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.
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Perry Township parents oppose bus driver plan that reduces school choice
Parents and their children argued in a public comment session on Monday that it would be better for the district to improve driver-recruitment efforts rather than force hundreds of students to attend a new school next year.
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Interest in running for IPS board wanes amid big-budget campaigns, political heat
The paucity of candidates comes right as the district embarks on its Rebuilding Stronger plan, a major overhaul to address declining enrollment and an impending fiscal cliff.
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‘Everything is on the table’ as IPS addresses enrollment decline, too many schools
The fiscal pressures raise the question of whether district leaders will consider closing schools—an option used recently to address a shrinking enrollment of secondary grades.
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Hamilton Southeastern planning Noblesville debut with $35M elementary school
Hamilton Southeastern Schools received favorable recommendations from the Noblesville Plan Commission to rezone a 40-acre parcel at the northwest corner of East 156th Street and Boden Road, but the property still needs to be annexed into the city.
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Indiana moves closer to new grading system for schools
A second draft of an accountability system for Indiana schools was presented to the State Board of Education by Indiana Department of Education officials on Wednesday.
Braun threatens licenses of teachers who ‘celebrate’ political violence online
Free speech advocates quickly raised concerns that the governor’s threat risks trampling constitutional protections and chilling lawful speech.
ILEARN scores improve slightly for Indianapolis Public Schools, charters
The percentage of Black and Hispanic students in IPS-run schools reaching proficiency in both math and English increased from last year, but have not yet reached pre-pandemic levels.
State budget cuts impact Indiana alternative schools
Amid state budget troubles, alternative schools lost more than $4 million in funding.
IPS school board OKs new plan for closed John Marshall school
The school board voted unanimously Thursday night to divide the property into three separate parcels.
Trump—with Indiana Gov. Braun on hand—orders plan to dismantle the Education Department
Braun tweeted that he supports “President Trump’s bold action to return education to where it belongs and to put parents in the driver’s seat of their children’s education.”
Partisan school boards, payday lending bills move forward
With the committee deadline over, lawmakers are now working with fewer bills in the 2025 session.
Some IPS students leave for Washington Township following rocky Broad Ripple Middle School opening
More than 130 students have left Broad Ripple Middle School since its debut at the start of the school year. Some departing families cited poor communication and a chaotic environment. Some who stayed see significant improvements.
Salesforce announces $1M grant to Indianapolis schools
The grant brings Salesforce’s total giving to Indianapolis Public Schools district to $5.5 million over the past seven years.
Pike Township among 3 Indiana districts asking voters for funding in May primary
For the first time, Pike Township is asking voters to help fund operations. The ballot measure would fund three key areas: continuing programs and staffing added since the pandemic, attracting and retaining teachers, and school safety and security.
Hamilton Southeastern Schools superintendent resigns
The HSE school board also approved a resolution appointing Assistant Superintendent Matt Kegley as interim superintendent.
Huge school voucher expansion faces questions in Senate
The expansion backed by Indiana House Republicans could cost more than $500 million over the next two years—nearly one-third of the total proposed school funding increase—by raising the income limit to qualify for state money toward private school tuition.
Washington Township schools settle sexual harassment, abuse lawsuit as North Central gets interim principal
Former Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Eugene White will temporarily lead the district’s only high school, which was also the subject of the lawsuit filed against the district last May.
Indiana bill seeks to separate school transcripts, vaccination records
Current state law permits schools to include a student’s immunization information with their high school transcript, but some say that violates students’ privacy rights.
IPS delays vote on $400M operating referendum amid criticism from charters, biz group
The proposed operating referendum would provide $50 million annually over an eight-year period to expand student programs and increase teacher pay through the program.
Indiana House GOP ‘exploring options’ to postpone school tax referendums, including for IPS
The move comes as Indianapolis Public Schools plan to introduce two ballot measures in May to increase taxes to support more than $800 million in capital and operating expenses. The district has said the additional money is critical to its reorganization plan.
Indiana students may need to learn how to open bank accounts, take out loans in order to graduate
The vote puts Indiana on track to join several other states that have recently adopted financial literacy graduation requirements.
Indiana lawmakers scale back on private school aid expansion
Critics argued the original proposal opened up tuition payments to private schools for even the wealthiest families.
Three charters want to occupy closing IPS schools that district hopes to keep
The six planned school closures follow the IPS board’s vote to adopt the Rebuilding Stronger plan last week.