May 23, 2025
Indiana's new rules around sex ed go into effect this summer. Here's what's changing
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.
Read MoreMay 22, 2025
Supreme Court blocks creation of religious charter school in Oklahoma
The court was deadlocked 4-4, which meant a state Supreme Court ruling that declared the school violated the constitutional separation of church and state remained in place.
Read MoreMay 19, 2025
IPS asks parents to weigh in on school transportation in new survey
Indianapolis Public Schools is surveying parents about student transportation needs to help guide the work of a new citywide education alliance.
Read MoreMay 16, 2025
IPS wins right to sell one school building, must offer another to charters for $1
An Indiana court ruled that IPS can sell one closed school to a nonprofit but must offer another to charter schools for $1 under a revised state law.
Read MoreMay 16, 2025
Indiana schools have new requirements when older students are truant
A new state law expands school absence rules to students in grades seven through 12.
Read MoreMay 13, 2025
Kids suffer amid Indiana's flawed system to measure, address school bullying
The state has a long definition of bullying that includes “the intent to harass, ridicule, humiliate, intimidate or harm the targeted student.”
Read MoreMay 9, 2025
IU trustee candidates ask Whitten to break silence after Braun gets control of board
Pleas and criticism grow as Gov. Mike Braun has full control over the Indiana University Board of Trustees, but one voice has been silent.
Read MoreMay 9, 2025
Indiana School for the Deaf, School for the Blind and Visually Impaired get 5 percent budget cut
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.
Read MoreMay 8, 2025
Union Schools sues Gov. Mike Braun over law forcing district closure
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.
Read MoreMay 8, 2025
Over $3 million in federal funding for Perry teachers’ bonus pay in jeopardy after grant terminated
Grant funding that supported bonuses for effective teachers at MSD Perry Township schools, as well as literacy positions at the district, is at risk due to the Trump administration’s cuts to federal funding seen to support diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
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