Articles tagged as: Indiana General Assembly
February 15, 2022
Indiana senator plans to offer big changes for controversial curriculum bill Wednesday
The proposed amendment would remove requirements for teachers to post classroom materials online, and no longer require that schools create parent-led advisory committees.
Read MoreFebruary 15, 2022
Proposed bill would close training ‘loophole’ for school resource officers
Indiana lawmakers are considering legislation that would require all police who regularly work inside public schools during regular hours to undergo basic school resource officer training.
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2022
Protesters rally against transgender athlete ban bill ahead of Senate hearing
Pressure is mounting for Hoosier lawmakers to toss out a bill that would ban transgender girls from girls school sports.
Read MoreFebruary 9, 2022
LGBTQ advocates condemn bill to ban trans girl student athletes, national group supporting it
Indiana Sen. J.D. Ford and other LGBTQ advocates have condemned a bill in the Indiana General Assembly that aims to ban transgender girls from school sports.
Read MoreFebruary 9, 2022
Lawmakers propose crackdown on incentives after Indiana virtual school controversy
The legislature’s move follows a Chalkbeat report on rising criticism over Tech Trep Academy, which drew a warning last school year from state education officials who said the stipend violated state law.
Read MoreFebruary 3, 2022
Curriculum transparency, FAFSA: Education bills moving through the Indiana Statehouse
Indiana lawmakers are about halfway through this year's legislative session, after key deadlines came and went earlier this week.
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2022
Parents can be silenced in special education settlements. A proposed bill would change that
A WFYI investigation found that schools often pressure parents into signing nondisclosure agreements, or NDAs, as a condition of a special education settlement. Advocates say NDAs prevent parents from talking to other parents of children with disabilities about their experience. And it leaves parents in fear that a school district may take legal action against them for a perceived violation of the clause.
Read MoreJanuary 24, 2022
House committee approves ban on transgender athletes in girls school sports
Statewide restrictions would be placed on transgender girls' participation in school sports under a bill approved by a House committee on Monday.
Read MoreJanuary 19, 2022
Civil rights, education experts call on Indiana House to drop debated school curriculum bill
Advocates representing Black Hoosiers, teachers and other education groups called for lawmakers to vote no on a controversial school curriculum bill Wednesday, as they gathered in the statehouse to further condemn legislation many of them say is racist and divisive.
Read MoreJanuary 10, 2022
House committee hears school content, transparency bill ahead of vote later this week
House lawmakers heard roughly five hours of testimony on their chamber's version of a school curriculum bill Monday.
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