school choice

In a state where school funding follows the student, losing even one to another school district, charter school, or private school can result in financial losses for the home district.

Senate Bill 255 would consolidate Indiana’s popular private school voucher system and other options that provided families with state funds for their students’ educational needs into a single program, the Indiana Funding Students First (FSF) Grant Program.

Enrollment in Indiana’s public schools increased slightly this year, reversing a three-year downtrend.

School choice in Indiana could be remade if proposed legislation gains traction.

The program received support from school choice advocates, but some worry it could impact quality of education in public schools.

A private religious school that planned to terminate a guidance counselor’s job for her marriage to a woman received more than $1.5 million through school vouchers last year.