Educators and community leaders are urging the House Ways and Means Committee to kill the idea.
A bill in the legislature would require schools to check potential hires using the FBI fingerprinting database.fli
The House Education Committee plans to vote next week on a bill that would help create guidelines for how schools and teachers restrain and seclude students.
Legislation unanimously approved by a House committee Tuesday aims to increase parental involvement in education.
Indiana’s State Board of Education approved Wednesday a broad suite of changes to the rules, known as REPA II, used to issue licenses to educators in the state.
Public schools in Indiana have added teachers and administrators much faster than students in the past two decades, according to a new report.
The Bartholomew County School Corporation is hiring a record number of teachers this year—between 20 and 30 more than usual.
The cuts saved $878,715 from a budget that was $800,000 in the red.
Though the MCCSC is able to raise its budget for the coming year, it can't do so enough to pay substitute teachers more, officials say.
Assistant Superintendent Dale Chu says the purpose of all the public meetings around the state is not necessarily to be a forum for debate.