Indianapolis Public Schools adopts new policy on access to students as ICE lawsuit continues
A lawsuit from Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita alleges the district unlawfully impeded federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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IPS enrollment falls by hundreds, with decline especially large at middle schools
The decline of roughly 800 students since last school year was driven almost entirely by falling middle school enrollment.
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Indianapolis Public Schools board denounces bill to dissolve district in shift to charters
The bill is the latest of several proposals that threaten the district’s viability.
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Indianapolis Public Schools considers renewal of six Innovation Network schools
The schools up for renewal this week served a total of roughly 3,900 students last year and show varying levels of increased, decreased, or stagnant test results in the years immediately preceding and following the pandemic.
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IPS seeking new suitors for John Marshall High School after city withdraws
The Department of Metropolitan Development quietly withdrew its offer to buy the building over the summer after determining needed improvements would make make the project a larger—and more expensive—challenge than anticipated.
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As legislators push to unify operations for Indianapolis schools, charters could get an edge
Charter leaders and advocates are concerned about relinquishing power over buildings. IPS supporters, meanwhile, worry lawmakers are treating the district unfairly.
Indiana House passes bill creating Indianapolis Public Education Corp.
The nine-member board would be appointed by the Indianapolis mayor and oversee key aspects of schools within its boundaries, such as a transportation system and an accountability system that could be used to recommend closing inefficient or low-performing schools.
Power over Indianapolis school closures and buildings would shift in revised bill
Charters within IPS borders could choose not to give control of their school buildings over to the proposed Indianapolis Public Education Corp. under a bill that advanced Thursday.
Lawmakers draft timeline for new Indianapolis education board
Indiana lawmakers have advanced a bill that would give a new governing body power over buildings, buses and taxes for Indianapolis schools, after adding key dates for when these changes would happen.
IPS experiences biggest enrollment loss since pandemic, state records show
The enrollment dips come as schools across the country experience a continual post-COVID population drop that could stem from a number of factors, including declining birth rates, stricter immigration policy, and other school options.
IPS school board member Allissa Impink announces run for Senate District 46
The district encompasses downtown, the near-east side and southern parts of Indianapolis.
In ILEA bill, critics see taxation without representation but supporters see shared accountability
The Indianapolis Local Education Alliance’s recommendations would drastically change Indianapolis schools and reduce the power of the elected IPS school board.
Legislation calls for new mayor-appointed board over Indianapolis schools, charter schools
A much-anticipated proposal that would give the Indianapolis mayor more power over schools while reducing the power of the existing elected school board has been filed at the Indiana Statehouse.
How a fractured Indianapolis school system reached the verge of a huge power shakeup
That the city’s schools sit on the cusp of radical change is the culmination of over half a century’s worth of disruptions for Indianapolis schools that opened the door for education reformers and their allies to advance their vision.
Indiana lawmakers react favorably to most ILEA recommendations, discuss replicating them
Indiana legislative leaders leaders are already thinking about how they could replicate the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance’s proposal in other parts of the state.
Indianapolis Local Education Alliance backs plan to create new authority to oversee IPS, charter schools
The new corporation would have the power to impose property taxes, which it would distribute to both charter and IPS schools.
Here are 5 things the mayor and IPS superintendent want in the ILEA recommendations
The Indianapolis Local Education Alliance is scheduled to vote Wednesday night on final recommendations about the future of the city’s district and charter schools.
IPS school board says it wants to be charter authorizer
The proposed step came on the eve of of a scheduled Wednesday vote by the Indianapolis Local Education Alliance that could result in major changes to IPS and charter schools.
IPS to change immigration-related policies after attorney general’s ICE lawsuit
The lawsuit claims that district policies supporting undocumented students violate state law.
Parents, students skeptical of task force’s proposals to change who oversees Indy schools
In a breakout group during the session that focused on the best structure for governing schools, supporters of both IPS and charter schools said either option could result in more bureaucracy.
Lilly Endowment gives Marion County schools $460M but delays grant decision for IPS
The grants will support a wide range of initiatives like new student programming, teacher training, and updated STEM and performing arts spaces.
Alliance members weigh in on who should govern IPS, charter schools
The 4 governance options unveiled at the group’s recent meeting range from a fully elected IPS school board to a fully appointed one.
IPS board members float reducing district’s boundaries, but getting buy-in could be tricky
If done today, reducing the boundaries of Indianapolis Public Schools to only include Center Township would remove 47 district and charter schools from IPS borders.
Proposed IPS teachers contract would provide smaller raises amid shaky financial outlook
The raises come at an increasingly precarious time for IPS, which faces a funding cliff. The district is projected to end 2026 with an estimated $44 million deficit, according to cash flow projections from September.