Lawmakers amended the bill to address certain concerns flagged during its last hearing. But Democratic lawmakers still oppose provisions that would gut some requirements for the Indiana secretary of education and allow public school districts to become charters.

Senate lawmakers are considering a bill that would address teacher shortages in STEM, change the amount of time high school students are allowed to leave school to attend religious instruction, and alter the timeframe of when schools must notify parents of bullying incidents.

A measure proposed by state lawmakers and endorsed by the Indiana secretary of education would raise teacher pay to a minimum of $45,000 and provide teachers with up to 20 days of paid parental leave.

Braun hopes to get more money for academics in the classroom, not for operations and administrators, in the 2025-27 budget.

Indiana schools will once again be assigned A-to-F letter grades, reinstating an accountability measure that has been paused since the 2020-21 school year.

Lawmakers and Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith joined critics of Indiana University and the Kinsey Institute on Wednesday at a press conference in Indianapolis calling for more transparency from IU over the institute’s funding.

Indiana lawmakers are considering a wide-reaching bill that aims to free schools from what they consider irrelevant or excessive regulatory burdens. Many people who testified on the proposal at the House Education Committee Wednesday expressed support for the spirit of the bill. However, some lawmakers and state education leaders want to remove parts of the bill they say go too far.

House Bill 1201 bars schools from suspending or expelling students for being chronically absent or habitually truant.

The hack compromised sensitive data belonging to students and employees across the state, including personal information like names, addresses and birth dates.

Some say House Bill 1136 may be intended to start discussions about giving charter schools a share of local property tax dollars, which they do not receive now.