school boards

The House approves a bill forcing school board races to become partisan. A ban on governments supporting obscene performances advances to the Senate. And a transgender collegiate sports ban goes to the governor.

Legislation allowing school board candidates to declare a political party on the ballot is headed to the House floor for the second time this session.

The Senate narrowly approved a bill this week that will force school board races to become partisan.

The Carmel Clay School Board candidates who win this November will determine the political makeup of the five-member board and could greatly influence the future of the district.

The bill's author says it gives parents more information and allows school boards to maintain local control. But critics of the bill say it could be difficult to implement and cause a chilling effect for the LGBTQ+ community.

Legislation to allow local school board elections to become partisan died in the House Monday.

Forcing school board candidates to declare a political party took a step closer to reality in the Indiana House Elections Committee Wednesday

Local school board candidates would be forced to declare a political party on the ballot under legislation that got a hearing but not a vote in a Senate committee Monday.

Conservative school board candidates across Indiana are campaigning on so-called parental rights platforms.

Indianapolis Public Schools board of commissioners candidate Hope Hampton has a significant lead in fundraising over her opponent Kristen Phair in the race to represent District 3.