The tax referenda would fund an increase in teacher salaries, special needs programs and school security.

The smaller deficit is a result of decreased transportation costs and an increase in tax revenue.

Tuesday night the Indianapolis Public Schools board heard recommendations on the next steps to determine the future uses of the vacant Broad Ripple and John Marshall High Schools.

Ten candidates will be on the November ballot for three open seats on the Indianapolis Public Schools Board.

Indianapolis Public School officials are reviewing their communication policy after parents complained of not getting information about a brawl at Arsenal Technical High School.

Several Indiana lawmakers are calling on Indianapolis Public Schools leaders to sell the campus to Purdue Polytechnic High School.

A parent organizing and advocacy group is donating $100,000 to the campaign for more taxpayer funding for Indianapolis Public Schools.

To strike a bargain with a politically powerful ally, Indianapolis Public Schools leaders voted to shrink — again — the district’s multimillion-dollar funding request to taxpayers.

Indianapolis Public Schools will ask voters to approve a $315.2 million property tax referendum during November general election to help fund teacher pay and other operating costs.

Indy Chamber says Indianapolis Public Schools can create $477 million in savings through a combination of deep cost-cutting by eliminating staff, services and closing schools over the next eight years plus leasing Broad Ripple high school to charter school operators.