The state's largest school district, Indianapolis Public Schools, begins its remote learning plan Thursday. It will be the first day of learning since March 12, when the Indianapolis Mayor ordered all public schools to close amidst the surging coronavirus pandemic.

Indianapolis Mayor Mayor Joe Hogsett announced a new $2.6 million fund Wednesday to help low-income students and their public schools in Marion County navigate the sudden switch to remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Indianapolis Public Schools Board held its first virtual meeting Tuesday since Gov. Eric Holcombs executive order allowed public agencies like school boards and city councils to meet electronically in an effort to limit spreading the coronavirus.

Indiana's public meeting and records access laws are temporarily altered for two weeks, part of Gov. Eric Holcomb's steps to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Distribution will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Mondays and Fridays, beginning Friday, March 20. Families will receive one 17-pound box of food, which includes a variety of non-perishable meal-making items.

The Indianapolis Public Schools Board of Commissioners will hold a unique session Thursday where only district staff and media will be allowed in the room due to concerns about the coronavirus.

IPS Superintendent Aleesia Johnson says the district is talking regularly with the Marion County Health Department and other district superintendents as it decides next steps to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Indianapolis Public Schools signed a pact Monday with the union representing district bus drivers and attendants. It aims to end transportation disruptions by offering bonuses if employees keep working through the end of the contract in June.

Indianapolis Public Schools remained open, but students unable to get to them because of no buses were not marked absent.

Leaders at Indianapolis Public Schools say the private company operating three of its former schools under a soon-to-end state intervention is preventing a smooth transition of the schools back to district control by this summer.