The state has a long definition of bullying that includes “the intent to harass, ridicule, humiliate, intimidate or harm the targeted student.”

Lawmakers celebrated after they said they protected K-12 education funding above all else as they faced a $2 billion budget shortfall. But the Indiana School for the Deaf saw its funding slashed by 5 percent.

New laws passed by Indiana lawmakers will reshape school funding, accountability, literacy rules and more starting July 1.

Union Schools is suing the state to block a new law it says is unconstitutional and would force the district to shut down by 2027.

Ivy Tech Community College is eliminating a popular summer program for high school students after lawmakers finalized a new budget that could reduce the college’s funding by $27 million annually.

Marty Pollio, superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, Kentucky, has been named the next president of Ivy Tech Community College.

Indiana lawmakers approved a measure that would, in part, allow schools that undergo a mastery-based pilot program to suspend certain state regulations.

Union School Corporation will be shut down in 2027 under a last-minute legislative maneuver that offered no chance for public comment. Lawmakers still won’t fully explain why they targeted the small rural district.

Workforce development leaders in Indiana say potential state budget cuts could threaten the future of programs that support students.

School board elections will become partisan under legislation sent to the governor by the narrowest of margins Thursday.