The seven-member IPS board of commissioners is set to vote at a 10 a.m. public meeting Saturday at the Madam Walker Legacy Center on whether to place a $413.6 million operating tax referendum on the May 2 primary ballot. The money goes mostly to boost pay for district teachers.

It’s uncertain when the district will discuss the property-tax referendum again and if the district will agree to share funds with charter schools.

Some say they wont support a district tax levy unless it is equitably shared among Indianapolis charter schools.

A coalition of charter school leaders are calling on Indianapolis Public Schools to share revenue from a property-tax levy the district proposed for the 2023 ballot.

The Indianapolis Public Schools district it will pay for its expansive plan to close and merge six schools and change grade configurations at nearly three dozen schools by asking voters to approve over $800 million in property tax referendums in the May 2023 election.

Eight school districts across Indiana are asking voters to approve an increase to their property taxes or continue a referendum tax levy.

Voters approved seven school referendums Tuesday. Only Vigo County Schools and Franklin Township in Marion County failed to get approval.

Voters in Marion County rejected one school district referendum while another was easily approved, according to unofficial results Tuesday night.

Eight school corporations in Indiana are seeking voter approval for referendum funding this May, but school leaders have concerns about new, lengthier language on voters' ballots.

Franklin Township Community School Corporation is asking voters to approve a nearly $100 million property tax referendum in the May primary. The construction referendum would allow the school to build an additional wing to the 50-year-old Franklin Central High School and make improvements at six elementary schools.