Democrat Glenda Ritz and Republican Jennifer McCormick will face off for the Indiana superintendent for public instruction race in their only scheduled debate Oct. 17 in Fort Wayne.

Schools and parents received individual student ISTEP scores back in August, but they were embargoed.

Jennifer McCormick, the GOP candidate for state superintendent of public instruction, released a detailed plan Wednesday on how she would manage education and attempt to influence state policy if she ousts incumbent Glenda Ritz in November.

The contracts, which totaled $573,000, weren't put up for a competitive process.

It's an issue the Legislature has been studying all summer, and a topic that's been all over the news.

Monday's meeting focused on establishing goals for graduation rates and student achievement.

Officials say the funds are necessary to expand state-funded pre-k for all kids, increase tuition support for all schools and bump up funding for small, rural schools.

Hill will face retired Lake County Circuit Court Judge Lorenzo Arrendondo, a Democrat, in the general election.

Yorktown school Superintendent Jennifer McCormick today was named the Republican choice to challenge incumbent Democrat Glenda Ritz in the November election for state superintendent at Indiana's GOP convention in Indianapolis.

The State Superintendent says it's among the Department of Education's top policy priorities heading into the next legislative session.