Rachel Fradette
Statehouse Education Reporter, WFYI-
Indiana’s voucher program grew to 76,00 students and nearly $500 million in spending for 2024-25 and the average participants remain white, affluent families in metro areas. -
Purdue University Provost Patrick Wolfe said the move is directly related to policy shifts and new rules at both the state and federal level. -
Indiana’s new sex education law requires schools to teach about sexual consent, share detailed curriculum with parents, and show fetal development videos if pregnancy instruction is included. -
Indiana will not offer SUN Bucks food benefits this summer, a move advocates say will hurt working families and increase child hunger. -
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. -
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. -
School districts stand to lose more than $500 million under the latest plan to cut property taxes for Indiana homeowners. -
The updated Senate Bill 1 would require local school districts to share property tax levies and voter-approved referendums with charter schools beginning in 2028. -
Young people in Indianapolis have sought opportunities to speak out at Statehouse hearings and local school board meetings during the past few months.
