education funding

Legislators were faced with a $2 billion revenue shortfall in the new budget. They filled it with a $2 per pack cigarette tax hike, major cuts to higher education and public health, and defunding things like public broadcasting and trails.

Many young people are making their way to the Statehouse to testify about the controversial bill to divert property tax money from districts to public charter schools.

Indiana Secretary of Education Katie Jenner asked lawmakers for nearly $150 million for things like teacher recruitment, literacy initiatives and implementation tools for the state’s new high school diploma.

Indiana's property taxes are capped at assessed value rates based on property type. But if voters approve a local referendum, a property tax bill can exceed the cap and the extra taxes go to the local school district.

It's the most ambitious agenda of Holcomb's six years in office.

Join us this week as we talk with school finance and education experts about bills addressing education this legislative session.