Indiana school districts would be required to share future referendum funding with charter schools under a bill approved by a House committee Thursday.

The Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based charter advocacy group, hopes the legislature will change the state's school bus law next year, highlighting in a new report how the requirement creates a costly burden for charter schools in particular.

The searchable database shows the total each public school district, charter school and adult high school in Indiana is receiving from the two federal pandemic relief spending packages and how much that amounts to per student in the district.

This is the first time the state process for deciding between two charter schools that want the same building will be put to the test, according to the Indiana Department of Education.

A Chalkbeat investigation into a middle school charter proposal found lawsuits, financial troubles and questionable academic credentials that escaped notice by city charter officials and The Mind Trust.

Lawmakers created an avenue for charter schools to access referendum funding Monday, with a sudden change to legislation in the Senate.

A state board will decide if three former Indianapolis Public Schools taken over by the state will become charter schools. Taylor Bennett talked with education reporter Eric Weddle about how IPS is trying to stop this from happening -- and the district's own plans for the three schools.

Some of the claims made during last week's teacher rally at the Statehouse lacked context of the state's complicated method for distributing money.

Earlier this year, Indiana education leaders made a plan to transition three schools out of state takeover and into independent charter schools.

An organization for at-risk youth was granted a conditional charter by Ball State University today to open an elementary school next year.