Indianapolis Public Education Corporation

The newly created Indianapolis Public Education Corporation is proposing a $3.2 million budget for 2027 as it prepares to carry out a state-mandated charge to oversee transportation and buildings for Indianapolis Public Schools and charter schools.

Indianapolis Public Schools is considering charging for services previously provided to its charter partners for free. Charter advocates are concerned.

Rep. Bob Behning says IPS did not violate state law by leaving Enroll Indy, but expects the district will eventually need to participate in a unified enrollment system.

A coalition of Indianapolis Public Schools and charter school leaders launched a campaign for a new property tax referendum with early voting approaching in the coming weeks.

Eight school districts running referendums on the November ballot will share that revenue with about 60 charter schools as required by state law.

The Indianapolis Public Education Corporation approved the salary for Karega Rausch, the agency's first executive director, who oversees Indianapolis Public Schools and most of the city's charter schools.

Edward Rangel, a charter school founder and board member of the Indianapolis Public Education Corporation, will join The Mind Trust, an Indianapolis-based charter incubator, the organization announced Thursday morning.

Karega Rausch, a longtime national charter school advocate, was unanimously chosen to lead Indianapolis's new agency overseeing both IPS and charter schools.

Indianapolis' new schools oversight board named six finalists for executive director, including a sitting IPEC board member, as Mayor Joe Hogsett prepares to interview the applicants.

Indianapolis' new education board unanimously sent a four-year, 37.2-cent property tax referendum to the November ballot, splitting $95 million a year between IPS and roughly 60 charter schools.