Senate Bill 518 would require school districts like IPS to share revenue from property tax levies with charter schools.
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Posted inNeighborhoods
Demolition of apartment complex highlights Indy’s vacant structure issue
Thousands of vacant properties plague Indianapolis neighborhoods and continue to be a public health and safety issue, stalling revitalization.
Posted inGovernment
Rokita threatens legal action against IPS, IMPD over immigration policies
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita was reacting to statements they made about cooperating with federal immigration authorities.
Posted inEducation
Legislation to dissolve IPS fizzles out. Could it return?
House Bill 1136 also targeted public schools in Gary, LaPorte, Union and Cannelton.
Posted inGovernment
Senate Republicans advance bill to ban use of student IDs when voting
Students at public colleges and universities in Indiana have been allowed to use their IDs when casting a ballot for about two decades.
Posted inGovernment
Here’s how much your school district could lose under Gov. Braun’s tax plan
Local school districts would feel the sting of Braun’s proposed property tax limits, because they rely on that money to fund transportation, debt service and capital projects.
Posted inEducation
Here’s the law on immigrant students’ rights to a public education
WFYI spoke with two legal experts to better understand what rights immigrant students have and what public K-12 schools must provide.
Posted inGovernment
New federal immigration court opens in downtown Indy
The addition adds more judicial resources to process the backlog of more than three million cases nationwide.
Posted inEducation
Minimum teacher salaries: Nearly all Indianapolis school districts offer over $50,000
The contracts for this school year come as lawmakers push for a higher minimum state teacher salary in a bid to make teaching a more attractive career.
Posted inEducation
IPS won’t allow ICE inside schools without a warrant
Indianapolis Public Schools wrote in an email to families Wednesday night that the district will not allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers into schools without a judicial warrant.
