At Pike High School in Indianapolis, nutrition teacher Kam Bontrager is guiding students through their last lab of the semester. The task for the day? Making smoothies.

A proposal from state workforce agencies would cut funding for classes that teach nutrition, personal finance, and other skills.

The Indiana State Board of Education voted unanimously on Wednesday to postpone a decision about whether to remove state funding for some life skills classes. The courses facing cuts teach adult skills like personal finance, nutrition, and child development.

The Department of Workforce Development is proposing a cut in state funding for several life-skills classes that teach things like basic nutrition and personal finance.

None of the parents of more than 400 Emma Donnan Elementary students attended a public meeting Monday evening organized by Indianapolis Public Schools about the southside school's future.

West Clark School Corporation was created during a push to shrink the states number of school districts in the 1960s, but the single district has been severely divided on education priorities.

The State Board of Education approved the scores students need in order to reach proficiency on Indianas new standardized test at a meeting Thursday.

More than 22,700 about a third of all teachers in the state have started the process to renew their licenses compared to just 514 at this time last year.

Board members voted Wednesday to elect B.J. Watts as its chairman. He replaces Jennifer McCormick, who announced in October that she would not try to remain as board chairwoman or seek re-election as superintendent in 2020.

One part of the proposal focuses on authorizing powers, and suggests allowing only one entity in the state to authorize virtual charter schools.