluted workforce system
Gov. Eric Holcomb says his workforce plan won’t just replace existing bureaucracy with new bureaucracy. He said he wants to “make sure we’re getting folks at the local level not just around the table, but that they have both the flexibility and the funding” to make necessary changes.
Indiana education board approves new graduation requirements
The Indiana State Board of Education voted Wednesday to approve new requirements mandating that students do more to graduate from high school in the years to come.
Parents, educators object to new high school graduation plan
Indiana education officials are set to vote on a plan that would overhaul the state’s high school graduation requirements. On Tuesday, many educators and parents from across the state spoke out strongly against it.
Senate change on proposed endowment tax could spare some schools
A few dozen private college endowments could dodge a bullet with the sweeping tax bill approved by the Senate early Saturday morning after a last-minute amendment.