School boards push back against Indiana voucher expansions
CASEY SMITH, Associated Press/Report for America
March 10, 2021
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Local school leaders across Indiana are lining up against a Republican-backed school funding plan over concerns it wold give private schools a big financial boost at the detriment of traditional public schools.
Projected to cost $144 million, the voucher expansion and a new program allowing parents to directly spend state money on their child’s education expenses would siphon more than one-third of the proposed state funding hike for Indiana schools.
In response, at least 65 public school boards have passed formal resolutions against the proposed legislation through a campaign organized by the Indiana School Boards Association. Terry Spradlin, the association s executive director, said that more than a third of the state s 289 school districts are expected to adopt resolutions before legislators finalize the budge
School boards push back against Indiana voucher expansions
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