A third Purdue Polytechnic charter high school has been approved to open in the IPS district boundary.

A formal complaint alleges the Indianapolis Public Schools Board broke Indiana's Open Door Law when it approved a lawsuit against the state.

The Indianapolis Public Schools Board is asking the Marion County Superior Court to declare that the district meets an exception for the so-called $1 law.

Indianapolis Public Schools says its planned sale of two school buildings is exempt from a state law that makes district facilities available to charter schools for $1.

An adult education program is among the new uses for closed buildings in the Indianapolis Public Schools district.

Charter schools have largely missed out on the property tax revenue that public school districts receive.

Valor Classical Academy abandoned plans to open in Pike Township and hopes to open a campus in Hamilton County this fall.

Valor Classical Academy initially planned to locate in Hamilton County but lost a lawsuit to claim a building in Carmel. Now, leaders are considering opening in Northwest Indianapolis.

Indianapolis Public Schools did not violate a controversial state law that requires school districts to offer unused classroom buildings to charter schools for $1, the state attorney general’s office concluded on Tuesday.

The seven-member IPS board of commissioners is set to vote at a 10 a.m. public meeting Saturday at the Madam Walker Legacy Center on whether to place a $413.6 million operating tax referendum on the May 2 primary ballot. The money goes mostly to boost pay for district teachers.