Morning Bell: Senate Education Committee Considers Voucher Expansion, Cursive

Kyle Stokes / StateImpact Indiana

Members of the Senate Committee on Education and Career Development committee hear and discuss several proposed bills Wednesday.

Kenley, Yoder spur over vouchers in education panel meeting – “Sen. Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville, took issue with that idea during a Senate Education and Career Development Committee meeting Wednesday. He said he saw it as an initial step toward tearing down all of the restrictions on the voucher program that lawmakers approved in 2011.” Courier & Press Capitol Journal

Cursive bill’s chances don’t look good – “But the bill again appears to be going the way of cursive writing itself. Last year, the measure passed the Senate by an overwhelming 45-5 vote, but it never came to a floor vote in the House. That could be the pattern again this year.” Get On The Bus

State attorney general to file appeal in school funding case – “The Indiana attorney general’s office filed a notice Jan. 4 with the Indiana Court of Appeals saying it plans to appeal a judgment against the Indiana Department of Education. Last month Marion County Superior Court Judge Patrick McCarty ruled the Department of Education improperly counted students at four schools in Indianapolis that were taken over by the state.” The Times of Northwest Indiana

Future Workforce Demands Hinge On Post-Secondary Education – “Nearly two-thirds of Indiana jobs in the next decade will require education beyond a high school diploma, anything from a trade certificate to a two-year associate’s degree or four-year bachelor’s degree. But less than a third of Hoosier adults have completed post-secondary education.” Indiana Public Media