INDIANAPOLIS—Today Senate Bill 167 was heard in the Senate Committee on Education and Career Development. State Senator Shelli Yoder (D-Bloomington) released the following statement: "Senate Bill 167 is nothing more than a partisan distraction tactic,” Sen. Yoder said. “ Critical race theory isn’t taught in [...]
INDIANAPOLIS—On Wednesday, the Senate Education and Career Development Committee met for the first time for the 2022 Legislative Session. One of the proposals for consideration was Senate Bill 167, which attempts to ban curriculum not currently being taught in Indiana’s K-12 public schools. Senate Assistant [...]
Word Count: 844 We are likely to hear a lot of noise in the 2022 legislative session about cultural war issues like critical race theory (even though legislators regularly explain it wrong), making school board elections partisan, copycat abortion vigilante legislation from Texas, anti-vaccine rhetoric, [...]
INDIANAPOLIS- The State Budget Committee heard testimony today that the state's revenue is an unprecedented $3.3 billion above forecasts for the current budget cycle. The state will have reserves of $5.1 billion for this fiscal year and $4.1 billion in the next fiscal year. Senator [...]
INDIANAPOLIS─Today, State Sen. Karen Tallian (D-Ogden Dunes) proposed six amendments to Indiana's biennial state budget. These amendments included efforts to raise teacher pay, improve unemployment insurance benefits, help the state save money, and redirect resources to programs that help families. All but one of her [...]
INDIANAPOLIS ─ Today, State Senator Shelli Yoder (D-Bloomington) proposed an amendment to House Bill (HB) 1549 which would have added language to Indiana code prohibiting charter schools from engaging in discrimination on the basis of gender identity, sexual orientation or marital status. March 31 is [...]